A company called Baydin sells a $14.95 product for Outlook called Boomerang for Outlook, which enables you to reschedule the delivery of e-mails you’ve received and also to schedule the sending of e-mails for some specific time in the future.

I’m sure Boomerang for Outlook, which I have not tried, adds convenience. But Outlook doesn’t need e-mail scheduling, because that functionality is already built-in.

Gmail, on the other hand, desperately needs it. Which is why Baydin’s Boomerang for Gmail will probably be very welcome. The product is a browser plug-in for both Firefox and Chrome currently in beta mode. If you sign up at the Baydin site, they’ll send you an invitation code. Or so they say. I’m still waiting for mine.

To use Boomerang, just click on a “Receive Later” button that the plug in adds. Then you select a date and time. Boomerang moves your message into Archives until the specified time, at which point it moves it back into your inbox, marks it “unread” and puts a star on it.

When in Gmail’s Compose mode, Boomerang offers a “Send Later” button. Clicking it lets you choose exactly when.

Read more @ http://www.itworld.com/internet/117967/finally-e-mail-scheduling-coming-gmail

To provide continuity of service if you utilize email or IP address security filters, white list or otherwise add salesforce.com’s IP address space to your list of trusted addresses

The IP address spaces are as follows:

204.14.232.0/25 East Coast Data Center (set one)
204.14.233.0/25 East Coast Data Center (set two)
204.14.234.0/25 West Coast Data Center (set one)
204.14.235.0/25 West Coast Data Center (set two)
202.129.242.0/25 Singapore Data Center

To clarify, the “0/25″ that you see in the ranges refers to an abbreviated form of Classless Inter-domain routing notation. In essence this notation is a network number followed by a “/” and a number , the latter number indicates the number of 1′s (starting a the left most bit i.e MSB – most significant bit) in the subnet mask i.e the number of bits relevant to a network portion of the IP address. So “/25″ means 25 bits constitute the subnet mask of 255.255.255.128, and really 25 bits reserved for network address which is identified by performing bitwise “AND” to the full network number.

For example 204.14.232.0/25 means 2 possible networks in the form of 204.14.232.0 and 204.14.232.128 each having possible 126 hosts i.e total 252 hosts or IP addresses per specified range.

Following is a solution which will hide “Save & Send Invitation” button on New Event page

STEP1: JAVASCRIPT Code. Create a JS file with below code

window.onload = new function()
{
window.setTimeout(hideBtns,2000);
}
function hideBtns()
{
if(document.getElementsByName(“sendEmail”)[0]!=null)
document.getElementsByName(“sendEmail”)[0].style.display = ‘none’;

if(document.getElementsByName(“sendEmail”)[1]!=null)
document.getElementsByName(“sendEmail”)[1].style.display = ‘none’;
}

STEP2: Upload the JS file as a DOCUMENT

STEP3: Create a Home Page Component of type (HTML Area)

<script src=”/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=01530000001OcDl”></script>

Here 01530000001OcDl is ID of document created in STEP2

STEP4: Add above created Home page component in your home page layout.

That’s it you are all set, now open New Event and add invitees, automatically the “Save & Send Invitation” button will disappear.

Please note : If you have some functionality which you want to work across all pages or on every form then navigate to Setup then go to Customize->User Interface, check “Show Custom Sidebar Components on All Pages” under the Sidebar section.

The Import Wizard

is designed for less-technical users and smaller, simple imports of up to 50,000 records. It takes you through the process step by step and displays error messages to alert you to potential record duplications (“dupes”). For more information, go to Help & Training | Importing Data | Using the Import Wizards.

Use the Apex Data Loader

for complex imports of any size. It’s for technical users only. You’ll need access to the API to use this tool, which is included with Enterprise and Unlimited Edition. If you have another edition, you can purchase the API separately by contacting your account executive. The Data Loader doesn’t display error messages to alert you to potential problems. However, this tool includes several features that help make large data imports easier, such as being able to save your mappings. For more information, go to Help & Training | Data Loader.

The table below summarizes the difference between the two tools. The instructions in the remaining steps refer to the Import Wizard.

How Cloud Antivirus is different from traditional antivirus products?

Cloud Antivirus is a cloud based security solution that can be installed and managed from anywhere through a web console.

Since it is a hosted service, it doesn’t require infrastructure investment. You typically have options to delegate your security management to expert service providers.

So it is essentially more about management of Antivirus in any organization that goes in the cloud. There will still be an Antivirus product installed in each PC and laptop you have. However you have options to control the updates, profiles and levels of security from a cloud based control panel. However the installed part on PC is a thin version of traditional antivirus product.

