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Choose and Insert Signatures Manually in Outlook Express
Outlook Express lets me use signature A for aunt Annie, and signature L for you! Here's how to select a specific signature for a message you're composing in Outlook Express.

Edit the HTML Source of a Message in Outlook Express
Edit every aspect of your messages in Outlook Express by turning to its HTML source. The options for advanced editing are endless there.

Use Rich HTML Formatting in Your Outlook Express Signature
If you use fancy formatting in your emails, the signature does not have to pale beside it. Here's how to use HTML to create just as fancy signatures in Outlook Express.

Add an Animation to Your Signature in Outlook Express
Here's how you can add an image or an animation to every message you send with Outlook Express.

Insert an Image Inline in an Email with Outlook Express
Send photos, drawings, and all kinds of images with your emails in Outlook Express so recipients can see them inside the message.

Use Rich HTML Formatting in an Email with Outlook Express
Use bold face, custom fonts, background sound, inline images, and more in Outlook Express.

Wrap Lines Automatically in Outlook Express
Send perfectly formatted messages automatically with Outlook Express by having it wrap long lines.

Send a Message in Plain Text with Outlook Express
Send a message in plain text in Outlook Express to make sure everybody can receive it properly.

Send Plain Text Messages by Default with Outlook Express
Make sure everyone can read your messages composed in Outlook Express.

Perfectly Formatted Plain Text Replies in Outlook Express
On its own, Outlook Express produces horribly formatted replies, and it's difficult to fix all the mistakes by hand. With OE-QuoteFix, that's done automatically, and all you have to do is write and send your properly formatted replies.

Prevent Outlook Express from Hanging Up Your Connection
Stop Outlook Express from disconnecting you automatically when it has finished exchanging mail.

Print a Message You Are Composing in Outlook Express
Outlook Express thinks you'll never print a message while composing it. Here's how to do it nevertheless.

Fix Red 'X's in Place of Images in Outlook Express Stationery
If recipients of emails you have composed in Outlook Express using stationery complain about red 'x's where the images should be, here's what to do.

Edit the Subject of a Received Email in Outlook Express
The Subject of a received email can be subject to change in Outlook Express: give incoming emails the meaningful Subject line you want and wish the sender had used.

Identify Your Outlook Express Store Folder
Locate the folder on your hard disk where Outlook Express keeps your email messages, so you can back them up easily.

Display the Message Source in Outlook Express
Look behind an email's pretty face and see its source in Outlook Express.

Create a New Message Using Stationery in Outlook Express
Put all that great Outlook Express stationery to pretty use and create wonderful email messages.

Access a Hotmail Account with Outlook Express
Use Hotmail with the power and comfort of Outlook Express. Here's how to access your Hotmail account from Outlook Express to send, receive and archive mail in your Hotmail account.

Change the Columns Shown in Outlook Express
See what you want to see. Here's how to specify which info you want to see in a mailbox in Outlook Express.

Send a Mail to All Address Book Entries in Outlook Express
Now listen, everybody, here's a message from Outlook Express, and here's how to mail everybody in your address book at once and easily.

Highlight Messages with Attachments in Outlook Express
Attachments can be highlights. Or dangerous lowlights. Here's how to make them stand out using a useful rule in Outlook Express.

Remove the Outlook Bar from Outlook Express
Make room for email in Outlook Express by getting rid of the Outlook bar which only takes up space, and belongs to Outlook (not Outlook Express) anyway.

Save a Message as Text with Outlook Express
Export the text from a message's body to a plain text file with Outlook Express.

Show the Account in the Outlook Express Message List
Show the account in the Outlook Express message list to see immediately which account received an email.

Sort the Contacts Pane Alphabetically in Outlook Express
Find friends to email fast in Outlook Express by sorting the contacts pane alphabetically.

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