Use Copernic as an Alternative to Google Desktop

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  davidc_smith

  03/28/08 | Report as spam

  Use of Copernic - another alternate

  I use Lotus notes and find a product called Exalead to meet my needs. It is able to search my Notes archive as well as my inbox. You specify what folders to select including common drives where we store unit documents
  
  It searches other mailboxes as well but I had a specific need that was met.
  
  Very small RAM imprint. It's another choice.

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  jsmith6868

  03/28/08 | Reported as spam

  Copernic

  I really like the 'intuitively obvious" aspects of using Copernic as well as its speed.
  
  Question - How do I search archived emails? I need to keep our server space reduced, but archiving the emails puts me into the Outlook search - the little engine that can't.

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  Rob C

  03/29/08 | Report as spam

  XYPlorerFree

  XYPlorerFree
  http://www.xyplorer.com/free.php
  Not sure if it searches email, but who knows.
  However for other searches it is fantastic.
  It does not build a pre index.
  It is very fast.
  It is free.
  It does not require Installing, it just runs.
  When you wish to do a search, you press F12
  A panel appears at the bottom, defaulting to where you had the focus in the File Manger.
  You set the file names eg *.txt
  You set the contained words you are looking for, and start the search. It is a much simpler interface than the Windows one.
  It leaves Windows Explorer for dead, as a File Manager.
  It has Tabs.
  I have a Tab locked to a Folder called Downloads.
  All my downloads go into that folder.
  I have it(just that Tab) sorted by Date, so most recent are at the top.
  So say I was on a web page, describing a program.
  I can save the web page, and then click the download link.
  Later when I go to that Tab, the two files will be adjacent to each other, and I can move them to where I choose.
  And if you had the focus (in your normal tab), on the folder where you wish to move them, you can just drag them to the normal folder Tab.
  You can change the font and size.
  You can change the colors (eg I have the whole selected line in a special color.
  
  You will put me in your will, if you try this program.
  Rob

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  bmanevitz

  03/30/08 | Report as spam

  RE: Use Copernic as an Alternative to Google Desktop

  I started using Copernic in tandem with Google Desktop, to compare them, and I've actually been rather disappointed with Copernic. Maybe I'm just used to GDS searches, but I find I can pull the document I'm looking for much more efficiently in GDS than Copernic.
  --Ben