Here are some great tips, tricks, add-ons and shortcuts for
two popular email programs; Qualcomm's Eudora and Microsoft
Outlook / Outlook Express.
Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express Tips and Tricks:
o Did you know that you can view ongoing email conversations
by quickly changing the view in Outlook and Outlook Express?
Select a message in your in-box, click on "View", point your
cursor to "Current View" and then click "Group Messages by
Conversation". You'll see all messages with that particular
person and they'll be organized in a nice, neat thread!
o Worried about a virus? First off, NEVER open an attachment
before virus checking it. Also consider using "Chilton
Preview" rather than Outlook's built-in preview pane.
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Microsoft Outlook's AutoPreview lets you see just the first
three lines of messages. It also leaves you susceptible to
malicious code in html messages. "Chilton Preview" is a tiny
add-on that puts a whole third pane on your Outlook window,
to let you scroll through entire messages without opening
them. It reads the plain text equivalent of HTML messages so
it does not leave you vulnerable to malicious code in HTML
mail.
o You can have Outlook and Outlook Express quickly add any
email addresses to your Address Book. Just open any incoming
message then right-click on the name you want to add. Then
click on "Add to Address Book".
Outlook and Outlook Express keyboard Shortcuts:
o Press F3 to perform an advanced find.
o Ctrl-Q will mark a message as read.
o Ctrl-K matches the text typed into the TO field with
an existing contact.
Outlook Add-ons you may want to try...
o ListsNet Tuner: http://www.listsnet.com/about.html#Tuner
o AutoReply: http://www.nextword.com/AutoReplyprod.htm
o Email Talks: http://www.research-lab.com/
Eudora Tips and Tricks
Qualcomm's Eudora 4.3 is now available. If you are a
4.x user, you can get the update for FREE at:
http://www.eudora.com/proemail/updaters.html
o Did you know that you can schedule outgoing messages for
later delivery. To use this feature just hold down the Shift
key as you click "send" or "queue" on your outgoing message.
A box will pop up asking you when you want to send the
message. This is a great feature for sending reminders to
friends, family and even yourself! I use it all the time, as
a matter of fact I just sent a scheduled message that will
arrive a few days before my next anniversary. (Fellas; maybe
you should do the same!)
o Need to move Eudora from one computer to another and save
all your old mailboxes AND messages? Just save the.toc and
.mbx files and copy them to the same directory in your new
computer. Next time you reopen Eudora, bingo, all your old
messages are there!
o If you ever have the need to get your email from a remote
location but won't have access to a computer with Eudora,
just grab a free web email account from Eudora at
www.eudoramail.com before you go. You'll be able to send and
receive email right through the browser of any computer
with Internet access.
Eudora keyboard Shortcuts:
o Ctrl-A selects the entire text of a message.
o F7 toggles the preview pane on and off.
o Shift-space bar toggles a message between the read and
unread status.
A few Eudora add-ons you may want to try...
o PureVoice Player-Recorder: http://www.eudora.com/purevoice/
o EasyTranslator Express: available at www.download.com
o Beginners interactive guide to using Eudora Light:
http://www.ultra.net.au/~chrisleroy/eudora.zip
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