How the Cloud Antivirus is deployed?
Normally the Cloud Antivirus can be deployed in two ways. One in which the user clicks on an email which includes a link that will install the protection agent. The other way is where administrator can push the installation to workstations choosing workstations by name, IP address, IP range or by domain.

What are advantages of Cloud Antivirus?

Cloud Antivirus is service not software and so has follwoing advantages:
No installation required
Update without users intervention – always up to date
Access your account from anywhere
Reduces bandwidth consumption (as large number of workstations look for updates in traditional software)

What are Free Cloud Antivirus?
They are similar to other free anti virus but hosted in cloud. You get advantage of low footprint and up to date packages. An example of free cloud anti virus is Panda Cloud antivirus.

<apex:page renderas="pdf">
<div style="page-break-after:always;">
This is page one
</div>
</apex:page>

2. Page layout and Page number
The following snippet shows you have to switch the PDF page layout to landscape and add page numbers to your Visualforce page. Use the below code in CSS of Visualforce page.

@page {
/* Landscape orientation */
size:landscape;
/* Put page numbers in the top right corner of each page in the pdf document. */
@top-right
{
content: “Page ” counter(page);
}
}

Source : Kyle Roche / Pragya Kumari

Solution (Ack : Anand)
The limit is on the number of times “SendEmail(…)” method is called not the number of SingleEmailMessage int he Array. So theoretically you can send 10 x 1000 emails (assuming you have an array of 1000 SingleEmailMessage for every sendEmail call) .

Transcript :

• This is your homepage. Right away you can see how Chatter brings your business applications to life.The first thing you see is your picture and your latest status update.
• When you click on your picture, or on the profile tab,you’re brought to your work profile where you can share your skills and background with everyone in your company.
• In the middle of the page is where you post your status. It’s where you let everyone know what you’re working on.
• You can also attach links and files to go with your updates whether you’re at a conference looking for new business or just asking your colleagues for advice.
• People can see your status in real time, and respond immediately with helpful information.
• Now let’s take a look at the people tab,here you have a private corporate directory that makes it easy to find colleagues and follow them if you want to see their updates.
• Back on our homepage, you can open your main Chatter Feed. It puts all of your updates right in front of you in one place.
• You can see updates from the people you’re following,plus you can immediately see when new files have been updated, like this presentation.
• But Chatter helps you do a lot more than follow people, you can also keep track of everything that’s happening with your applications and specific records that matter to you.
• Like updates from your deals, your customer cases, and your custom app records like this project. You can even get updates from Non-Salesforce apps like back office finance or HR systems. Here you can see an update to an account you’re following. From your feed you can drill right into the underlying detail.
• Here we are on the account record. You can see all of the account details, and expand the Chatter feed to see the latest updates. At the top is where you can choose to follow this account.
• Here you can see who else is following it. And if you created or own this record, you will automatically follow it.You will also automatically follow the people and records you work with most often.
• With Chatter, every record also has it’s own feed. For example, people from across the company who work on this account can collaborate on it right here. When someone makes a change, or a document is modified, everyone who is following is immediately updated.
• With Chatter, you can also create groups to collaborate on any team project whether it’s a Sales opportunity, an HR project, a product, or your team.
• You can create groups in just a couple of clicks. You simply choose whether you want a public or private group,and then invite your colleagues to join. Here’s a group for a consulting project related to this account.
• Chatter also makes it easy for groups to collaborate on documents. Here’s a project plan that someone just posted to the group. You can preview and comment on it right in the feed.
• Finally, you can bring Chatter with you on the road. It works with your mobile device, like your iPad, iPhone or Blackberry. No matter where you go, Chatter makes sure you have your realtime updates right at your fingertips.
• That was a quick look at Chatter. A powerful way to collaborate with people in your company in realtime, in a private, completely secure way. So what are you waiting for? It only takes a minute to get started. Simply create your profile, follow your colleagues, and let people know what you’re working on.

Setup Enhancer for Salesforce is a Greasemonkey script that helps you find just what you’re looking for in Setup with a minimal number of keystrokes. Looking for Account Validation Rules? Don’t hit all those plus signs out there and scroll down endlessly. Type “val” and you’ll have one list of just validation rules. To learn more, check out the video.

All you need to run Setup Enhancer for Salesforce is

• Firefox 3.5 or greater
• Greasemonkey
• Setup Enhancer for Salesforce

This is the Salesforce administrator’s new best friend. If you try it and like it, please leave a five-star review of it at UserScripts and leave some feedback.

Source : CRM FYI

Action Plans allow your organization to create multiple tasks (independent and/or dependent) for a lead (or other Salesforce.com objects), assign tasks to a specific user, and supports the creation of up to 20 action plans at a time.