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Today I learned that Outlook doesn\u2019t always<\/em> save your draft emails. In not unrelated news, as of today I\u2019m no longer using Outlook to take random meeting notes.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today I learned that Outlook doesn\u2019t always save your draft emails. 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