BACK UP YOUR ADDRESS BOOK
Open Outlook Express
File > Export > Address Book
Click on Address Book
Click on Text file (comma separated values); click EXPORT
In Save Exported file as box, type MY ADDRESS BOOK
Click Browse
When new Window opens (top line box Save in - My Documents), left click SAVE
New window opens showing the destination and filename you typed in, left click NEXT
Tick all main fields (for an unknown reason First Name and Last Name are not already ticked -which seems like a silly Microsoft error, but you can tick them yourself)
Click FINISH. The file created in My Documents is very small (just a few kilobytes) and is done in a couple of seconds.
Make sure that you include the file when you do regular backups of My Documents and My Pictures to flash drive and CD or DVD
BACK UP YOUR
OUTLOOK EXPRESS ACCOUNT SETTINGS
To get a copy of your OE account settings, Click Tools, Accounts
Highlight your mail account
Click Export
Give it a name like mailsettings
Navigate to where you want to save it –either straight to flash drive, or on desktop and make a copy to flash
Ok
It will be called mailsettings.iaf
Once new outlook Express is opened, you can click on Tools, Accounts, mail and Import
Navigate to mailsettings.iaf
ok
USING
THE BCC FIELD IN EMAILS
Below is a useful
site in reference to email etiquette
http://www.forrestersbeachprobus.org.au/computer/emailetiquette.html
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Notification of Mail receival in OUTLOOK Sound and Visual Alert Open Outlook - Click on Tools - Click on Options - Click on Preferences - Click on Email Options - Click on Advanced Email Options. Tick the box – Play a Sound - Tick the box - Display a New Desktop Alert - Click on Desktop Alert Settings - Adjust Duration to 10 secs and Transparency to 20% Click OK - Click OK again - Click OK again - Click OK again
To set sounds Click on Start - Click on Control Panel - Double click on Sounds and Audio Devices - Click on Sounds Tab - In the Program Events window scroll down to New Mail Notification and click on it - The Sounds window will highlight - Click on the down arrow and select the sound you want - Click on Apply then OK Close down the windows.
Notification of Mail receival in OUTLOOK EXPRESS Sound Alert Open Outlook Express - Click on Tools - Click on Options Click on General Tab - Tick the box – Play Sound When New Messages arrive - Tick Apply - Click OK To set sounds Click on Start - Click on Control Panel - Double click on Sounds and Audio Devices - Click on Sounds Tab - In the Program Events window scroll down to New Mail Notification and click on it - The Sounds window will highlight - Click on the down arrow and select the sound you want - Click on Apply then OK Close down the windows.
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