Could someone explain to me why the United States
spends more money killing people than taking care of its own?
The tax rebate is Bush and his cronies way of bailing out big corporations
using tax payers' money, it is NOT to help poorer America.
Why is there money to help big corporations, killing people, but when it comes
to Social Security, the money is running out? Why don't they bail out
Social Security? My measly $300 rebate has already gone to Big Oil. Yours most
likely will end up in some big corporation's pockets too and our children will
have to pick up the tab.
John 1:11 "He came
unto his own, and his own received him not."
Another great site for Office Support and Help is
"Of the People, by the people, for the people."
Not any more in the USA.
Now it is Of the people, by the government, for the government, big corporations,
and rich.
ITS TIME FOR THE PEOPLE TO TAKE BACK AMERICA,
VOTE THE POLITICIANS OUT AND PUT IN GOOD PEOPLE WHO
CAN'T BE BOUGHT BY THE BIG CORPORATIONS AND RICH. Read More, Politicians Running Wild
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Here are some links for online virus program and also free spyware programs. If you are experiencing computer Problems such as slowness, strange icons
appearing, tool bars appearing, home page changing, please use one of the following
links to check for a virus or trojan.
If your computer has System Restore make sure you disable it before running any of these programs.
Remember to Enable System Restore once you have finished.
AVG is a great "FREE" program and I used to keep a link to the download but they keep changing it all the time and I can't keep this link up to date so Google "Download AVG Free" to get the download link. SORRY!
Avoid spreading E-mail borne computer viruses in Outlook
Express:
Method 1
Create a new contact in your E-mail address book with the name:
!0000 with no E-mail address in the details.
What will happen with this method is that when the E-mail is
sent because one of the names has no E-mail address it will not
leave the Outbox.
It will stay in the Outbox.
If you have e-mails in the Outbox then check them. If you aren't
the creator of the message then most likely it is a self sending virus.
Run a virus scan.
IF you did create the E-mail then check the E-mail addresses
to be sure they ALL are good E-mail addresses.
Start
Programs
Accessories
Address Book
Once the Address Book is open
Click the New pull-down toolbar item
Click New Contact
In the field that says First, type in
!0000
Click OK.
In the field that says Last, type in
!0000
Click OK.
This contact will then show up as your first contact in the Address
Book.
If a virus attempts to do a "send all" on your contact list, you see
an error message that says:
"The Message could not be sent. One or more recipients do not have
an E-mail address. Please check your Address Book and make sure
all the recipients have a valid E-mail address."
If you click on OK, the offending infected message will not have been
sent to anyone. The infected message will then be stored in either your
"Drafts" or "Outbox" folder. You may completely delete (in other words,
not just send it to Outlook's "Deleted Items" folder) the offending message
from that location by highlighting the message, hold down the Shift key
and press Delete, and then confirm.
This way the virus is not spread and you have been alerted so that you
can apply whatever remedy the situation calls for.
Method 2
Open Outlook Express
Click on Tools
Click on Options
Click on Security Tab
Place a tic in the "Warn me when other applications try to send e-mails
as me"
Backup a Personal Folder File (.PST file):
If you are not using Outlook with Microsoft Exchange Server, Outlook will
store all of its data in a Personal Folder file.
If you want to back up or export a particular folder such as Contacts
or Calendar, use the steps in the section: Importing/Exporting Personal
Folder Data.
Use the following steps to back up the entire Personal Folder file: Close
any mail-related programs such as Outlook, Microsoft Exchange, or Windows
Messaging.
Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click the Mail and Fax icon.
If you do not have Microsoft Fax installed, you will see a Mail icon.
Click the Personal Folders service you want to back up.
By default this service is called "Personal Folders", however, it may
have been named something else.
If the service has been named something else, you can determine what
a service is by selecting the service from the list of services and
clicking Properties.
On the dialog box that appears, the title bar will say "Personal Folders"
if the service is a Personal Folders service.
After reading the title bar, click Cancel.
Use this method to check the type of any service you are unfamiliar
with.
You may have more than one Personal Folders service in your profile and
if so, each set of personal folders must be backed up separately.
Note:
If there is no Personal Folders services in your profile and you have
been able to store information such as E-mail , contacts, or appointments
in Outlook, then your information is most likely being stored in a mailbox
on a Microsoft Exchange Server.
If this is the case, see the section titled, Backing Up Data When
Using Outlook with Microsoft Exchange Server.
If there are no personal folders in the list of services and you are not
storing information in a Microsoft Exchange Server mailbox, Outlook can
only be used for browsing files and the features in Outlook that store data
cannot be used.
If this is the case, there is no data to back up.
Click Properties and make a note of the path and file name listed
in on the Properties dialog box.
Note:
You can possibly reduce the size of a Personal Folder file by clicking
Compact Now. This is especially useful if you plan to back up the Personal
Folder file to a floppy disk.
Click OK, then click OK again to close the Properties dialog box.
Make a copy of the file you noted in the note using the Windows 95 Explorer
or the My Computer icon.
For more information on copying files in Windows 95, click the Start
button, then click Help. On the Index tab, type "copying, files" to
view the related topics.
