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September 22, 2004
Trying out YouPerform software
I just installed a bundle of Outlook client Utilites from You Software called You Perform. They are marketed as lots of stuff that Microsoft left out. I had used a prior version of the software and it slowed down Outlook so much that I had to remove it.
The first one I am trying is contact duplicate removal. I configured it to move dupes to a separate folder. The first problem I had was that in the dialogue to create a new folder to move the dupe contacts in, the default went into the Inbox. There was an error saying "this is not a contact folder". I had to go up under contacts and create a subfolder. Not a big deal, but a rookie mistake. Why let me create a folder that I can't use? So I started the de-dupe process. This locks up Outlook and gives you only a progress bar. I have 5,700 contacts, would be nice to give me an estimate of how long it will take as you can't use outlook while it runs. That is one gripe I have about most Outlook plugins. If they are going to do real work, they lock up Outlook. Would be nice to have a batch mode you could run later. It took YouPerform 27 minutes to move 401 dupes into my other folder. It did a good job of finding EXACT dupes for ALL the fields specified (I specified first name, last name, company, phone and e-mail). Upon review, there are dupes in name only with different company and e-mail (a common thing) and these were not found. What I would really like is a de-dupe function which is smart enough to figure things like this out and suggest to me remediation steps. You Perform version 1.0 doesn't do this. I find it of little use.
Look for reviews of other utilities as I go.
Posted by Martin at September 22, 2004 1:47 PM
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