1.Q. How Can I Automatically Empty the contents of my Deleted items Folder
A: Let Outlook Express Empty the Trash Automatically When You Exit
To make Windows Mail or Outlook Express empty the Deleted Items folder automatically when you quit the program:
· In Outlook Express:
· Go to the Maintenance tab.
· Make sure Empty messages from the 'Deleted Items' folder on exit is checked.
· Click OK.
2.Q: Can I permanently delete a suspicious message from My InBox
A: Delete a Message Bypassing the Trash in Windows Mail or Outlook Express
To delete a message immediately without the Recycle Bin in Windows Mail or Outlook Express:
· Hold down the Shift key while pressing Del.
· Click Yes.
Be careful with this shortcut, though, since your message won't be recoverable once deleted this way.
3. Q: How can I sort the Mail in My Inbox
A: Sort a Mailbox in Windows Mail or Outlook Express
To change the sort order of a folder in Windows Mail or Outlook Express:
· Click on the heading of the column by which you want to sort.
· To reverse the order, click on the same column heading again.
· You can include additional columns not shown by default. Select View Columns... from the menu and check all desired criteria.
4. Q: Can I always open my Emails Full Screen?
A: Open Emails Maximized in Windows Mail or Outlook Express
To make Windows Mail or Outlook Express open email messages to windows that make use of all the available screen space automatically:
· Open any email in its own window by double-clicking it in its folder.
· Make sure the window is not maximized.
· Move the window so that its top left corner coincides with the top left corner of your screen.
· Grab the handle in the window's bottom right corner with the mouse and drag it to the bottom right corner of the screen.
· Close the message window.
· You can use this aspect to make your emails occupy all of the screen without maximizing them in future.
5. Q: Message List is too difficult to read. Can I increase the font size?
A: Change the Font Size of the Windows Mail or Outlook Express Message List
To make Windows Mail or Outlook Express use larger or different fonts for message lists and other interface elements:
· Select Control Panel from the Windows Start menu.
· In Windows Vista:
· Make sure Control Panel Home is highlighted.
· Click Customize colours under Appearance and Personalization.
· Follow the Open classic appearance properties for more colour options link.
· In Windows XP:
· Go to Appearance and Themes if available.
· Click or double-click Display.
· Go to the Appearance tab.
· Click Advanced.
· Select Icon from the Item: drop-down menu.
· Choose the desired Font:, Size: and attributes.
· Click OK.
· The Icon font is used for the list of folders and messages as well as toolbar icon text in Windows Mail or Outlook Express.
· Click OK.
6. Q: How can I quickly build my Address Book?
A: If you make it a habit to add everybody to your Outlook Express address book as soon as they send you a message, your email address book will grow quickly. Outlook Express provides a fast and easy way to do that.
To add the sender of a message to your Outlook Express address book:
· Highlight the message in the message list.
· Select Tools Add Sender to Address Book.
This inserts the sender with the name and email address that appeared in the From: header of the message to your Outlook Express address book.
With this method Outlook Express will not ask any questions. If you want to edit the entry, you have to do it in the address book.
Or
Select Tools Options/Select Automatically put people I reply to in my Address Book
7Q. How do I sort my Address Book into Alpha Order?
A: To sort the Outlook Express contacts pane alphabetically:
· Click on the Contacts button on top of the pane.
· Select Sort by Name from the menu.
8. Q: How can I check that my Email has been received.?
A: To get some idea of your every email's fate, you can request read receipts. Typically, the recipient will be asked to confirm the message has been opened.
Type your Message
Select Tools /Select\Request Read Receipt
While this is no guarantee the content has been read or even understood, such read receipts can still be useful to rule out some possibilities of failure and maybe quiet a wandering mind.
9. Q: What does this message mean ? Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
A: Within the message will be the reason that the message cannot be delivered. It is usually because the address is not correct. Check the address. Remember EMail addresses are case sensitive. Check for spaces, commas and dots!
If you are having trouble with an Email address then ask the person to send you one. Then hit the REPLY and this will add the address to you book correctly.
10. Q. What is Plain Text messages or HTML
A: With Plain text you cannot use character or page formatting nor add clipart. HTML will allow you to send photos, and type your text with font changes, colour and most other word processing formatting.
