Archive for the 'Outlook/Outlook Express' Category



Why Emails Bounced

Thursday 7 August 2008 @ 2:56 am

Common errors include typo error, putting a full stop at the end of the e-mail address or forgetting to add in the “@”.

If you are writing to someone who has posted a message online, they may have added the words “no spam” into their e-mail address to confuse the robots (software that gather info online). For example, if you see “joseph@nospam.josephyap.com”, all you have to do is take out the word nospam.




How to Solve Problem of Connection Hanging Up When Sending Email

Wednesday 6 August 2008 @ 2:52 am

The reason why connection hangs up when sending email is because the “Hang up when finished with a manual Send/Receive” option was enabled.To disable it:-
1. Open Outlook Express

2. Click Tools select Options

3. Click Mail Setup tab

4. Uncheck “Hang up when finished with a manual Send/Receive”

5. Click OK

6. Close all windows, and then restart computer




Deleting Emails from Delete Items Folder Permanently

Tuesday 5 August 2008 @ 1:35 am

Deleting Emails from Sent Items folder permanently upon exiting Outlook

1. Fire up your Outlook

2. Go to ‘Options’

3. Go to ‘Tools’

4. Click on ‘Other’ tab

5. Check/tick the ‘Empty the Deleted Items folder upon exit’

6. Click the ‘Apply’ button




Deleting Emails from Sent Items Folder Permanently

Monday 4 August 2008 @ 1:35 am

Deleting Emails from Sent Items folder permanently upon exiting Outlook

1. Fire up your Outlook

2. Go to ‘Options’

3. Go to ‘Tools’

4. Click on ‘Sent’ tab

5. Uncheck the ‘Save copies of sent messages in the Sent Items folder’.

6. Click the ‘Apply’ button




How to Block Emails from someone in Outlook

Saturday 2 August 2008 @ 1:26 pm

1. Double click email received from the sender to open it

2. RIGHT CLICK on the sender’s name.

3 Select “Block sender”




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