If you ever need to restore a Personal Folder file, simply copy the
backup copy of the file you created with the above steps to the same
folder and name you noted above.
Exporting Personal Folder Data:
Use the following steps to export an individual folder such as Contacts
or Calendar to its own personal folder file.
On the File menu, Click Import and Export.
Click "Export to a personal folder file" and then click Next.
Click the folder you want to export and click Next.
In "Save exported file as", type the name of the file to which the data
will be exported.
Click Finish.
Importing Personal Folder Data:
Use the following steps to import a personal folder file into Outlook:
On the File menu, Click Import and Export.
Click "Import from a personal folder file", then click Next.
Type the path and name of the personal folder file you want to import,
then click Next.
Click the folder into which the data will be imported.
Click Finish.
Backing Up Personal Address Books:
Although Contacts information may be kept either in a Microsoft Exchange
Server mailbox or Personal Folder and accessed via the Outlook Address Book,
the Personal Address Book creates a file that is stored on the workstation
hard drive. In order to assure that this address book is backed up; you
must include any files with the .pab extension in your backup process.
To locate your personal Address Book file, follow these steps:
Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.
Type "*.pab" (without the quotation marks), and click to select My Computer
in the Look In list.
Click Find Now, to start the search.
Note:
The location of the .pab file and include it in your backup.
If you need to restore this address book either to the same computer
or a different computer, simply add the Personal Address Book service
to the profile and point to the .pab file.
How to Import and Export Messages, Address Books, and
business cards in Outlook Express
NOTE: If you are moving files and folders from another PC using
a CD Disk you will have to move the files and folders to the desktop first.
Once you have them on the desktop, right click on them and click properties.
Then change their attributes from "Read Only" to "Archive".
Exporting Address Books or Business Cards
To export an address book or business card from Outlook Express to another
E-mail program, follow these steps:
On the Tools menu,
Click Address Book.
On the File menu
Point to Export
Click Address Book or Business Card (vcard).
If you are exporting an address book, click the address book you
want to export, click Export, and then proceed through the wizard.
If you are exporting a business card, locate and click the .vcf
file you want to export.
Note:You can only import one card at a time.
Click Save.
Importing Messages
Click on File
Point to Import
Click on Messages
Select Profile you want to import from
Click Next
Select the folders you want to import
Click Next
Click Finish
Importing Address Books or Business Cards
To import an address book or business card from another E-mail program
to Outlook Express, follow these steps:
Click on File
Point to Import
Click Address Book or Business Card (vcard).
If you are importing an address book, click the address book you want
to import, and then click Next.
Depending on the type of address book you are importing, either locate
and click the address book file, and then click Open, or proceed through
the wizard.
If you are importing a business card, locate and click the .vcf file
you want to import, and then click Save.
Outlook Express supports importing and exporting the following types
of address books:
Export:
Microsoft Exchange Personal Address Book Text File (comma Separated
Values)
Import:
Eudora Pro or Light Address Book (through v3.0)
LDIF - LDAP Data Interchange Format
Microsoft Exchange Personal Address Book
Microsoft Internet Mail for Windows 3.1 Address Book
Netscape Address Book (v2 or v3)
Netscape Communicator Address Book (v4)
Text File (comma Separated Values)
Business Card (vCard)
Backing up Mail:
Click on file
Import/Export and export it.
E-mail : Block messages from a sender or domain:
You can block messages from a particular sender or domain. The domain
is the name following the @ symbol in an E-mail address.
When you block a sender or domain, no E-mail or news message from
that sender or domain will arrive in your Inbox or in the news messages
you read. E-mail from blocked senders goes directly into your Delete
folder.
Newsgroup messages from blocked senders are not displayed.
From your E-mail Inbox or the list of messages in a newsgroup, select
a message from a sender you want to block.
On the Message menu, click Block Sender.
Notes
Blocking a sender applies to standard POP mail only. It does not apply
to HTTP mail (Hotmail) or IMAP messages.
To remove a name from the Blocked Senders list, click the Tools menu,
point to Message Rules, and then click Blocked Senders List.
Blocked senders list in Outlook Express will not retain
the entries:
NOTE: The advantage of this method is that you do not have to go back
and remove the command-line switch from the path of the shortcut.
Additionally, the full path needs to be in quotation marks to preserve
long file names.
You will be asked for some additional information.
For default E-mail , choose outlook, outlook express ??
For newsgroups, choose outlook (if n/a, choose express)
For contacts, choose outlook, outlook express ??
Send the same message privately to more than one person
(BCC)?
Use BCC it stands for Blind Carbon Copy.
If the BCC doesn't show up on your address bar click view and show All
Headers
Opening a File, or a Picture sent to you in an E-mail :
To open a file or a picture, double click on it.
Depending on your computer it will automatically download or it will ask
you.
"To open it", if you click on this, it will automatically open the file.
Save the file.
If you chose this.
It will ask you where you want to save the file.
A window will open up asking you where you want to save the file at
the top.
At the bottom it will ask you for a name for the file.
Remember where you save it. That is where you will go to open it later.
