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How to Hide Strikethrough Messages Marked for Deletion in Outlook
If you neither desire to purge deleted messages from your IMAP inbox constantly in Outlook nor like to see all those messages that should be gone, here's how to hide the messages marked for deletion from view.

How to Change the New Mail Sound in Outlook, Windows Mail and Outlook Express
Make Outlook, Windows Mail and Outlook Express announce new emails your way by changing the sound they play for this event.

How to Attach a File in Outlook
Attach, Outlook, attach! Here's how to send a file along with your email.

How to Read All Mail in Plain Text Only in Outlook
Avoid privacy threats, ugly messages, viruses and all things evil associated with HTML messages. Here's how to make Outlook display all emails in plain text only.

Filter Yahoo! Mail Spam to a Special Folder in Outlook
Take advantage of Yahoo! Mail's great anti-spam filters to move spam that comes through your Yahoo! Mail account to a special folder automatically in Outlook.

How to Download Only the Headers for Large Messages in Outlook
Avoid downloading huge attachments and viruses automatically by making Outlook synchronize headers only if a message exceeds a certain size.

How to Delete a Message Without Downloading It in Outlook
Spare yourself the long downloads of (junk) messages you don't want. Here's how to make Outlook delete a message right at the server without downloading it in full.

How to Create Custom Rules with VBA in Outlook 2002
Satisfy all your filtering needs in Outlook by building complex filters using Visual Basic for Applications.

How to Change the New Mail Notification Sound for Outlook
"New mail for you, oh my most intelligent and beautiful person!" Make your Outlook new mail announcements sound something like this.

How to Share Contacts Between Outlook and Outlook Express
The people you know in your Outlook address book can also be the people you know in your Outlook Express address book.

How to Add Members to a Distribution List in Outlook
A list without members is nothing. Here's how to populate a distribution list in Outlook, either from existing contacts or with new addresses.

How to Add Addresses to the Address Book Automatically in Outlook 2000
Never forget to enter the email address of somebody you reply to in your Outlook address book.

How to Add a Background Image to a Message in Outlook
Give your emails a colorful and original background in Outlook.

How to Add Bcc Recipients in Outlook
Send blind carbon copies with Outlook — copies whose recipients will remain anonymous.

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