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- README for Microsoft Outlook(TM) Express
- September l997
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- (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1997
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- This document provides complementary or late-breaking information
- to supplement the documentation.
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- HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT
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- To view Msimn.txt on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad window.
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- To print Msimn.txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor, then
- use the Print command on the File menu.
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- CONTENTS
- ========
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- MICROSOFT OUTLOOK EXPRESS
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- KNOWN ISSUES IN THIS RELEASE
-
- TROUBLESHOOTING
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- TIPS AND TRICKS
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- SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT OUTLOOK EXPRESS
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- MICROSOFT OUTLOOK EXPRESS
- =========================
-
- Outlook Express Mail is an Internet standards based e-mail and news
- reader.
-
- To read e-mail with Outlook Express, you must be using a mail system
- that uses SMTP and POP3 protocols. At this time, you cannot use
- Microsoft Outlook Express to access your e-mail account with any of
- the following services: MS Mail, cc:Mail, The Microsoft Network (MSN),
- with the exception of the MSN "Metro" (MSN 2.5) beta release, CompuServe,
- America Online (AOL), or Microsoft Exchange Server prior to version 5.
- If you don't know whether your system uses these services, contact your
- administrator or your Internet service provider and ask if they support
- SMTP/POP3 mail clients.
-
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- KNOWN ISSUES IN THIS RELEASE
- ============================
-
- - When receiving a message using a GeoCities mail account, you might
- be unable to view any of the original message, or you may see only
- the following information: Postage Paid by... [graphic].
-
- - You will not be able to see embedded objects or images sent from
- people using Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange, or Windows
- Messaging. File attachments work fine, however.
-
- - If you use HTML in your signature, and you send the message before
- any included images have finished drawing, the text you add to the
- message may be lost.
-
- - Some mail clients send Cyrillic messages with tags indicating that
- they are in a western European character set. As a result, Outlook
- Express uses a western-European font to display the message, which
- then appears garbled. To work around this problem, click the View
- menu, click Language, and then choose a Russian character set, such
- as K0I8. The message should display properly using the Russian font.
-
- - While sending and retrieving messages, closing Outlook Express and
- restarting it will cause Outlook Express to crash.
-
- - If you send a Rich Text (HTML) message which contains embedded
- pictures and the option to "Send pictures with message" is turned
- off, any pictures from a local computer or LAN will not be viewed
- when receiving and reading the message using Netscape's Messenger.
-
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- TROUBLESHOOTING
- ===============
-
- - If you run into a problem, try the troubleshooter in online Help
- or on the Microsoft Web site at
- http://www.microsoft.com/support/tshooters.htm. To start the online
- Help troubleshooters, carry out the following steps:
-
- 1. In Outlook Express, click the Help menu, and then click Help
- Topics.
- 2. Double-click the "Troubleshooting" topic on the Contents tab.
-
- - Check your connection to your Internet service provider.
-
- - If you are unable to send or receive mail, check the following:
-
- - The TCP/IP protocol is installed on your computer.
- - All cables are properly connected to your computer, modem, or LAN.
- - You have a PPP or SLIP account with your Internet service
- provider.
- - Your Internet service provider or LAN server supports POP3 and
- SMTP.
- - Your modem communication parameters (baud rate and type of
- protocol) are set correctly.
-
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- TIPS AND TRICKS
- ===============
-
- - Use the Check Names command, available on the Tools menu or on
- the New Message toolbar, to look up a person's e-mail address
- when sending mail.รก The name will be underlined when the
- associated address is found.
-
- - You can move the toolbar to the bottom edge of your screen by
- right-clicking it and then choosing Bottom from the Align menu.
-
- - To send a mail message in Plain Text only (no HTML formatting),
- click the Format menu, and then click on Plain Text. To make Plain
- Text the default setting for new messages, replies, and forwarded
- messages, click the Tools menu, click Options, click the Send
- tab, and then select Plain Text under Mail sending format.
-
- - You can resize the preview pane or the message list by dragging the
- divider between the preview pane and the message list.
-
- - You can change how the preview pane splits, or turn it off entirely,
- by clicking the View menu, clicking Layout and changing the options
- in the dialog box.
-
- - You can set messages to automatically download to the preview pane
- by clicking the Tools menu, clicking Options, clicking the Read
- tab, then selecting the Automatically Show Messages in the Preview
- Pane check box.
-
- - To view the e-mail address of someone who has sent you a message,
- double-click the message to open it, then double-click the author's
- name in the From field. You can also add this person to your Address
- Book by right-clicking the name, and then clicking Add To Address
- Book.
-
- - In mail, you can leave a copy of your messages on the server. To set
- this option, click the Tools menu, and then click Accounts. Select
- the mail account you want to modify, and then click Properties. Click
- the Advanced tab, and then select the Leave A Copy Of Messages On
- Server check box.
-
- - You can have your signature added to all messages, including those
- that you reply to or forward. To do this, click the Tools menu, and
- then click Stationery. On the Mail tab, select the following check
- box: Add Signature To The End Of All Outgoing messages.
-
- - It is possible to use HTML files as signatures as well as plain
- text files.
-
- - To reorder columns, you can drag and drop column headings. Columns
- can be resized by dragging the right edge of the column header.
-
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- SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT OUTLOOK EXPRESS
- =====================================
-
- For the latest information about Outlook Express as well as a list of
- Frequently Asked Questions, see our Web page at
- http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie40/collab/imn. You may find that your
- questions can be answered here.
-
- A newsgroup is dedicated to the discussion of Microsoft Outlook
- Express and provides peer support:
-
- - news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.inetexplorer.ie4.OutlookExpress
-
- This site is the best place to go if you are experiencing a problem,
- as someone else who experienced the same problem might already have
- posted the solution.
-