Why do some Outlook fonts depend on Internet Explorer settings??

[Rick216]

I was trying to figure out how to change the default font Outlook 2003 uses
in received html emails when the sender doesn't specify one.

After some sleuthing, I determined that this default font is automatically
set to match the Internet Explorer default font that I chose many moons ago
(for web pages where no font is specified).

So my basic problem is solved, but I can't understand why I should have to
go into IE to change some key Outlook message fonts. I don't even use IE as
my default browser any more. What would determine the font for such emails
if I uninstalled IE??

Thanks.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You can't uninstall IE. Outlook 2003 uses the browser controls to display
HTML messages, it doesn't include its own html rendering engine. (Outlook
2007 uses word's html rendering engine.)

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[Rick216]

Interesting. Thanks for explaining.

When you say, "You can't uninstall IE," do you mean Outlook just wouldn't be
able to decode html content in emails, or that it would not function properly
even if I never sent or received anything but plain text?

I've never had any intention of uninstalling IE regardless, just curious...

You can't uninstall IE. Outlook 2003 uses the browser controls to display
HTML messages, it doesn't include its own html rendering engine. (Outlook
2007 uses word's html rendering engine.)

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I was trying to figure out how to change the default font Outlook 2003
uses
in received html emails when the sender doesn't specify one.

After some sleuthing, I determined that this default font is automatically
set to match the Internet Explorer default font that I chose many moons
ago
(for web pages where no font is specified).

So my basic problem is solved, but I can't understand why I should have to
go into IE to change some key Outlook message fonts. I don't even use IE
as
my default browser any more. What would determine the font for such
emails
if I uninstalled IE??

Thanks.