Outlook problems and bugs

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Problem #1:

In Outlook Express you can view a message's headers and HTML source by right
clicking on an email header and choosing 'properties.' Is there any way to
do this in Outlook? This is a useful feature and I can't believe that it
wouldn't exist in Outlook. I get a lot of possible spam that I want to
examine before opening. I am detecting viruses in my email just about every
day and I am being cautious.

Problem #2:

I had to reinstall my OS a couple of weeks ago -- so I backed up my folders
in Outlook and then imported them back into an new installation of Outlook
after I reinstalled Windows. When I click on 'contacts' on the left side of
the screen, all my contacts are there in all of their subfolders. But when
I go to write an email and I click on the 'To:' or "CC:" buttons, Outlook
doesn't show any of my contacts. This is really inconvienient for me
because I write a lot of email and have a lot of contacts. For the moment,
my only workaround was to export all of my contacts into Excel, and now I
have to cut and paste them into my emails when I am emailing more than one
person at a time.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 
To start; mind how you classify your issues and when you call something a
bug.

#1 You can rightclick a message and choose Options... to view the message
header. Note that Outlook 2003 by default doesn't view any pictures that are
loaded directly from the Internet. It requires your permission to do so.

Also note that Outlook 2002 and 2003 by default block certain attachment
types to prevent you from opening virusses by mistake. In addition it is
impossible to execute code in the Reading Pane making viewing any message
very safe as you can now only be offended by the words in the e-mail. There
are updates available on the Office Update to achieve the same level of
security for previous versions of Outlook.

#2 Take a look here;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/contactsinaddressbook.htm

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1
 
#1 http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/viewing_headers.htm and
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/view_source.htm. Personally, I prefer
Pocketknife peek - a link to it is at
http://www.outlook-tips.net/products.htm. I also recommend a real virus and
spam scanner so the useless crap don't make it to the inbox...

#2 If you have Contacts in the Contacts folder but they are not accessible
when you click on the To button, check these settings:

Make sure the Contact folder is enabled as an email address book. Right
click the Contacts folder, choose Properties then Outlook Address Book. Is
the box to enable as email address book is checked?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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Thanks to both of you for your tips and pointing out those useful websites.
It helped. I don't know why I didn't see the 'options' in the context menu.
I think too many hours at the computer have been making my vision blurry...

I used the word "bugs" becuase of my frustration with Outlook 2003. It does
have some bugs... But that's another long story -- I haven't had those
problems since I re-installed. I figured that my missing address books was
some variation of the same thing...

Thanks again...


Roady said:
To start; mind how you classify your issues and when you call something a
bug.

#1 You can rightclick a message and choose Options... to view the message
header. Note that Outlook 2003 by default doesn't view any pictures that are
loaded directly from the Internet. It requires your permission to do so.

Also note that Outlook 2002 and 2003 by default block certain attachment
types to prevent you from opening virusses by mistake. In addition it is
impossible to execute code in the Reading Pane making viewing any message
very safe as you can now only be offended by the words in the e-mail. There
are updates available on the Office Update to achieve the same level of
security for previous versions of Outlook.

#2 Take a look here;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/contactsinaddressbook.htm

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

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jcnews said:
Problem #1:

In Outlook Express you can view a message's headers and HTML source by
right
clicking on an email header and choosing 'properties.' Is there any way
to
do this in Outlook? This is a useful feature and I can't believe that it
wouldn't exist in Outlook. I get a lot of possible spam that I want to
examine before opening. I am detecting viruses in my email just about
every
day and I am being cautious.

Problem #2:

I had to reinstall my OS a couple of weeks ago -- so I backed up my
folders
in Outlook and then imported them back into an new installation of Outlook
after I reinstalled Windows. When I click on 'contacts' on the left side
of
the screen, all my contacts are there in all of their subfolders. But
when
I go to write an email and I click on the 'To:' or "CC:" buttons, Outlook
doesn't show any of my contacts. This is really inconvienient for me
because I write a lot of email and have a lot of contacts. For the
moment,
my only workaround was to export all of my contacts into Excel, and now I
have to cut and paste them into my emails when I am emailing more than one
person at a time.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Actually, the reason that it wasn't working was because I am using a Hotmail
account with Outlook. If you right-click on a hotmail message in Outlook
you cannot view message headers. There is no 'options' menu. This function
is available for hotmail in Outlook Express, but apparently not Outlook
2003.


Roady said:
To start; mind how you classify your issues and when you call something a
bug.

#1 You can rightclick a message and choose Options... to view the message
header. Note that Outlook 2003 by default doesn't view any pictures that are
loaded directly from the Internet. It requires your permission to do so.

Also note that Outlook 2002 and 2003 by default block certain attachment
types to prevent you from opening virusses by mistake. In addition it is
impossible to execute code in the Reading Pane making viewing any message
very safe as you can now only be offended by the words in the e-mail. There
are updates available on the Office Update to achieve the same level of
security for previous versions of Outlook.

#2 Take a look here;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/contactsinaddressbook.htm

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

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jcnews said:
Problem #1:

In Outlook Express you can view a message's headers and HTML source by
right
clicking on an email header and choosing 'properties.' Is there any way
to
do this in Outlook? This is a useful feature and I can't believe that it
wouldn't exist in Outlook. I get a lot of possible spam that I want to
examine before opening. I am detecting viruses in my email just about
every
day and I am being cautious.

Problem #2:

I had to reinstall my OS a couple of weeks ago -- so I backed up my
folders
in Outlook and then imported them back into an new installation of Outlook
after I reinstalled Windows. When I click on 'contacts' on the left side
of
the screen, all my contacts are there in all of their subfolders. But
when
I go to write an email and I click on the 'To:' or "CC:" buttons, Outlook
doesn't show any of my contacts. This is really inconvienient for me
because I write a lot of email and have a lot of contacts. For the
moment,
my only workaround was to export all of my contacts into Excel, and now I
have to cut and paste them into my emails when I am emailing more than one
person at a time.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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