Lookeen
Encyclopedia
Lookeen is a search add-on for Microsoft Outlook
, produced under shareware license. The program uses Apache
s search engine Lucene
.
. Both uncached and cached exchange server modes are supported.
[64bit tends to crash Outlook]
[cached] is limited in its usage, the update of the files won't work
or Citrix environments.
[note: not every group policy setting is supported]
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite...
, produced under shareware license. The program uses Apache
Apache Software Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation to support Apache software projects, including the Apache HTTP Server. The ASF was formed from the Apache Group and incorporated in Delaware, U.S., in June 1999.The Apache Software Foundation is a decentralized community of developers...
s search engine Lucene
Lucene
Apache Lucene is a free/open source information retrieval software library, originally created in Java by Doug Cutting. It is supported by the Apache Software Foundation and is released under the Apache Software License....
.
Using
Lookeen is an add-on for Microsoft Outlook. The program is developed according to the Microsoft company recommendation on the add-ons design. After installation the program automatically integrates into Microsoft Outlook workspaceSupported mailbox storages
Lookeen supports the following types of mail accounts: POP3, IMAP, HTTP and Microsoft Exchange ServerMicrosoft Exchange Server
Microsoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products...
. Both uncached and cached exchange server modes are supported.
[64bit tends to crash Outlook]
Central indexing
Version 2.0 supports central indexing of shared resources (e.g. network files, public exchange folders). This shared index is created once and integrated by the clients via its URL. Goal is to reduce network- and server-traffic and reduce the index storage cost for local indexes.[cached] is limited in its usage, the update of the files won't work
Enterprise roll out support
Version 2.0 supports Group Policies for advanced roll out: Many Options (e.g. Index location, Settings location, included sources, index intervals, license keys, etc.) can be defined by the administrator. That enables enterprises to use Lookeen in large Terminal ServerTerminal server
A terminal server enables organizations to connect devices with an RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485 serial interface to a local area network . Products marketed as terminal servers can be very simple devices that do not offer any security functionality, such as data encryption and user authentication...
or Citrix environments.
[note: not every group policy setting is supported]