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README for Microsoft Outlook(TM) Express
September l997
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(c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1997
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.
To print Msimn.txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor, then
use the Print command on the File menu.
CONTENTS
========
MICROSOFT OUTLOOK EXPRESS
KNOWN ISSUES IN THIS RELEASE
TROUBLESHOOTING
TIPS AND TRICKS
SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT OUTLOOK EXPRESS
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.
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.
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.
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.á 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.
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.