Sent E-mails
If you use Outlook Express for all of your e-mail interactions, do you prefer to have it save a copy of the e-mails you send out every day? Sometimes it’s nice to have a saved copy in case you need to go back and reference a certain e-mail or maybe even have to send it again. So, if you’re having trouble getting OE to save your sent e-mails… Continue reading
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I use Outlook Express and even though my Outbox appears empty, it keeps trying to send a message. What’s going on?
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Isn’t that the worst?! I mean, you know you have sent all of your messages out, but Outlook Express still insists that you haven’t. How rude! Well, there are a couple of things you can check before you go off and switch e-mail… Continue reading
E-mail Done Your Way
Do you use Yahoo!, Hotmail or AOL as your main e-mail program? If so, let me ask you this: have you ever switched over from Outlook Express to one of these because you thought it would be a better e-mail experience? If you answered yes, do you miss Outlook Express and all that it had to offer? Okay, enough questions. If you said yes again, keep… Continue reading
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I lost some of the e-mail addresses for my friends and family. How can I find them again?
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Unfortunately, we have all lost an e-mail address at some point or another. Isn’t it just the pits?! I know it has happened to me several times and I just go crazy over finding it again. So, if your e-mail address book somehow gets deleted or if you… Continue reading
E-mail Download
Okay, there you are sitting at your desk with your morning coffee and you’re just waiting for all of your e-mail to come through to your Inbox (using Outlook Express). You may have several e-mails that have piled up overnight and you just want them to download as fast as they can. Everything’s going fine until you are rudely interrupted by an e-mail stall. The download process just… Continue reading
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How do you create a business card in Outlook Express?
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That is such a good question! I just received an e-mail from someone the other day who had a business card attached to their e-mail and I thought that was a really good idea, so I’m glad you asked!
You can include a business card in your e-mail for any reason you want. Maybe you work… Continue reading
E-mail Maintenance
Want to change some of your e-mail settings in Outlook Express? Maybe things just aren’t going the way you want them to within your e-mail and you just need to do some things differently. Well, that’s no problem. Let’s do it!
Open up Outlook Express and go to Tools, Options. Once in there, click on the Maintenance tab. In this box, you can do a lot of cleaning… Continue reading
Gmail in Outlook Express
Are you one of the many who has recently given up Outlook Express and signed up for a Gmail account? Since you’ve done that, have you started to miss the way you handled e-mail in Outlook Express? Some of you may have gone to Gmail because of the online e-mail storage that comes with it, but would you rather use Outlook Express and go back to… Continue reading
Outlook Express Passwords
Often times, Outlook Express does not retain your password and this can be a very big problem (or just a plain annoyance) for some users. You may have that “Remember password” box checked (under Tools, Accounts), but it doesn’t seem to make a bit of difference. You still have to enter your password each time you go in to use Outlook Express and that’s a major pain… Continue reading
IncrediMail
Since we have recently introduced Gmail to you, I thought it would be nice to bring up IncrediMail. IncrediMail is just another e-mail provider that is available today. It is mostly known for its multimedia capabilities, which can take your e-mails to the next level. The company’s Web site says that they are “focused on enhancing traditional e-mail communication” and they are doing this by making it easier to… Continue reading
BCC Those Groups
Ever since we ran the tips on e-mail groups, people have been asking if you can still use the BCC feature with those groups. Well, you certainly can. Even though you have a group created, the BCC option doesn’t change. When you make a group, some e-mail programs embed all of the addresses you included into the group name and that is all that shows up in… Continue reading
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How do you create a signature in Thunderbird?
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In case you’re wondering what a signature even is, it’s just a message you can include at the bottom of all your e-mails that you send out. It can be a personal signature like a poem or a song lyric or it can be a business like signature with your name, phone number, business hours, etc… Continue reading
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How do you block senders using Hotmail?
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We have done a tip on this before for Outlook Express, but it’s a good idea for all of you who use different e-mail providers to know how to block a sender as well. You may even someday need to know how to unblock a sender, so I will give you some hints about that as well!… Continue reading
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You’ve told us how to make groups for Outlook Express and Gmail, but what about other e-mail programs? How do you do it in Yahoo?
