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Outlook Express
Setup
OE Options
Multiple Identities
Manual Configuration of
Accounts
OE Options
If this is your
first time starting Outlook Express, (OE), cancel out of
all the wizards since they don't do the job completely
anyway. This should leave you in the main OE
window. But that main window is rather confusing,
so there are several OE options that make it a little
more user friendly that I'll cover here first. Personally, I want my email client to be set up such
that:
| * I can access everything I need without
changing screens all the time |
| * I
can see my
folder list to drag and drop emails into
"saved" folders |
| * I
have my contacts list
visible |
| * I
have a preview pane to read
emails without having to open and close them |
| *
It will go directly to
my inbox when I open it |
| *
It will check for new
messages every couple of minutes when it's open |
| *
It will mark messages
as read as soon as I click on them, and |
| *
It will NOT block
content from me! I have an anti-virus program
for that! |
If all this sounds reasonable to you
as well, then lets get started.
First of all, look to the left side of
your screen, find the "Inbox" listing and click on it.
Next, go to the "View" pull-down menu and click on
"Layout". That will bring up the box you see
above, and all you need to do is match the settings both
top and bottom. Click "OK" when you're done, and
that will return you to the main screen.
Next click on the "Tools" pull-down menu
and select "Options". This will bring up the
"Options" dialog box you see below with the 10 notebook
tabs on top. You should already be on the
"General" tab. Check the top box, "When starting
...", and in the middle section, the last box, "Check
for new messages....". Also on that line, change
the value from every 30 minutes to 2 minutes.
Occasionally you'll get into a running email dialog with
a client, and you don't want there to be a 30 minute
interval before you see their next response!
Next, go to the "Read" notebook tab.
On the first line, (Mark Messages Read ..."), change the
value from 5 to 0. When I click on an email and
delete it, I don't want it showing up in my "Deleted
Items" folder as unread just because I did it in under 5
seconds!
Finally, go to the "Security" notebook
tab. In the top section, there are two radio
buttons and two checkboxes. UNcheck the last
checkbox, "Do not allow attachments to be saved or
opened..." You have an antivirus program to
protect you from viruses, and to not allow ANY
attachments is like killing a mosquito with an artillery
barrage ... a bit of overkill.
When you're done, click "OK", then close
and restart OE. Now you should have a window that
looks something like the one below.
You'll note that I have a "Saved items"
folder, (and as you can see by the plus sign beside,
even more sub-folders under it), and you don't. No
problem. You can create as many folders as you
want and simply drag and drop the business emails you
want to save into them. Just right-click on the
"Local Folders", select "New Folder", and give it a name
like "Saved Items" or such. Then you can
right-click on that folder to create unlimited
sub-folders.
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