Help With YourOutlook Express Settings 6.0

View and Tools

(Settings may also be offered in other Outlook E-mail Programs)

The following are my preferences and will, over all, make Outlook
more functional ~ without the busyness of items not used.

(check selections stated and remove selections not stated herein)

Note: any time you leave the section you're currently making
selections in, like for the purpose of reading these instructions
again, click the Apply, Ok settings (when present) ~ to save the
selections already made.


Outlook Express


View
Show All Messages

View
Sort by
Subject
Sort Ascending

Columns
Priority
Attachment
Flag
From
Subject
Size
OK

View
Layout
Folder list
Status bar
View bar
Apply
Ok

Tools
Options
General Tab
When starting, go directly to my inbox folder
Automatically display folders with unread messages
Send and receive messages at startup
Check for new messages every 5 minutes
Do not connect
Apply
Ok

Tools
Options
Read
Mark messages read after displaying for 5 seconds
Automatically expand grouped messages
Highlight watched messages - red
Get 300 headers at a time

Font Settings
Western
Proportional font: Verdana
Fixed-width font: Courier New
Font size: smaller
Encoding: Western European Windows
Ok

International Settings
uncheck
Ok

Apply
Ok

Tools
Options
Receipts
Notify me for each read receipt request
Apply
Ok

Tools
Options
Send
Save copy of messages in the sent folder
Send messages immediately
Automatically complete email addresses when composing
Include message in reply

Mail Sending Format
Plain Text Settings
Unencode
Ok

HTML
HTML Settings *
Encode text using - Quoted Printable *
Send pictures with message *
Ok *

News Sending Format
Plain text
Plain Text Settings
Unencode
Ok

HTML Settings *
Encode text using - Quoted Printable *
Send pictures with message *
Ok *

Apply *
Ok *

Tools
Options
Compose
Font Settings

Compose Font
Mail
Make selection for the size, color, and type of fonts you want
for when you type an email.

Compose Font
News
Make selection for the size, color, and type of fonts you want
for when you type an email.

Apply
Ok

Adding Signatures

If you would like your site addresses to appear at the bottom of
your emails you can do this.
Highlight, then right click to copy your URL(S) ...
http://iam.homewithGod.com/glimpsesofgod/
http://my.homewithgod.com/blessingsandlessons/
http://our.homewithgod.com/heavenlyinspirations/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeavenlyInspirations-originalwritings/

Tools
Options
Signatures
New
Edit Signature
Text
put your cursor in the white box, then right click, paste
(your link info should appear)

Advanced
check your e-mail account
Ok

Don't add signatures to replies and forwards.

Apply
Ok

Then, when you want your signature to appear in your e-mail,
select Insert, Signature.


Tools
Options
Spelling
Always check spelling before sending
Suggest replacements for misspelled words
Words with numbers
Internet addresses
English - United States
Apply
Ok

Tools
Options
Security
Internet Zone-less secure but more functional *
Warn me when other applications try to send email as me
Apply *
Ok *

Tools
Options
Connections
Ask before switching dial-up connections
Apply
Ok

Tools
Options
Maintenance
Empty messages from the Deleted Items folder upon leaving
Compact Messages in the Background
Compact Messages when there is 10 % wasted space
Clean Up Now
Compact
Close

Apply
Ok


* Settings required to be able to send and receive OE stationery.


© by Joyce C. Lock

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Joyce C. Lock is a published author, poet, columnist and
Senior Writer whose latest adventures include her new website <a
href=http://iam.homewithGod.com/glimpsesofgod/>Glimpses of
God</a>.  Joyce's writings encourage us in our relationship with
God and each other.