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That’s a very legitimate question and I’m glad you asked. Although many people use Outlook Express, there are still several of you who use Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL or even Thunderbird. So, here are some directions on how to create groups for… Continue reading
Gmail Signature
Would you like to add a signature to all of the e-mails you send out in your Gmail account? It’s easy, here’s how!
First of all, a signature is a little ending you can put in each e-mail you send out. It can be a personal signature with a quote or poem or it can be a business type signature that has all of your contact information.
To… Continue reading
Gmail Groups
A couple days ago, we talked about grouping your contacts in Outlook Express. Well, what if you’re one of the many who have started using Gmail? You’re pretty impressed with some of the other features that Gmail has to offer, but you would really like a group option as well. Well, wait no more, because that day is here. The contact group option is one of the newest… Continue reading
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What is the archive button for in Gmail?
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One of the great features of Gmail is that it has its own little archiving area. This might be a little confusing to Gmail beginners though, so let’s walk through this together. The archive feature does not mean that Gmail keeps all your e-mails forever and ever and never gets rid of them. If you have that thought… Continue reading
Group It
If you usually send the same e-mails to the same group of people, you can make it easier by creating a group for them. With group e-mailing, you don’t have to search again and again for each person you want to send an e-mail to. Maybe you’re in a club and you want to e-mail every club member. Put them all in a group and save yourself some… Continue reading
Missing E-mail
I know we’ve covered this topic before, but every single day, it seems as if I get at least 20 e-mails from people saying they are not receiving WorldStart’s newsletters (or even other e-mails they were expecting), so I figured it was worth repeating. It’s a big confusion and a big headache for those who don’t get the e-mails that they are looking forward to each day. So… Continue reading
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What’s an easy way to back up my e-mails in Outlook Express?
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It would be nice if there was a one click backup option embedded in Outlook Express, but unfortunately, there is not. There are a few ways to back up your e-mails, some being harder than others. You may have tried to use the export feature or maybe you just tried dragging all your e-mails… Continue reading
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All I can ever see is that red X. It’s in my e-mail, in my Web browser, it’s everywhere. Why can’t I see any pictures?
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Several people have problems with the dreaded “red X,” so you are definitely not alone when you ask this question. All of us here in the office get multiple e-mails about this subject every day, so even though we’ve run a… Continue reading
Address Book
So, you may use an address book in Outlook Express to keep track of everyone’s e-mail addresses, but did you know that you can access that same address book another way? Just go to Start, All Programs, Accessories and then choose Address Book.
The little address book box will appear on your screen and it will show all of the names you already have added to your list… Continue reading
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What does the CC feature do in Outlook Express?
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You can use the CC to send an e-mail to a few extra people who might need to know about it, but it’s not addressed directly to them. For example, maybe you’re having a birthday party and you’re inviting all of your friends who live close by. You also have some friends who live out… Continue reading
Pictures From Phone to Computer
We all know that cell phones are one of today’s big crazes. An even bigger one is camera cell phones. Before we know it, all cell phones will probably have camera abilities, because the world today likes to see real images rather than just words. So, it may be a good idea to know what you can do with the pictures you take on your… Continue reading
Several of you probably know that Gmail is one of the most talked about e-mail services around today. Some of you may not, and that’s okay! This article will help you understand Gmail a little bit more by showing you five neat tricks you can do with it!
Here we go!
1.) How do I use labels?
In real life, we… Continue reading
Outlook Express Stationery
Did you know that you can use stationery in your e-mails if you use Outlook Express? We have done a tip on creating your own stationery before, but what if you just want to use the samples that are already available from Outlook Express?
Open up OE and go up to the Create Mail icon. Don’t click on the actual icon, but click on the… Continue reading
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I just recently signed up for Gmail. Do you know any tips or tricks that I can use with my new account?
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Gmail is becoming more popular every day with their unique ways of handling e-mail. You must have a Google account to sign up for Gmail, but by doing that, they are eliminating the excess spam mail that is passing through the e-mail… Continue reading
