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.
Expire and un-expire Outlook messages
This will do one message at a time - select the message in the message list and run the macro. Sub SetExpire() Dim Item As Outlook.MailItem Set Item = Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1) Item.ExpiryTime = #1/1/4501# Item.Save End Sub For a group of selected messages, use Sub SetExpire() Dim Item As Outlook.MailItem For Each Item In Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection Item.ExpiryTime
Email Error code: 0x800CC80
When Outlook won't send email and returns error code 0x800CC80, the cause is incorrect outgoing server settings. I'll show you what to check and how to fix it.
How to create preaddressed messages
Do you send a lot of messages to one person or group and want to make it easier to address a message to those addresses?
Help! Every email I send has two unknown attachments
Unknown images added to sent messages are either bullets or an image added to the header or footer in Word. It can also be a white or clear image used in stationery.
Save Messages as HTML
Many users want to save Outlook messages to the hard drive in HTML format, so they can have a universal archive. I was to save email in HTML format. Doing a "save as" on the email creates the HTML files I want but I can't select multiple emails and save them. When I do, it
Using Digitial Signatures and Encryption in Outlook Messages
There are two ways to secure email messages: digital signatures or encryption. Both use digital certificates to protect the message, with a digital signature used to protect the message, ensuring the email address sent the message and that the message was not tampered with. Encrypting a message takes security one step farther and insures the
Cleaning out Old Messages
We had this question recently: "Is it possible to create a Rule to automatically delete Sent Items older than a specified date (for example all Sent Items older than 3 months)?" Yes, there are two ways to do this using native Outlook features. You can use a rule, but will need to run it using
How to always use your language for spell check
Outlook spell check works fine when I compose new messages. However, when I reply to messages that have originated in another language, it forces the spell check to use that language instead of my language, which is the only language I have loaded and. I know I'm not a great speller, but it is underlining
Send Internet mail without adding @domain.com
Some mail programs allow you to set a default domain for e-mail. This lets you send to someone in that domain by specifying only the name portion of the address, not the full name@domain.com SMTP address. Outlook, Exchange and Windows Messaging do not support this feature directly. Here is a workaround: Enter the address in