"Don" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is there a global setting to configure a view that will apply to every
> folder? For example I want certain columns in the message list for every
> single folder. It will be a royal pain to have to do that one folder at a
> time. In Windows Explorer you can apply a folder view set in one folder to
> every folder with the push of a button. Can I do that in Outlook? I have
> created a new view that should do this but I can not get it to be the
> default view instead of the "IMAP Messages" view.
Modify the default "IMAP Messages" view. The method is here:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/grouping.htm You'll need to be in an IMAP
folder in order to see the view.
> I want to keep all my email accounts/folders collapsed. Unfortunately, the
> root of an IMAP account does not turn bold and display the number of new
> messages in the subfolders like is done in a POP folder.
Doesn't do it for the root of the POP folders, either, only the folders
actually containing the new items.
> Instead I have to expand each root and then the sub folders with new
> messages are bold and have the number of new messages displayed. Is there a
> configuration setting to change this behaviour so I don't have to expand the
> accounts to see which accounts have new messages?
I'm not at my Outlook 2007 system right now so I can't check, but I though you
could have Search Folders in IMAP PSTs. If so, and were I doing this, I'd
probably create an Unread Mail search folder for each account, then add it to
the Favorite Folders section of the Mail view of the Nav Pane. That should
allow you to see which Inboxes had new messages.
> I have set replies and forwards to prefix each line of the original message
> with the "greater than" mark (>). But it doesn't happen. I chose the >
> because not all messages I write are rtf or html and the vertical line would
> not be good. Am I missing something?
The prefix character is only for Plain Text messages. For others, you'll get
the vertical line if you elect to prefix the replies.
> I get lots of messages with attachments, typically jpg and other pictures.
> In POP folders in Outlook Express and other email clients these attachments
> can be viewed inline in the preview pane. In Outlook 2007 either they can't
> or I have not found the right setting to change.
Attachment in Outlook will always be shown as attachments and will not be
viewable in-line in the Reading Pane like Outlook Express does. If your
sender embeds the images in the HTML, then you'll see them.
> (I assume in an IMAP account I have to actually download the message and
> maybe even transfer it to a different folder before I can view the
> attachment by any method at all)
You won't have to transfer them to another folder, but they'll need to be
downloaded to the IMAP PST in order to see them.
> I send mail to various maillists. When my messages come back to me they are
> automatically copied to the junk mail folder and marked for deletion in the
> inbox folder. I assume Outlook's junk mail filter thinks I don't send mail
> to myself so when it sees that my account sent the message in question it
> decides it is junk. To fix this I had to mark my addresses as safe
> senders/recipients. That means when real junk mail, with my address spoofed
> as the sender, arrives it will not be recognized as junk mail. Is there a
> better work-around for this?
Usually, messages from mailing lists appear to come from the list address.
Sometimes the sender address for mailing lists can be chosen by the subscriber
to be either the actual sender or the list address. See if that's the case
for you. Absent that, the list owner should be able to make that
configuration change.
> In my previous email client I was able to specify a global inbox for my IMAP
> accounts. I am either missing something or the only way to do that in
> Outlook is to set up a message rule or filter. Which is it?
In Outlook, all IMAP accounts get their own message stores. In Outlook 2007,
however, you get to specify the Inbox folder at Tools>Account Settings>E-mail
Accounts. I don't know if you can specify a single folder for all accounts
because I haven't tried it.
> Outlook can deal with IMAP, POP, SMTP, RSS and more types of accounts. So
> why do I have to use Windows Mail or Outlook Express to subscribe to a
> newsgroup?
Because Microsoft didn't produce an NNTP transport for Outlook and, as far as
I know, never will. There rae third party NNTP transports for Outlook that
you can buy if you wish.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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