Outlook 2000 in a Nutshell

Name

Mail → Tools Menu

Synopsis

The Tools menu, shown in Figure 6-12, contains several cross-component commands discussed at length in other chapters.

Figure 6-12. The Tools menu (IMO installation with a direct Internet connect)

Detailed discussions of Address Books, Find, Advanced Find, Organize, and Forms can be found in Chapter 3. Macros are discussed in Chapter 18, and creating and modifying Accounts is detailed in Chapter 2. Program options are examined throughout the book where appropriate.

If Outlook is installed as a Corporate/Workgroup client (CW), your Tools menu will contain additional commands specific to installed connectivity options. The Synchronize, Remote Mail, and Out of Office Assistant commands configure their respective options or features for an Exchange Server account.

Note

The topic of Outlook as a client for Exchange could easily fill a book in itself. We touch on several important troubleshooting and configuration issues in Chapter 17, so we refer you there for further insights.

The first topics of Mail cover the Send and Send/Receive commands. These are followed by a detailed explanation of creating and modifying mail rules.

Tools → Send

Choosing Tools → Send causes Outlook to check the Outbox for any pending messages and sends them to the appropriate account.

If you have multiple accounts configured, selecting Send, Send/Receive → All Accounts or Send/Receive ...