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Get Going with Outlook Express 
- Author: Johann-Christian Hanke
- Ref: eW-1 876638 09 5
- AU$12.99
- 64 pages plus cover
- Get Going with Outlook Express focuses on how to help you become a successful e-mail and Usenet user by utilizing the features of Outlook Express as your e-mail client and newsreader.
- This book shows you how Outlook Express can help you block un-solicited e-mails (also known as "spam").
- Outlook Express also has the feature allowing you to create "rules" for incoming and outgoing messages. You will find hints and advise on the choice of your Internet Service Provider (ISP), networking and e-mail accounts, and lots of more.
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Table of Contents:
When the Postman knocks twice… 4
Where can I get Outlook Express? 4
Prerequisites for this Booklet 4
About the Author 4
Service Page for this Booklet 4
The Difference between Outlook and Outlook
Express 5
Two Teams, Two Programs 5
Which is better? 5
Irreplaceable as a Calendar 5
Can the Two Co-Exist? 5
You’ll Need This: a Modem or ISDN Device 6
Cable, ADSL, Plug, or Satellite? 6
Installing a Modem 6
Connecting the Modem 7
Installing Drivers 7
Also not impossible: ISDN 8
Tips on Driver Installation 8
Don’t Forget the CAPIPORT Driver 8
Decisive: The Choice of Internet Service Provider10
Additional Uses: Online Services 10
Reliable: Local Providers 10
Cheap: Call by call 10
Dial-Up Networking and E-mail Accounts 11
The Magic Word is POP3 11
Setting up Dial-Up Networking 11
Trying Out the Connection 12
Setting up the E-mail Account 13
Tuning up your E-mail Account 14
An Overview – Outlook Express in Brief 15
Greetings from the Team: The first E-mail! 16
Sensible Basic Settings for Outlook Express 17
The Options Dialog Box 17
What does the Setting mean? 18
Be careful, you’re online! 18
Here’s how: Composing, Sending, and Retrieving
E-mail Messages 19
Composing an E-mail Message 19
What Cc und Bcc mean 19
Writing Names in Plain English 20
Sending and Retrieving E-Mail Messages 20
Working with Multiple Accounts 21
Working with One Account 21
Replying Properly: Quoting and Carrying On a
“Conversation” 22
Here’s how to quote! 22
Replying to All and Forwarding 22
Taking Charge of Your Contacts: Making Life
Comfortable with the Address Book 23
Entering an Address 23
Adding Recipients to the Address Book 24
Adding Addresses Automatically 24
Faster with the Address Book 24
Creating a Distribution List 25
Here’s How to Secure the Data in Your Address
Book 26
Sending Attached Files 27
Attaching a File to an E-mail Message 27
Compressing Data with Zip 28
The Zip Format 28
Creating a Zip Archive 28
Self-Extracting Archive 29
Alternatives to WinZip 30
Composing Colorful Letters with HTML Format 31
E-Mail for Pros: Receiving, Sorting, and Archiving32
Receiving and Sorting E-Mail Messages 32
Creating New Folders 33
Sorting Messages 33
Deleting E-Mail Messages 33
The Search Function: Finding E-Mail Messages 34
Quick and Comfortable: Administering Your Mail
with Rules 35
Rules against E-Mail Advertising 36
Lists of Blocked Senders 37
Replying automatically with Rules 37
Pretty Secure: Encrypting E-mail with Pretty Good
Privacy 39
Encrypting E-Mails 39
PGP and Outlook Express 39
Creating Keys 39
Sending E-Mail 40
Less Trouble: Cryptext 40
Digital ID? 40
Creating Profiles: Working with Identities 41
Creating a New Identity 41
Changing Identities 42
Managing Identities 42
Off to Usenet with Outlook Express 43
Setting up a News Account 43
Downloading Newsgroups 44
More Information from Descriptions 44
Following the Discussion 45
Tips and Tricks for Newcomers 46
Me too: here’s how to take part! 46
Downloading Usenet Articles for Offline Reading48
Better Organized: Tips and Tricks for Using News49
Considering Postings 49
Hiding Just Replies 49
Posting a Followup-To 50
Followup-to-poster 50
Genius: Searching with www.deja.com 51
Outlook Express Tips and Tricks 52
Outlook Express as Standard Mail Application 52
Synchronizing your Address Book with Outlook 52
Retrieving Mail Automatically 53
Mail: Determining Priority 53
Outlook Express with „the Outlook bar“ 54
Information from the Header 55
Home Page with Outlook Express 55
Checking your Account before Downloading 56
Taking Problems with Mail and News in Hand! 57
Foreign Characters are Mangled 57
Quoting Doesn’t Work! 57
News is Just Deleted 58
Protection Against Spam 58
Your Service Provider has no News Server 59
Technical “Junk”: Installing and Importing 60
Importing Messages 60
Removing Outlook Express 60
Are there Alternatives? 60
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