Fix for "Unable delete mail" issue

 

                   It might be better than not receiving mail but not by much: Outlook Express keeps collecting emails and refuses to delete any. The best you can do is move mail you do not want to folders you never inspect.

Chances are, Outlook Express is trying to preserve any single email you get. Most probably, the Deleted Items folder has been damaged and it can be repaired. In this article our Texpert has provided a quick step to fix Outlook Express when deleting messages does not work

Steps to make Outlook Express delete messages again:

•     Go to the Deleted Items folder in Outlook Express.

•     Move all messages you may want to keep to your Inbox or another folder.

•     "Shut down" Outlook Express.

•     Open your Outlook Express "store" folder.

•     Delete the "Deleted Items.dbx" file.

•     "Restart" Outlook Express.

•     Make sure you "empty the Deleted Items folder frequently" (say, once a week).

 These steps can be followed in Outlook Express installed in Windows XP/2000/98 etc.

Unhiding Mail notification icon

             The little icon, your trusted friend that always appeared with a icon, is suddenly gone? You still hear the sound when new mail has arrived in Outlook Express, but the icon won't show in the Windows system tray.

Chances are your notification icon is only hiding or hidden, to be more precise. In an effort to curb toolbar clutter, Windows XP (like later versions of Windows) hides from view icons that you do not use. For Windows, using is equal to clicking. Rejoicing at the icon's sight and heading for the Outlook Express Inbox does not count, unfortunately.

Now, you can make sure the Outlook Express new mail icon is not hidden by using it to go to the newly arrived emails: double-click the icon when it appears. Fortunately, you do not have to change your email habits to still profit from the icon in full view. In this article our Texpert has tried to provide you with quick step to make sure Windows XP Does Not Hide the Outlook Express New Mail Icon

Steps to prevent Windows XP (and later) from hiding the Outlook Express new mail system tray icon:

   

•    "Right click" in an empty area of the Windows task bar.

•     Select "Properties" from the menu.

•     Click "Customize"... under "Notification" Area.

•     Locate the "You have new e-mail item".

•     Make sure "Always Show" is selected in the Behavior column.

•     Click "OK".

•     Click "OK" again.

Open Blocked attachment: Outlook Express

 

                     In a attempt to increase security and prevent virus and worm infections Outlook Express prevent you from opening or saving attachments that it thinks may contain harmful code.

Often, this level of security is a bit too much of a good thing. Fortunately, you can regain access to all attachments in Outlook Express. If you get attachments from most reliable source say your friend or family member then this steps mentioned in this article can help you. These steps are simple and easy to follow
 

Steps to open Blocked Attachments in Outlook Express:

To stop Outlook Express from controlling your access to email attachments:

•     Select " Tools " | " Options "…  from the menu.

•     Go to the "Security" tab.

•     Make sure "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened" that could potentially be a virus is not checked.

•     Click OK.

Scan Those Same Attachments for Viruses, Too.  you want to be both free in what you open and safe at the same time. So make sure you do have virus protection in place and These steps can be followed in Outlook Express installed in Windows XP, 98, 2000 etc

Delete Duplicates for Eudora

 

             Delete Duplicates for Eudora finds duplicate messages and attachments with diligence and sophistication in your Eudora folders, and it removes them automatically, too. It's a pity Delete Duplicates does work with mail stored locally only.

Advantage:

•     Delete Duplicates for Eudora finds and removes duplicate messages from Eudora
•     You can find only strict duplicates or just duplicate content and search across folders
•     Delete Duplicates for Eudora eliminates extraneous copies of attachments and embedded files, too

Disadvantages:

•     Delete Duplicates for Eudora does not allow you to compare duplicate messages before taking action
•     Some options seem unnecessarily arcane and some user interface elements inappropriate

Description:

    Delete Duplicates for Eudora finds duplicate emails and attachments in Eudora locally or in IMAP accounts.
    Using various methods or comparison, Delete Duplicates finds identical or very similar messages.
    Detected duplicates can be moved to a special folder, trashed or physically removed immediately.
    Using filters, you can make Delete Duplicates for Eudora compare only certain messages.
    When eliminating duplicates across folders, Delete Duplicates for Eudora respects folder precedence.
    Delete Duplicates for Eudora supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP.

Enfish Find for Eudora

                Enfish Find lets you search, find and preview emails and attachments in a comprehensive manner and works good with Eudora. Searches can be saved as "Trackers", but the results returned by Enfish Find lack a tad in relevancy, and it supports only a few email clients and no instant messaging programs. Enfish Find is no longer available.

