The Email section at Slipstick covers general email issues in Outlook. Some of the more common problems are linked below.
Usage | Problems & Limitations | Troubleshooting | More Information
Usage
- Add Attachments and Set Email Fields During a Mail Merge
- Adding an Image to a Signature
- Automatically BCC All Messages
- Change the Subject of an Incoming Message
- Changing the Reply format revisited
- Check Message Size Before Sending
- Choosing the Folder to Save a Sent Message In
- Designate the Account Used to Send a Message
- Download Only Messages Smaller than 30kb
- Find All Unread Messages
- To Change the Font on Incoming Messages
- To Change the Look of Outlook Replies
- To Work with Outlook While it's Getting Messages
- Understanding Outlook's Auto-Complete Cache (*.NK2)
- Understanding the Flag for Follow Up Reminder Time
- Using Automatic name checking or Autocomplete
Microsoft Knowledgebase articles
- Send To Mail Recipient Opens an Outlook Plain Text Message
- Add and request read receipts and delivery notifications
Problems & Limitations
- Do You Want to Send This Message Without a Subject?
- Help! Every email I send has two unknown attachments
- Messages are Double Spaced for the Recipient
- Setting Margins when Composing Email
- To Use Internet-Style Quoting
Microsoft Knowledgebase articles
- E-mail messages are not automatically sent or received at startup in Outlook
- "Send Time" time stamp information is incorrect when you send a delayed delivery message in Outlook
Troubleshooting
- Adjusting Outlook's Zoom Setting in Email
- Can't Rename Windows Folder: Folder in Use Error
- Outlook is Sending Winmail.dat Attachments
Microsoft Knowledgebase articles
Addins and Utilities
The following pages contain lists of add-ins and utilities.
Using Letterheads in Email
I try not to complain too much at the "non-standard" ways people use Outlook but it bugs me when people try to make email act like snail mail, with a perfect layout in every email client or use letterheads in email. It's email – it's supposed to be quick and easy. It's not supposed to
Delivering Exchange email to a pst file
One of the big benefits of using an Exchange mailbox is the ability to keep everything (calendar, contacts and email) on the server and access it from any computer using either Outlook or OWA (Outlook Web Access). For various reasons, some people want to deliver their Exchange mail to a pst file.

Messages are Marked as Read
Users are complaining that their email is being marked as read as it is downloaded, before they've read the messages.

Less Secure Login Warnings
Gmail, Yahoo and other email providers switched to OAuth 2 and turned Basic Authentication off by default. When you log into the website to enable basic authentication, you are warned that it is a less secure login.

How to Send Email When Traveling or Using Public Wi-Fi
How to configure Microsoft Outlook to send email when you are traveling or using public Wi-Fi networks.

Reusing Sent Messages
How to resend a sent message. Use Forward to open a draft message and save the original draft to send later.
Ignore Conversations in Outlook
Use Outlook's Ignore command to delete messages in threads or the Move Conversation command to move threads.

Can I use my own stationery in replies?
Do you use stationery for new messages and want to use it for replies and forwards? We will show you the options available.

Forwarding mail on behalf of others
This question is from an administrative assistant who needs to forward mail for other people. Is there any way to change the Reply To address or the From field so that the recipient doesn't reply to me and make me forward their response to the original sender? I don't need to be a delegate because

To Change the Look of Outlook Replies
All versions of Outlook allow you to change the font used for the text you insert when your reply into a message. (You can't change the font in a plain text message, of course, but can choose the font to use to display plain text messages.) When your font looks tiny, its usually caused by