Set up Outlook or Outlook Express to work with Hotmail:
Outlook Express can't read Hotmail
Microsoft Outlook Express versions 5, 5.01, 5.5 for Windows 98
Microsoft Outlook Express versions 5, 5.01, 5.5 for Windows 95
Microsoft Outlook Express versions 5, 5.01, 5.5 for Windows 98 Second
Edition
Microsoft Outlook Express versions 5.01, 5.5 for Windows 2000
Microsoft Outlook Express versions 5, 5.01, 5.5 for Windows NT 4.0
How to Configure Outlook Express to Use a Hotmail Account If you are
using Outlook 97, 98, or 2000, this article does not apply.
Use the following steps to manually configure Outlook Express to use a
Hotmail account:
Start Outlook Express, and then click Accounts on the Tools menu.
Click Add
Click Mail.
In the Display name box, type your name, and then click Next.
In the E-mail address box, type your Hotmail address, and then click
Next.
Click HTTP in the My incoming mail server is box.
If Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is not an available choice,
you are using an earlier version of Outlook Express that does not support
Hotmail
In the My HTTP mail service provider is box, click Hotmail
Confirm that "http://services.msn.com/svcs/Hotmail/httpmail.asp" (without
quotation marks) is in the Incoming mail (POP3), IMAP or HTTP server box,
and then click Next.
In the Account name box, type your Hotmail account name.
In the Password box, type your password, click Next, and then click Finish.
Your new account appears on the Mail tab of the Internet Accounts dialog
box. Click Close.
At the prompt to download folders from the mail server that you added,
click Yes.
OR
IF that doesn't work
Go to the Hotmail account in Outlook Express.
Edit the account, go to the Server tab and change the server with the
following:
http://oe.hotmail.com/secure/hmdata
Set up Outlook or Outlook Express to work with Yahoo mail:
Microsoft Outlook 98 and 2000
Yahoo! Mail users can read their E-mail in Outlook by subscribing to the POP Access & Forwarding service. This service
allows you to use Outlook or another POP3 client to access and manage
your Yahoo! Mail messages.
Outlook allows you to add a new E-mail account to your existing profile.
This means you do not have to replace your current settings in order
to send and receive Yahoo! Mail messages.
Unfortunately, Microsoft Outlook 97 does not support authenticated
SMTP, and thus Microsoft Outlook 97 cannot be used to read Yahoo!
Mail messages.
To add a new E-mail account to your existing profile:
From the Tools menu, select "Accounts." If you do not see
"Accounts," place your cursor over the two arrows at the bottom
of the list to display more choices.
Click the "Add" button.
From the Add menu, click "Mail."
In the Display Name box, type your name as you would like
it to appear when you send a message, and click "Next."
In the E-mail Address box, enter your Yahoo! Mail address
(for example, "user@yahoo.com") and click "Next."
In the box labeled "My incoming mail server is a..." select
"POP3" server.
Type "pop.mail.yahoo.com" in the Incoming Mail (POP3 or IMAP)
Server box.
Type "smtp.mail.yahoo.com" in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server
box.
Some ISP's require you to put their setting in here instead
of smtp.mail.yahoo.com
In the Account Name box, enter your Yahoo! Mail ID (your E-mail
address without the "@yahoo.com").
In the Password box, enter your Yahoo! Mail password.
Check "Remember Password" if you do not want Outlook to prompt
you for your password each time you check your mail.
Do not check the box labeled "Log on using Secure Password
Authentication (SPA)."
Click "Next."
Choose the appropriate connection type under the "Which Method
Do You Use to Connect to the Internet" heading.
If you chose "Connect using my phone line," you will need
to select a dial-up connection in the Dial-up Connection Wizard
and click "Next."
Click "Finish."
Important: The Yahoo! Mail SMTP server now requires authentication.
To turn this setting on, follow these steps:
From the Tools menu, choose "Accounts."
Select the "Mail" tab.
Select your Yahoo! Mail account and click "Properties."
Click on the "Servers" tab.
Check the box next to "My Server Requires Authentication."
Please make sure that "Log on using Secure Password Authentication"
is not checked.
Click "OK."
To control deletion of messages from the Yahoo! Mail server: Make
sure you set this up.
From the Tools menu, select "Accounts."
Click on the "Mail" tab.
Select your Yahoo! Mail account and click "Properties."
Click on the "Advanced" tab.
Check "Leave a copy of messages on server" if you want to
save your Yahoo! Mail messages on the Yahoo! Mail server as
well as on your local computer. Please note that setting your
E-mail client to remove messages from the server will cause
your messages to be deleted from the server. Once the messages
are deleted, we are unable to retrieve them.
Click "OK."
Close Microsoft Outlook and restart.
Can receive but can't send mail in Outlook
or Outlook Express
If you're able to receive but unable to send mail in your
E-mail client (such as Outlook or Outlook Express), then please
review the following troubleshooting steps below.
