Configuring Outlook Express Options

A whole book could be written on the options available to you for configuring Outlook Express, but the next few sections discuss some of the more important ones. Outlook Express is a supreme news and mail client. If you like what you read in this chapter, I suggest you research additional options further.

Most Outlook Express configuration options are contained in the Options dialog box; to access that dialog box, select Tools, Options.

General Properties

The General tab of the Options dialog box (see Figure 10.7) offers a number of startup and send/receive configuration options. The General options are as follows:

  • When Starting, Go Directly to My Inbox Folder—When you start up Outlook Express, you go immediately ...

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