Tips - Tricks - Fixes for OE

Joining my lists/groups with *free* email addresses

I completely understand the need for privacy on the web today, but if you join lists that send attachments, include stationery or other graphics......you may not be able to view them properly. ALL of my lists are set up for maximum privacy and NO ONE can see the email addresses but ME!! My lists are fully moderated so spammers cannot join, fake my email address and send you spam. You will not receive any email from me except for the posts.

If you do join with free addresses such as Yahoo, Hotmail etc......you need to check these mailboxes regularly or they will fill up quickly and then your mail will bounce back and you will not receive any mail. To set up Yahoo email for delivery directly to your main mailbox.......click HERE [Yahoo POP mail is now a "pay" service] You can get Yahoo Mail Plus for less than $20 a year with a 2g mailbox.

*If you're having problems with Windows, IE6/OE6, there are some newsgroups that have some excellent help and solutions. Just click on the appropriate link below to go there.

news://news.annexcafe.com/annexcafe.general.user2user

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public/windows/inetexplorer.ie6.gen.discussion

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress

*Subscribed to a Yahoogroup and your email keeps bouncing?

1. Your mailbox is full. If you belong to several active groups, check your mail often to download messages. If you have a Yahoo ID, you can set yourself to No Mail if you are away from the computer.

2. Your ISP is blocking Yahoogroups. It's NOT Ygroups problem, it's your ISP. Call them and complain. Most of the time, it's temporary and your ISP will reinstate Ygroups after a few days.

3. Your ISP is running spam filters and your Ygroups mail is getting caught in them.

4. Your ISP requires that you "white list" any mail recipients. Add the name of your group(s) to your list of accepted emails.

5. Check your mail settings to make sure you aren't leaving messages on your server! This will fill your mailbox VERY fast! Go to Tools>>>Accounts>>>on the "Mail" tab>>>highlight your account name>>>click Properties>>>click Advanced. UNcheck "leave a copy of messages on server". Click "Apply" and "OK". Click "Close" on the Internet Accounts box.

*Order the XP SP2 CD free from Microsoft
Click HERE

*Upgraded OE, XP SP1 or 2 and your stationery isn't working?

***Whenever you do updates/upgrades to OE or an OS, you need to go through all your settings again to get them back where they were before.

***Before making ANY security changes to your computer.........make sure you're running a good Anti-Virus program and keep it updated regularly!!!

1. In OE, Tools>>Options>>Security.......CHECK "Internet Zone" and "Warn me.....". UNcheck "Do not allow attachments.... " make sure there are NO checks in anything else on this tab.
**Note.........the "Do not allow attachments" option is up to you to check or uncheck, whatever you feel comfortable with.

Uncheck "Block images and other....."

2. Still in Options...........Compose Tab........make sure ALL boxes are UNchecked.

3. Still in Options.............Send Tab..........Mail Sending Format>>> click on HTML settings button>>>>CHECK "send pictures...."

4. Sill in Options............Read Tab..........UNcheck "read all messages in plain text".

After making any changes, always click Apply, then OK.

*Script Error Fix for IE/OE5.5/6.0 users

If you're getting script errors and/or not able to see parts of the stationery, please visit Bill Scott's website to find out why and how to fix it.

*Using AOL, Juno, MSN, Excite, or other servers who use their own browser/mail programs? Outlook 98-03/XP?

Click HERE for detailed instructions.

**If you have a problem/question about the instructions from the above website, please email them. I have no connection to that site. I've only included it here as a "help" option for you.

*OE6 Users: Installed Hotbar? Stationery doesn't work correctly now?
If you installed hotbar.com and your stationery stops working, you will need to uninstall it and then change your settings: In Outlook Express, choose "Tools", then "Options".

Click the "Compose" tab. In the middle of this window make sure NO boxes are checked. You may find the little box in the middle called "Mail" will be checked. If so, uncheck it.

Click the "Send" tab. Near the middle you will see a button called "HTML Settings". Click that button and make sure the little box next to "Send Pictures with messages" is checked.

*If you've uninstalled IncrediMail and can't use your eml files go here for fix.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q312355

*Incredimail users: Want to add music to your emails?
http://www.incredimail.com/english/help/im/add_backgroundSound.html

*If you've lost the ability to click on url's (links) from your email, see this fix.
If you're using XP, the path is a little different: in XP,click the Advanced button, then "open", and then "edit". See the link below for complete instructions
http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx

*If you can't reset OE as your default mail/news program:
Try re-registering OE as your default mail program.
Go to Start | Run and type the following:

"C:\PROGRAM FILES\OUTLOOK EXPRESS\MSIMN.EXE" /reg
(Check the path to msimn.exe to make sure that is correct)

Make certain to include the quotations marks and the space between the ending quotation mark and the slash.

Then open Internet Explorer and go to Tools\Internet Options\Programs and set OE as the default mail (and news) program.

***QUICK TIP** If all the graphics don't load on a website, right click on the red x, choose "show picture" and they will pop in. Also try refreshing the page.

*If you visit a website often, click refresh to load the latest pages. Also, if you surf a lot, keep all your cache files cleaned out, it allows the most recent pages to load. It will also stop you from getting those dreaded 'page not found' errors. I empty my cache folders at least once a day.

***AOL6.0 USERS** If you're not seeing the graphics/pages properly, please click here for instructions on changing a setting to view websites the way they are intended.

*If you need to highlight a large section of text or a webpage to copy/paste........place your cursor at the beginning of what you want to copy......click the left mouse button. Scroll down to where you want to end the highlight........hold down the SHIFT key and click the left mouse button. Voila!! Everything in between your 2 "clicks" should be highlighted! To copy.....right click in the highlighted area, a menu will pop up, click on COPY. Paste wherever you need the highlighted material to be. (You can also right click and paste in the same manner you copied)

*To open a new window:
Hold down the 'shift' key, click on a link and it will open up a new window. When you are through, just close the window! Voila!! You're back to your start page. You don't have to keep hitting the back button and wait for the page to load again.

*Sometimes music on web pages can be annoying. To turn off music, let the page fully load, then click the STOP button at the top (toolbar) of your browser.

*To select multiple files to delete, add to a zipfile, cut/copy/paste.........hold down the 'CTRL' key and select each file.