Inside Outlook Express
Frequently Asked Questions
What ...
- is Catch Up, shown when you right-click on a newsgroup and on the Edit menu?
- is a message store folder, or store root directory?
- is a WAB file (*.wab)?
- is a WA~ file (*.wa~)?
- is the little push-pin icon in the lower right corner of OE's download window?
- does the Flag icon mean?
- does Watched mean?
Where ...
- are my OE message files stored?
- is my address book (WAB) stored?
- is the information for all my mail and news accounts stored?
- are my OE settings stored?
How ...
- do I re-send a message?
- do I delete an email message without opening it?
- do I archive a folder of messages?
- do I backup my accounts information and settings?
- do I delete old newsgroup headers?
- do I import OE4 mail folders?
- do I import OE5/OE6 mail folders?
- do I import a single mail folder (*.dbx)?
- do I move my address book?
- do I move my store folder?
- do I make OE open messages maximized?
- do I change the sound that plays for new messages?
- do I enable the slideshow?
- do I make OE open in a newsgroup when starting?
- do I save a message without its attachment?
- do I view messages using a Fixed-width font?
- can I organize my subscribed newsgroups into news folders?
- do I turn off the OE splash screen?
- do I delete an Identity if I forgot the password?
- do I view attachments in binary newsgroups?
- do I remove the "provided by ..." branding in the OE title bar?
- can I block messages with a blank FROM or TO field?
Why ...
- does OE insist on compacting folders when I close it?
- can't I print messages correctly?
- can't I open attachments in OE6?
- does OE delete news messages automatically even with automatic maintenance turned off?
- is the file Folders.dbx so big?
- does OE not add reply characters to some of my replies?
- can't OE insert my signature after quoted text in replies?
- can't I set OE as the default email client?
- can't I Reply to Author in newsgroups?
- do I see a Choose Profile window when I Reply to Author in newsgroups?
- can't I move my OE files and address book to a folder on my network?
- do I receive the error message "No Sender Specified" even though my name looks right in the account's Properties?
- don't my message rules work?
- does OE try to install another language when I click on certain messages?
- can't I import a *.wab file from another computer?
- can't I delete messages inside OE?
- doesn't OE preview pictures any more?
- does OE show duplicate messages in my Hotmail or IMAP account?
- does OE always open such a small window?