In the fight against unsolicited commercial E-mail (spam),
some Internet service providers require their users to use
specific SMTP servers when sending outgoing mail. If you
experience problems sending E-mail , please contact
your ISP to determine if specific SMTP server settings are
required. You will need to use their SMTP server in place
of Yahoo's SMTP server in your E-mail client
The following is a partial list of known ISP-required
SMTP servers:
MSN -- smtp.e-mail .msn.com
NetZero -- smtp.netzero.net
Verizon -- outgoing.verizon.net
Earthlink/MindSpring -- Please visit their help pages
AT&T -- Please visit their help pages
Cox -- Please visit their help pages
Bell Sympatico -- Please visit their help pages
Before a Yahoo user can send mail, Yahoo requires
that the user be authenticated by the Yahoo SMTP mail
server. This prevents unauthorized use of the SMTP gateway
by unscrupulous or malicious mail users.
ALSO modify some of the settings in your Yahoo mail
account:
On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.
If View or change existing E-mail accounts is not already selected, click View or change existing
E-mail accounts, and then click Next.
Click the Yahoo mail account, and then click Change.
In the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3) dialog
box, click More Settings.
Click to select the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires
authentication check box.
Ensure that Log on to incoming mail server before sending
mail is selected.
Click OK
Click Next
Click Finish.
Quit and restart Outlook before you send mail.
If you have the Norton anti-virus E-mail feature enabled,
you may have to do additional configuration to use Outlook or
Outlook Express with the Norton anti-virus E-mail feature For
more information, visit the following Symantec web site:
Sorry I had a link here for Norton Support but they disable
or changed the link.
If Outlook or Outlook Express is your E-mail Client:
Notes:
You can use the Send To: To include the Specified Access Datasheet,
Form, Report, Module, or Data Access Page in an electronic mail message,
where it can be viewed and forwarded.
You can include objects in Microsoft Excel (*.xls), MS-DOS text (*.txt),
rich-text (*.rtf), or HTML (*.html) format in messages for Microsoft
Exchange, Microsoft Mail, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups mail, or
another electronic mail application that USES the Microsoft Mail Applications
Programming Interface (MAPI).
Click File On the Menu Toolbar.
Click Send To.
Click Mail Recipient or Mail Recipient (as attachment).
Depending on which mail program your using one of two things will open.
Your default E-mail program will open. The window you're working
in will change to an E-mail program if Outlook or Outlook Express
is your default E-mail program.
To:
The recipients of the message whose names you want to put on the To
line in the mail message. If you leave this argument blank, Access prompts
you for the recipients' names.
Separate the recipients' names you specify in this argument and
in the Cc and BCC arguments with a semicolon (;) or with the list
separator set on the Number tab of the Regional Settings Properties
dialog box in Windows Control Panel. If the mail application can't
identify the recipients' names, the message isn't sent and an error
occurs.
Cc:
The recipients of the message whose names you want to put on the Cc
("carbon copy") line in the mail message. If you leave this argument
blank, the Cc line in the mail message is blank.
BCC:
The recipients of the message whose names you want to put on the BCC
("blind carbon copy") line in the mail message. If you leave this argument
blank, the BCC line in the mail message is blank.
Subject:
The subject of the message. This text appears on the Subject line
in the mail message. If you leave this argument blank, the Subject line
in the mail message is blank.
Click Send a Copy.
If you use other MAPI E-mail Client:
Note:
You can't include objects in Microsoft Active Server (*.asp) or Microsoft
IIS (*.htx, *.idc) format, although these selections are displayed in
the list
To:
The recipients of the message whose names you want to put on the "To"
line in the mail message. If you leave this argument blank, Microsoft
Access prompts you for the recipients' names.
Separate the recipients' names you specify in this argument and in
the Cc and BCC arguments with a semicolon (;) or with the list separator
set on the Number tab of the Regional Settings Properties dialog box
in Windows Control Panel. If the mail application can't identify the
recipients' names, the message isn't sent and an error occurs.
Cc:
The recipients of the message whose names you want to put on the Cc
("carbon copy") line in the mail message. If you leave this argument
blank, the Cc line in the mail message is blank.
BCC:
The recipients of the message whose names you want to put on the BCC
("blind carbon copy") line in the mail message. If you leave this argument
blank, the BCC line in the mail message is blank.
Subject:
The subject of the message. This text appears on the Subject line
in the mail message. If you leave this argument blank, the Subject line
in the mail message is blank.
Message Text:
Any text you want to include in the message in addition to the database
object. This text appears in the main body of the mail message, after
the object. If you leave this argument blank, no additional text is
included in the mail message. If you leave the Object Type and Object
Name arguments blank, you can use this argument to send a mail message
without a database object.
Edit Message:
Specifies whether the message can be edited before it's sent. If you
select Yes, the electronic mail application starts automatically, and
the message can be edited. If you select No, the message is sent without
providing a chance to edit the message. The default is No.
Template File:
The path and file name of a file you want to use as a template for
an .html file. The template file is a file containing HTML tags.
Note:
The Send To action is available only if you have a MAPI-compliant
electronic mail application installed on your computer, or if you have
a VIM-compliant electronic mail application and have installed and set
up Mapivi32.dll.
For information on how to install and set up Microsoft Access support
for VIM mail applications.
Add a Custom Address List to your Outlook Toolbar:
Notes:
If you send E-mail to the same people frequently, you can automate
the process of creating and addressing the message.
