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How to Add a New Identity to Outlook Express
Allow others to use your computer and give them their own Outlook Express, too -- with their own address books, inboxes and settings.

How to Delete Stationery from the New Mail Menu in Windows Mail, Outlook Express
Have you deleted a stationery from Windows Mail or Outlook Express, but it still shows up in the list when you click "Create Mail"? Here's how to get rid of the obsolete and dysfunctional entry.

How to Print an Email Including Background Images in Windows Mail Outlook Expres
Have you received a graphically rich email and want to turn it into just a graphically rich printout? Here's how to print emails including their background graphics and colors in Windows Mail or Outlook Express.

Source Code Highlighting in Windows Mail or Outlook Express's Mail Source Editor
Do you want Windows Mail or Outlook Express to highlight the HTML source code while you compose a message or do you find that distracting? Here's how to turn source edit colorizing on or off.

How to Prevent Windows Mail or Outlook Express from Hanging Up Your Connection
Stop Windows Mail or Outlook Express from disconnecting you automatically when it has finished exchanging mail.

How to Write Left or Right of an Inline Image in Outlook Express
Make your text flow nicely around an inline image in Outlook Express instead of typing just above and below the picture.

How to Protect Your Email in Outlook Express with a Password
Prevent other people who may have access to your computer from also gaining access to the emails stored in Outlook Express by protecting your identity with a password.

The Outlook Express Contacts Pane Shows Only 999 Addresses
Have the contacts, previously displayed and readily available in the Outlook Express contacts pane, suddenly disappeared (while they are still in your address book)?

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

How to Enable or Disable the New Mail Sound in Windows Mail or Outlook Express
If you can't stand the sound Windows Mail and Outlook Express make whenever new mail arrives, here's how to turn it off. If you'd like to be notified about incoming messages with a sound in Windows Mail or Outlook Express, here's how to turn it on.

Check the Spelling of Your Emails Automatically in Windows Mail or Outlook Expr.
Make Windows Mail or Outlook Express check the spelling of every email you send, when you send it.

Check the Spelling of Only a Part of a Message in Windows Mail or Outlook Expres
Does a message you write in Windows Mail or Outlook Express contain some text that is heavily wrong and you know it (in a foreign language, for example). But you still want to check the spelling of the rest of the email? Here's how.

Color-Code Mail From a Particular Account in Windows Mail or Outlook Express
See which account any messages was received through immediately by having Windows Mail or Outlook Express colorize emails accordingly and automatically.

Where Attachments Opened from Windows Mail or Outlook Express are Stored
If you opened an attachment directly from Windows Mail or Outlook Express, made some changes, saved them and now find they are gone, here's you change to recover the file you edited.

How to Switch Folders Fast with the Keyboard in Windows Mail or Outlook Express
No mouse is needed to change your view in Windows Mail or Outlook Express. Here's how to change folders fast with a swift keyboard shortcut.

How to Turn Off Text Labels in the Windows Mail or Outlook Express Toolbar
Don't waste precious Windows Mail or Outlook Express toolbar estate with redundant text. Here's how to turn off the text labels on the Outlook Express toolbar buttons.

How to Add a Sender to the Windows Mail or Outlook Express Address Book Quickly
Here's a fast, no-fuss method to build your Windows Mail or Outlook Express address book.

How to Access Gmail with Outlook Express
When Outlook Express and Gmail meet (somewhere between Mountain View and Redmond), you can send and receive Gmail messages in Outlook Express.

How to See a Sent Message's Bcc Recipients in Windows Mail or Outlook Express
It is great that Bcc: recipients are not visible to other recipients of the same email, but does Windows Mail or Outlook Express conceal to the sender who they bcc:ed, too? No, and here's how to uncover all the Bcc: addressees of a message you sent.

How to Import Your IncrediMail Contacts Into the Outlook Express Address Book
Take your friends and contacts with you as you move from IncrediMail to Outlook Express.

How to Sort the List of Folders in Windows Mail or Outlook Express
Has Windows Mail arranged your email folders in the order it deems correct and now does not allow you to place the mailboxes most important to you on top? Here's how to sort your list of Windows Mail or Outlook Express folders in the order you prefer.

How to Print a Message in a Larger Font in Windows Mail or Outlook Express
Are you stuck with tiny fonts when printing emails in Windows Mail or Outlook Express? Here's how to print large, even with Windows Mail or Outlook Express.

How to Make Windows Mail or Outlook Express Remember Your Email Account Password
Windows Mail asks you for the password to your email account every time you check for new messages? Even if the "Remember Password" field is grayed out, you can probably make Windows Mail or Outlook Express remember, use and enter that password for you.

How to Insert a Link in an Email with Windows Mail or Outlook Express
If you particularly like (or dislike) a page on the web, it is easy to share it by inserting a link to it in an email with Windows Mail or Outlook Express.

How to Send Documents as a Single Zip File with Windows Mail or Outlook Express
Want to send a bunch of files easily and in a compact form? Here's how to compress multiple documents in a single zip file and send it conveniently with Windows Mail or Outlook Express.

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