1. Start up your Outlook Express
2. Click on File
3. Click on Export and then choose Address Book.
4. Now select Text File (Comma Separated Value) and click Export;
5. You’ll see the ‘CSV Export’ window opens up and be prompted for a file name. Type in the filename of your choice;
6. Click the Browse button to choose where you want to save the file and then click on Save.
7. Click Next. You will be prompted to choose the fields that you want to export. Choose all the files which you have made an entry, like First name, E-mail Address and so on. If you want to play it safe you can tick all the fields.
8. Click Finish and close the Address Book Export Tool window.
9. Click Close and you have thus finished saving your address book.
To do this you must know how to set up the other computer and you also need to know the name of your incoming mail server (e.g. “pop.yourispname”), your outgoing mail server (e.g. “smtp.yourispname”), your user name (sometimes called the account name) and your password. IMPORTANT: If you’re borrowing a friend’s computer, be sure to back up that computer’s address book before copying your own to it.
You can find all these info by going into Outlook/Outlook Express, then go to Tools/Accounts… and double-click on the name of the mail connection (eg pop.yourispname). Click on the Servers tab. You’ll now be able to see the server names and your account name. Your password is usually saved and input automatically and will be overstruck by a row of dots.
From Outlook/Outlook Express, go to Tools/Accounts… and click on Add/Mail… Depending on the version of Windows you’re using, you’ll either get the usual Account window, or a Wizard that will prompt you for the server and account information.
1. Launch WinZip program. Click the New button to create a new zip folder
2. Give the folder a name (e.g. Test). Save it to the Desktop. Click OK
3. Add dialog box appears, choose which file(s) to include in the above folder then click Add
4. Close WinZip window
5. In Outlook, click the paper clip symbol
6. Select Test.zip folder from desktop then click the Insert button
7. Voila! The zipped file Text.zip now appears attached in your email.
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.
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
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