With Outlook, you can add a Custom Toolbar Button that lists the people
to whom you send E-mail most often.
Then, with one click, you can create a new message that's addressed
to the person you want to send it to and, if you regularly send E-mail with
the same Subject Line, such as a weekly report, you can also create
a message that has the subject line filled in.
There are two parts to creating a Custom List of Recipients.
First, create the Toolbar Button.
Then, add the E-mail addresses and subject lines to it.
Create a Custom Toolbar Button:
Click Tools on the Menu Toolbar, click Customize, and then click the Commands
Tab.
In the Categories list, click New Menu.
In the Commands List, click New Menu and drag it to the toolbar. When
the pointer looks like an I-beam, release the mouse button.
On the toolbar, right-click the New Menu Button, and in the Name Box on
the Shortcut Menu, type a name for the New Toolbar Button.
Add E-mail Addresses and Subject Lines:
In the Customize Dialog Box, in the Categories List, click File.
In the Commands List, click Mail Message and drag it to the Custom Menu
Button that you added to the toolbar.
When you rest the pointer over the Custom Button, a gray box appears.
Drop the Mail Message Command onto the gray box.
If you are adding a subsequent command, NO gray box will appear. Drop
the command onto the most recent command you added.
Note:
If you want to use a different icon, choose the command from the Commands
List that has the icon you want.
Example
If you add a Distribution List, you can use the Distribution List
Command to get the Distribution List Icon.
Insert an HTML Signature in Outlook Express Messages:
Outlook Express versions 4.0, 5 for Windows 95
Outlook Express versions 4.0, 5 for Windows NT 4.0
Outlook Express version 5 for Windows 98
Outlook Express 4.0
On the Tools menu in Outlook Express
Click Stationery
On either the Mail tab or the News tab
Click Signature
Click File
Type the path and name of the HTML file you want to use or
Click Browse and locate the file
Click OK
Click OK
To insert your signature into a message click Insert Signature on the
toolbar, or press CTRL+SHIFT+S.
To automatically insert your signature in each new message, use the
following steps:
On the Tools menu, click Stationery.
On either the Mail tab or the News tab, click Signature.
Click the "Add this signature to all outgoing messages" check box
to select it
Click OK.
If you want to add your signature to new messages only
Click the "Don't add signature to Replies and Forwards" check box
to select it.
Click OK
Outlook Express 5
To insert an HTML signature into Outlook Express messages, use the following
steps:
On the Tools menu
Click Options
Click the Signatures tab
Click New
Click File
Type the path and name of the HTML file you want to insert, or click
Browse to locate the file.
Spell Check for Outlook Express
Outlook Express does not come with it's own spell check. It uses the spell
check from the Office Suite. If you have the Office Suite and the spell
check doesn't work in Outlook Express try the detect and repair in Office.
Do you have it set up in Outlook Express?
Click on Tools on the toolbar at the top.
Click on Options.
Click on the Spelling tab and check to see if you have it checked.
If it is grayed out then it is either not working or not installed.
If it is checked and set up to work in Outlook Express check the following.
You will need the Office Suite Installation disk.
First make sure spell check is installed in the Office Suite.
To do this open MS Word.
Click on Tools.
Click on Options.
Click on the Spelling and Grammar tab.
If this is grayed out then you will have to install spell check.
If it is not grayed out then you will have to repair spell check.
Click on Help on the toolbar.
Click on Detect and repair.
If you do not have an Office Suite you can download a free spell check
program here.
Remove Outlook Express from the title bar and add whatever
name you want.
Got to Start
Run
type in
regedit
Click okay
Go to the following key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{Long number in braces}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0
Click 5.0 and look in the right panel.
Find the value named WindowTitle.
Either delete it, or modify it to add you own message.
If WindowTitle isn't there you can create a new string and name it WindowTitle
Double click on WindowTitle and name it whatever you like. NOTE: The Long number in braces is your identity and will be different for each
user.
Add sound to your E-mail :
Can not do with Outlook XP, will work with Outlook Express 6
Open Outlook or Outlook Express
Click on send new message
Click on Format on the toolbar
Click on background
Click on sound and direct it to the sound file you want to send.
If you use the .mid format the files will be much smaller and send
quicker.
Create Icons:
On the toolbar, right-click the Mail Message Command, and in the Name
Box on the Shortcut Menu, type a name for the person, distribution list,
or alias you're assigning to the command.
Then, on the Shortcut Menu, point to Assign Hyperlink, and then click
Open.
Under Link to, click E-mail Address.
In the E-mail Address Box, enter the E-mail address of the person,
distribution list, or alias you want to assign to the command.
If you want this automatically addressed message to also have a Standard
Subject Line, such as Status Report, type it in the Subject Box.
Repeat these steps for each person, group, or standard subject line you
want to add to the button.
Sending timed E-mail :
Open Outlook, Not Outlook Express
Click on New Message
Click on Options on the Formatting toolbar
If the Formatting toolbar is not visible click on view, toolbars and
put a check in Formatting toolbar.
If Options is not on the Formatting toolbar, right click on the Formatting
toolbar, click customize and add options
When the options windows opens put a check in "Do not deliver before"
Then fill in the date and time.
