Though I was feeling better after my stint with the Microsoft Windows consultant, there was still something bothering me.
So, I decided to make another visit to the consultant. After checking my Dell laptop, he asked me whether the symptoms are the same or has it changed.
Interestingly it had changed. There were no more shouting or banging instead it was more of frustration and irritation with constant mouse clicks.
After analysis, the consultant said that this is a bizarre state where the person becomes so addicted to his emails that he starts behaving like a slave of his own mailbox. If the person does not receive a mail or is not able to retrieve a mail in a short span of time, he starts behaving abnormally.
He said though there is no technical term for this freakish behavior, we call it “Mailophobia”.
May be the concern was showing on my face, he promptly added that this is not a serious condition and can be fixed with some patience and discipline.
The consultant told me that the first step would be to start managing my Microsoft Outlook mailbox. As part of that, I will have to create folders, set rules and alerts and start archiving old emails.
He further added the most challenging task would be to retrieve old emails and the best tool for this would be Xobni.
Xobni ( Inbox spelled backwards) is a software which when installed works as an outlook plug-in. In addition to basic search, Xobni also gives information about past conversations, shared attachments, contact details, etc.
It also has an email analytic function that gives the statistics, plot graphs and shows the rankings on the basis of sent and received mails.
Post the installation, Xobni starts indexing the mailbox. It runs for sometime for the first time. Once the indexing is complete, the search goes through in a flash.
And, I could already feel it. It is fast and searches as I type. It even digs deep and gets some old emails without much fuss.
I am really excited to have Xobni on my mailbox……I would say, the Xobni effect is catching on!!
