Tools that support Boolean searches of Outlook .PSTs

[John]

I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive tool that supports full Boolean
searches of .PST files and/or the Microsoft Exchange Server information
store. I only need to search one Exchange mailbox at a time. Ideally, the
tool would allow me to define a date range, some parameters like "to" and
"from," and then a complex sequence of parameters with Boolean operators,
such as "(a OR b) AND (c OR d OR e)." Does such a tool exist?

Thanks,
John

 

[DL]

You've looked at Copernic ?

 

[John]

not yet, i will do a google search on them....is it a specfic product they
have?

 

[DL]

Copernic DeskTop Search, they do free and paid for versions
I use free, it works on all my pst files, I cannot answer for exchange side
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/

 

[John]

thanks for your response... what i'm looking for is to take a large pst and
search by date and create a new pst from there.

 

[DL]

Well Copernic will search by date, on the pst, but I dont think that will
help since you wont be able to 'tag' the emails within OL in order to copy
them to your new pst.
You may be able to use a rule within OL to move appropriate msgs to a new
pst (Having created the new pst first)

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

outlook can do fairly decent date searches, especially with query builder
enabled.
See http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2008/up080522.htm#2



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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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