Outlook Form Designer:
Advantages to the Form Designer:
Here are just a few advantages of developing forms with the Outlook
Forms Designer.
Outlook forms are fully 32 bit forms so they're fast, and perhaps
equally important, they're small, averaging about 10K.
Outlook forms are interpreted so they're easy for designers to keep
track of and update.
With Outlook forms, designers don't need to worry about searching
through folders or directories to find uncompiled source files to
make changes to a form.
The Outlook Form Designer provides a grid and a variety of alignment
tools including AutoLayout, to make sure your forms have a professional
appearance.
To set properties for controls and fields that you add to forms, you
use the Properties dialog box in the Form Designer.
To view the Properties dialog box.
With the form in Design mode right click an existing control on
the form.
You can right click the Subject control, and then click Properties
on the shortcut menu.
How to use the Outlook Form Designer:
The Outlook Form Designer is built directly into Outlook, so opening
the Form Designer is as easy as opening a form in Outlook, and then clicking
Design Outlook Form on the Tools menu.
When the form is in Design mode, the Form Design tool bar and the Field
Chooser appear.
As shown in the figure below, you can add fields and controls to the
form by dragging the fields from the Field Chooser to the form.
The Outlook Form Designer Window
When you add a field to a form using the Field Chooser, Outlook automatically
creates a control and a label for the field and binds the control to the
field.
With the Outlook AutoLayout feature, the controls are automatically
aligned with existing controls on the form.
To exit Design mode, you click Design Outlook Form on the Tools menu
again. In this way, you can easily switch back and forth between Design
and Run mode to check the layout of a form at run time.
To view the Form Designer
On the Outlook Compose menu, click New Mail Message.
On the form's Tools menu, click Design Outlook Form.
Advanced Properties Dialog Box:
With the advanced Properties dialog box, you can set properties for
controls.
As shown in the figure below, the advanced Properties dialog box is
used to set the ControlTipText property for a control.
To view the advanced Properties dialog box
With the form in Design mode, right click an existing control
The Subject control in this example.
Then click Advanced Properties on the shortcut menu.
Folder View Design Tools:
Create custom views by adding, removing, and rearranging
fields in the Column Heading row.
You can create a column by dragging a field from the Field Chooser
to the Column Heading row.
To add or remove columns using the Field Chooser
On the View menu click Field Chooser.
Drag the field you want to add as the new column to the Column Heading
row, as shown in the figure below.
Use the double arrow marker to position the new column heading in the
Column Heading row.
To remove the column heading, drag the column heading you added away
from the Column Heading row until an X appears, and then release the
mouse button.
As shown in the figure below, the Comments or Issues column is created
by dragging the Comments or Issues field from the Field Chooser to the Column
Heading row.
The Beta Contacts folder and the Field Chooser
Drag and Drop Grouping:
Group items in a folder by a particular field simply
by dragging the field you want to group by above the Column Heading row.
Format Columns
The ability to format columns gives you great flexibility in designing
views.
In many cases, you want the column label to be different than
the name of the field the column is based on.
To format a column
Right click the column heading
Then click Format Columns on the shortcut menu.
You can then choose the options you want.
In cell Editing
When the in cell editing option is turned on for a folder, users can
edit and enter information in cells within the folder without opening
a form.
In the Beta Contacts folder, as shown earlier in the figure above,
users can click in a Wants to Participate cell to add or remove
a check box icon in the cell.
To select in cell editing
Click Format View on the View menu
Then select the Allow in cell editing check box.
Best Fit Feature
This feature automatically arranges the column size to fit the text
in the column heading label.
To choose the Best Fit option for a column
Right click the column heading
Then click Best Fit on the shortcut menu.
Show Only Custom Views
Users are confused by the large number of views available in a folder.
To alleviate this problem, Outlook makes it possible to show only
the custom views created for the folder.
To select this option, click the View menu, and then click Define
Views.
Then select the Show only those views created for only this folder
check box.
Folder Properties Dialog Box:
With the folder Properties dialog box, as shown in the
figure below, you define folder attributes and behavior.
You can define who can access the folder and the functions they can
perform
You can create rules that automatically process items as they arrive
in a folder.
The folder Properties dialog box
To view the folder Properties dialog box
In the Folder List, right click the folder
Then click Properties on the shortcut menu.
Note:
To view all available Properties dialog box pages for a folder, the
folder must be located in the Mailbox folder or Public Folders.
The Outlook Address Book page is only available for Contact type folders.
Outlook 2000: Failed to Register a VB Script DLL
Symptoms
After you install Microsoft Office 2000 and start Outlook, you may
receive the following error message: Failed to register a VB Script
DLL. Reinstall or run Regsvr32.exe Vbscript.dll to self register. The
key "DisplayName" is either missing or has an incorrect value. [File
c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Forms\1033\CNFRES.CFG, Section
Description]
Resolution
Click Start, click Run, type command in the Open box, and then click
OK.
At the MS-DOS prompt, type cd\windows\system, and then press ENTER.
At the next prompt, type regsvr32 vbscript.dll, and then press ENTER.
