If the words "text indexing" mean anything to you, go download X1 now! It indexes email messages and files, and purports to also support web searching. That last feature is superfluous to me, but the first two are killer. The integration with Outlook is nearly seamless. The interface is very clean, the options well thought-out. The response, even to searches for message contents, not just data fields, is truly instantaneous (multiple orders of magnitude faster than native Outlook).
What is also very impressive is the way they have partitioned the freeware vs. payware functionality, to provide non-crippled freeware. (It's impressive from this user's perspective, anyway; maybe their investors wouldn't be as impressed, since I find the freeware enough, at least for now!). The email and file search functionality comes in the freeware version. The payware version adds the ability to index file attachments in emails, and to index folders located on a network. Now, if they would just add integration with VSS! All-in-all, this is a very well-done, must-have utility.
Okay, I like it so much, I probably will pay for it (or get my employer to do so). And it would be nice to have the Pro features. But the point is, the free version is extremely useful, totally non-crippled!
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