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Add an Email account |
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Thursday, 18 May 2006 11:01 |
Go to Tools > Accounts and on the Mail tab, click Add > Mail and enter the details provided by your ISP/Email provider.
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Backup/Restore Email account settings |
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Thursday, 18 May 2006 10:53 |
Go to Tools > Accounts, on the Mail tab select the account you wish to backup and click Export. You can then save your Email account settings as an .iaf file. This can then be restored by using the same dialog but by clicking the Import button and navigating to the .iaf file you exported originally.
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Block a sender from sending you messages |
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Thursday, 18 May 2006 09:36 |
If you wish to block a sender from emailing you, select the message from the sender that you wish to block, then click Message > Block Sender and you will no longer receive emails from that email address.
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Change how often Outlook Express checks for new Emails |
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Thursday, 18 May 2006 11:04 |
Outlook Express periodically checks for new Emails. The default time period is 30 minutes. To change this, go to Tools > Options and under Send/Receive messages change the duration from 30 minutes to your desired value.
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Create message rules to organise emails |
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Thursday, 18 May 2006 09:33 |
Go to Tools > Message Rules > Mail to setup rules which can help you organise your mail efficiently.
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Export Emails to Microsoft Outlook |
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Thursday, 18 May 2006 16:00 |
To export Emails to Microsoft Outlook, go to File > Export > Messages and your messages will instantly transfer to Outlook.
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Forward and Email as an attachment |
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Thursday, 18 May 2006 15:54 |
To forward an Email as an attachment, select the Email you wish to forward, right click it and go to Forward As Attachment.
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Keyboard shortcut: Check the spelling of the message you are typing |
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Thursday, 18 May 2006 09:24 |
Press F7 to allow Outlook Express to check your message for spelling mistakes before you send it.
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Keyboard shortcut: Check your spelling |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 13:13 |
When composing a new message, pressing the F7 key will open up the spell checking facility.
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Keyboard shortcut: Close a message |
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Thursday, 18 May 2006 09:22 |
To close a message that you are viewing, press Esc.
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Keyboard shortcut: Create a new email |
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Thursday, 18 May 2006 09:16 |
To create a new email, press Ctrl + N.
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Keyboard shortcut: Forward a message |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 13:08 |
Pressing CTRL + F will open up the forward message window.
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Keyboard shortcut: Go to your Inbox |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 13:09 |
Pressing CTRL + I will take you straight to your inbox folder.
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Keyboard shortcut: Insert a signature |
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Thursday, 18 May 2006 09:25 |
Press Ctrl + Shift + S to insert a signature into a message you are about to send.
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Keyboard shortcut: Open your Address Book |
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Thursday, 18 May 2006 09:18 |
Press Ctrl + Shift + B to open your Address Book.
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Keyboard shortcut: Printing the selected message |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 13:04 |
Pressing CTRL + P will print the currently selected or currently being viewed message.
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Keyboard shortcut: Reply to the message author |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 13:06 |
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Pressing CTRL + R will open the reply to author message composing window.
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Keyboard shortcut: Searching for a message |
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Monday, 15 May 2006 13:11 |
Pressing CTRL + SHIFT + F will open up the message search window.
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Keyboard shortcut: Send a message |
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Thursday, 18 May 2006 09:28 |
To send the message you have just typed, press Ctrl + Enter.
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Keyboard shortcut: Send/Receive Mail |
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Friday, 07 April 2006 11:29 |
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To send unsent Emails and to check for new Emails, press Ctrl and M.
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Mark your Email with priority |
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Thursday, 05 October 2006 16:24 |
By default, Emails are sent with a normal priority. Create a new message and at the top click on Message > Set Priority and choose the appropriate priority.
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Permanently delete all messages from Deleted Items |
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Wednesday, 04 October 2006 16:10 |
To permanently delete all your messages in the Deleted Items folder, right click on Deleted Items and click on Empty 'Deleted Items' Folder.
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Set Oulook Express as the default mail client |
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Wednesday, 04 October 2006 16:05 |
To set Outlook Express as your default E-mail client, Go to Tools > Options, and on the General tab there is a subheading named Default Messaging Programs. Under this heading click Make Default next to This application is NOT the default Mail handler and click on OK.
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Use a background template in your Emails |
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Thursday, 05 October 2006 16:21 |
To use one of the built in background templates in your Email, create a new Email and click on Format > Apply Stationary and choose the style of stationary you wish to insert into your Email message.
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