After you receive the following message, type exit at the prompt,
and then press ENTER:
Dll register server in vbscript.dll succeeded.
Restart your computer, and then start Outlook.
If Outlook does not start, follow these steps:
NOTE: Because there are many different versions of Windows, these
steps may be slightly different for the version that you are using. Consult
the Help files for assistance.
Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files or Folders.
In the Named box, type vbscript.dll, click to select the Include
Subfolders check box, and then click Find Now.
Right-click Vbscript.dll in the search results window, and then
click Rename. Rename the file to Vbscriptdll.old.
Close the Find Files window.
Start any other Office program, and then click Detect and Repair
on the Help menu.
Insert your Office CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, and then follow
the instructions that you receive.
NOTE: If you have custom forms please back them up before you proceed.
You will need the Office/Outlook 2000 CD.
Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files or Folders.
In the Named box, type 1033, click to select the Include Subfolders
check box, and then click Find Now.
Right-click 1033 in the search results window, and then click Rename.
Rename the file "Old1033" and press ENTER.
Close the Find Files
window.
Open Outlook. It will report that the forms feature is not installed.
Click to install it from the Office 2000 CD.
Agents Tab Not Displayed in Folder Properties:
You try to create a Microsoft Exchange Server Script in a public folder
using Outlook, but the Agents tab does not appear in the folder properties.
This is caused by the Server Scripting extension for Outlook is not turned
on by default.
To turn on the Server Scripting extension, follow these steps:
On the Tools menu, click Options.
On the Other tab, click Advanced Options.
Click Add-In Manager and then click to select the Server Scripting
check box.
Click OK three times to return to Outlook.
Note:
To have an Agents tab on a Calendar folder you must turn off the option
to "Always use local calendar", found in the Calendar Options on the
Tools, Options, menu item.
To access folder properties, right-click the public folder and on
the shortcut menu, click Properties.
Pictures won't send in Outlook Express, just a box with
a red "X"
Open Outlook Express, click on "Tools" at the top.
Click on "Options".
Click on the "Send" tab
Go down the HTML Settings and click on the settings button.
Put a tic in send pictures with messages.
Click Apply and exit.
Repairing a damaged Personal Folders PST file: Inbox Repair Tool for correcting most problems with damaged
Personal Folders PST files:
If you do not see the Inbox Repair Tool on the Start menu, under Programs
Accessories / System Tools, use Start / Find to search your system for Scanpst.exe.
When you run Scanpst.exe, it performs a number of tests.
If it finds errors, it asks whether you want to make a backup copy
of the original file
Always say Yes
Then it tries to correct the errors.
For seriously corrupted PST files, try running Scandisk.exe
Look under Programs / Accessories / System Tools first
Then run Scanpst.exe, repeating 3-4 times until neither of he
program return an error.
This technique is known to restore data that the user though was
lost forever.
If the file is on an NTFS volume, you can't use Scandisk.exe so
easily.
One approach, for Windows 2000, is to open the drive in My
Computer and use the Tools menu commands to scan the disk.
You may need to restart Windows for the scan to run.
If that doesn't do it, you can try our tips to repair a 2 gb Personal
Folders file or Offline Folders in Microsoft Outlook.
To repair a 2 gb Personal Folders or Offline Folders file
Microsoft Outlook limits the size of Personal Folders PST files
and offline folders .ost files to 2 gb
If a new or changed item increases the size over than limit,
you will not be able to use the PST or .ost file.
Even if you delete items from the server mailbox, the .ost
file will not synchronize. Use the Crop tool listed below.
Crop tool
To resolve this problem, download the tool from the following Microsoft
Download Center link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=44353&area=search&ordinal=1
NOTE: Use the tool to create a truncated copy of the PST file.
The copy that is left after the tool completes does not have all the original
data because the tool cuts a user defined amount of data from the file.
Recovery Limitations of the 2 GB Truncation Utility:
You must have 2 GB of free hard disk space (to make a copy of the
PST file).
The utility truncates the PST file to under 2 GB. To have enough working
space, truncate the file between 20 to 25 megabytes (MB) less than the
2 GB limit. The truncated data is removed from the new copy, which means
some messages are missing from the recovered copy.
You can use this process to attempt to recover the data, but is not 100
percent successful. If this tool does work, it does not recover all of the
data (the truncated data is missing).
Use the following steps to recover the data:
Download the tool from the following Microsoft Download Center link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=44353&area=search&ordinal=1
Expand the self extracting archive into an empty folder.
Start the Pst2gb.exe program.
Click Browse to select the oversized PST file, and then click Open.
Click Create, select the name and location of the truncated data file
that you want to create, and then click Save.
Type in the amount of the data that you want to truncate in the PST
file. There is not a correct amount that you use. You can receive the
best results if you use 20 to 25 MB, but you may have to truncate more
or less. For example, if you truncate 25 MB of data and the process
works, repeat the process and truncate the original oversize PST file
by only 15 MB. If that works, then try the process with 5 MB. If 25
MB does not work, repeat the process and truncate the original PST by
35 MB. If the process does not work, increase the amount until the process
is successful.
Run the Inbox Repair Tool (the Scanpst.exe file) on the smaller PST
file.
