I’m a dedicated GMail user myself, but many of my clients use Outlook just as dedicated-ly as I use GMail. Lifehacker came out with this list of the Top 10 Outlook Boosters a while back, but it’s worth looking at again. Here are a couple of the handiest tools in the list:

# 10 – Never Forget Attachments. GMail has a labs tool available for this same task. It’s saved me a little time on more than 1 occasion!

# 6 – Kill your duplicate contacts. How great is it to get rid of the redundant redundancy?

# 1 – Sync Outlook with nearly any app/device/calendar. Wouldn’t it be great if we could all get along so well?

Here’s the link to the entire post of the Top 10 Outlook Boosters.

Have you ever tried to send a large file over e-mail? When I say “large”, I mean anything over 5 megabytes, roughly the size of 5 pictures. If you use Outlook, chances are your e-mail got stuck in the Outbox, waiting for someone in internet la-la-land t

o magically sweep it away and no obvious way to remove it from the Outbox. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, check this to see what I mean.

If you’re not an Outlook user like me (I’m a GMail addict), you know it can take forever to upload a large file to your e-mail, if your e-mail provider will allow it at all. There are often attachment size limits prescribed by e-mail service providers, and for good reason.

DropSend is one option for sending those large files. It works quite simply:

1. Go to DropSend.com.
2. Click “Browse” and find the file you want to send on your computer.
3. Type in the address of the person you’re sending the file to, then type in your e-mail address below that.
4. Hit “Send File”. Then follow the steps to finish setting up your account. Dropsend will give you some options, most of which are optional.
5. The person you’re sending the file to will  receive an e-mail with a link to click on and download the file.

DropSend is a straight-forward way to send a large file to anyone with an e-mail address. It takes only a minute to do and doesn’t bog down your entire e-mail program or provider while uploading a file.