Open the repaired PST file in Outlook.
(This step is recommended but the step is optional) If the file opens,
right-click the root folder of the PST, click Properties, and then click
Compact Now to start the compression. For a file of this size, the compression
may take approximately 4-8 hours.
If the file does not open, discard the truncated PST file, and repeat
the process with the original PST file. Truncate more data than in the
first attempt, and try the process again.
Install the following update or hotfix depending on the version of
Outlook that you have. To do this, view the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
245025 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install the Microsoft Office 2000
SR-1/SR-1a Update
These updates prevent Outlook from allowing the PST file to exceed
the 2 GB maximum size. Use one of the following methods to manage the
size of the PST files:
Use more than one PST file.
Use the archive feature.
Save attachments to a file system folder and delete them from messages.
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to Recover Messages
Troubleshooting Outlook & Outlook Express: 'Method Not Allowed' ... Error No. 0x800CCC35."
Check the Outbox for sent mail not being sent.
Usually the first one has a bad E-mail address
Check each E-mail address in the Outbox to make sure they are all good.
Most likely you have one in there that has a bad E-mail address
If you can't find it try moving each one to the drafts folder one at a
time and then try to send the rest.
If you find that after moving one to the drafts folder and the rest send
you have found the faulty E-mail blocking it from sending.
OR "Method Not Allowed" and error "0x800CCC35"
Lower security settings in Internet Options and also in Outlook Express
Open Control Panel
Click on Internet Options
Click on Security tab
Set security to Medium
Click on Privacy tab and set the slider to Medium
Open Outlook Express
Click on Tools Click on Options
Click on the Security tab
Put a tic in Internet zone
Error 501, error number 0x800ccc79
Sending and receiving E-mail
The settings in your E-mail program should be :
Incoming mail server :
mail.getus.com
Outgoing mail server:
mail.getus.com
Select E-mail Program...
Enabling SMTP Authentication
NOTE: If you are getting an error message like the following or
you are setting up a mail account for the first time, you need to enable
authentication.
The message could not be sent because one of the recipients was rejected
by the server. The rejected E-mail address was someone@domain.com. subject,
server mail.getus.com. protocol: smtp, server response 501. This system
is not configured to relay mail from username@getus.com to someone@domain.com
for 205.182.50.xxx port 25, secure (SSL) no, server error 501, error number
0x800ccc79.
To do this open your mail browser (i.e. Outlook Express, 98, 2000) and
click on the tools menu then on the accounts.
You might have to delete the profile if this doesn't work and then redo
it this way.
Then under the accounts menu select the mail tab then open the mail.getus.com
account.
From the account properties page select the servers tab and toward the
bottom of the page check the box my server requires authentication.
Apply and save the changes and that's it.
Server Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC79
Solution
Use one of the three options below.
Note: Do not combine the first option with either the second
or third option.
Click to select the My server requires authentication check
box, which is located in the Outgoing Mail Server properties in Outlook
Express.
On the Exchange Server 5.5 computer, open the Internet Mail Service
properties. On the Connections tab, click Accept Connections.
Click to clear the Only from hosts using Authentication and
the Clients can only submit if homed on this server check boxes.
On the Exchange 2000 server, enable Anonymous Access on the Authentication tab of the SMTP virtual server.
Important After you enable anonymous access, Post Office Protocol
version 3 (POP3) clients cannot send.
If you have installed McAfee Privacy Service, uninstall it.
That will fix the problem. When you put in your personal information McAfee Privacy Service will not let it transmit over the Internet
and scrambles the personal information as mcgdog.
List of 0x800CCC error codes and solutions
Almost all Outlook Errors can be corrected by deleting the profiles and
setting up a new one, unless you have a corrupt file in Outlook Express. (Make
a note of all the info first)
0x800CCC00 LOAD_SICILY_FAILED Authentication did not load.
Close and restart OE.
Next try waiting 20 minutes for the server to be reset for your account
and then try again.
Next create a new identity and see is it works. This could be a possible
corruption of your user account in OE. If this works then you will know
that one of the identity files was corrupt.
Disconnect from the Internet and close all programs.
Go to Start>Find and do a search for the file pop3uidl and delete
it.
Reboot and check your mail again.
Check with your ISP to make sure you don't have a corrupt or a very
large file attachment, or mail that is missing headers, or mail that
does conform to the mail RFC's, or large file attachments on the mail
serve.
0x800CCC0B BUSY Server or mail drop is busy.
Call your ISP help desk and to make sure that the server hasn't crashed
and that your account is set up correctly.
You may be logged in on another machine.
Someone may be using your account, wait and try later.
0x800CCC0F CONNECTION_DROPPED Connection closed.
Check to see if the modem cable or network cable is connected.
Could be caused by a bad phone connection or line
You may need to update your modem drivers.
0x800CCC10 INVALID_ADDRESS Address not known on server.
Check the spelling in the E-mail address, make sure you have a period
instead of a comma, is the "@" being used and not a period?
0x800CCC11 INVALID_ADDRESS_LIST Mailing list not known on server.
Check your spelling in the E-mail address, make sure you have a period
instead of a comma, is the "@"