Advantages:

•     Enfish Find searches emails, attachments and local files
•     You can save searches as "Trackers", and Enfish Find cross-references some information
•     Enfish Find gives you a fast preview of any indexed email or attachment

Disadvantages:

•     Enfish Find does not index email as it arrives
•     Instant messaging communication is not included in Enfish Find's index
•     The results returned by Enfish Find lack a bit in relevancy and precision

Description:

    Enfish Find finds emails, attachments and local files fast.
    Messages from Outlook, Notes, Outlook Express and AOL are indexed by Enfish Find.
    Enfish Find gives a preview of any email, attachment and document it finds.
    You can save search criteria as "Trackers" in Enfish Find for faster access.
    Enfish Find is accessible as a separate app or via toolbars in Office or the Windows taskbar.
    Contacts and "trackers" are cross-referenced in search results and easily accessible with a click.
    Enfish Find supports Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/Windows XP/ Windows 7.

Finding store folder for Eudora

         Depending on your version of Windows and your configuration, Eudora can keep your messages, address book data and settings in one of many different places. If you want to back up or copy them, you first need to identify your Eudora folder. In this article our texpert has given simple and easy step to identify your Eudora Folder on Windows

To find your Eudora folder on Windows XP or Windows 7:

    Search for "eudora.ini" on your computer.

If you get only one result, the folder containing eudora.ini is your Eudora folder.

If there are multiple folders containing eudora.ini, you have to open them all to identify "your" Eudora folder. Look for .mbx files and .fol folders that match your setup of mailboxes in Eudora.

 
Find Your Eudora Folder Faster on Windows XP and Later like Windows 7:

If you use Windows 2000, XP or later, try this first:

•     select "Run"... from the Start menu.

•     Type "%appdata%\Qualcomm\Eudora" (without quotes).

•     Hit "Return/Enter" key to go directly to your Eudora folder.

If this does not work, use the method above to locate your Eudora store folder.

How to backup filters: Eudora

 

                 Emails are often valuable, so we are sure you are backing up your Eudora files frequently and when you get a new computer, take your mailboxes with you to the new Eudora installation.

But what about the carefully crafted and balanced set of filters you have set up in Eudora? Organizing your Inbox automatically, they are priceless. There is a way to back up Your Eudora Email Filters and in this article we have given simple and easy steps to do the same.

Steps to create a backup copy of your Eudora email filters:

•     Go to your Eudora folder in Windows Explorer.

•     Select the Filters.pce file.

•     Press Ctrl-C to copy the file containing your filters.

•     Open the folder where you want to keep the backup (or temporary) copy of your Eudora mailbox files.

•     Press Ctrl-V to paste your Filters.pce file.

Of course, you can copy the Filters.pce file to the same directory you use for mailbox backups. No matter wherever you copied the file to, it's always easy to restore your Eudora filters from the backup. These steps can be used for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

How backup emails in Eudora

               You may have some messages that carry particular importance. Of course, you keep them in a save folder inside Eudora and you have printed them, but one never knows. In Eudora you can  back up all your email data easily, it is also particularly easy to make back-up  messages. In Eudora, exporting to .mbx files is just as easy.

    If you make backup copies of your Eudora mailbox files, you are prepared for the case of emergency and can restore your important messages.

To make backup copies of your Eudora mailboxes:

•     Go to your Eudora folder in Windows Explorer.

•     Highlight all files with the extension ".mbx", the file "descmap.pce" as well as all folders with names ending in ".fol".

•     Select Edit | Copy from the menu to copy the files and folders.

•     Now go to the folder where you want to keep the backup copy of your Eudora mailbox files.

•      Preferably, this folder is on another hard disk, a DVD, a network drive, ZIP drive or other remote medium.

•     Select Edit | Paste from the menu.

That's it, your backup copies are ready — ready to be recovered when you need them. These steps can be followed for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

Compressing mailbox in Eudora mail

            There are no hard and fast rules for this. Unless you are having problems, such as Eudora running very slow, or are in desperate need of more disk space, I would suggest compressing mailbox would be your first step towards increasing disk space.Eudora stores your messages in text files. There is one file for every mailbox.

When you delete a message or move it to a different mailbox, the message itself is not immediately erased from the text file but only marked as deleted. This speeds up moving or deleting messages a lot. In this article we have tried to simple understanding for compressing mailbox.

When Eudora compacts a mailbox (either automatically or initiated by you)

• Select "Special" from menu 
• then "Compact Mailboxes" from the drop down options,

the messages marked as deleted are actually erased from the text file and the disk space such wasted is reclaimed. These steps can be followed in Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

Adding image to message body: Eudora

               Sending images as attachments is fun, but sending them inline in the message can be even more fun. To do this, you need not even include the image in your mail directly. It's enough to point to the image somewhere on the Web.

Of course, you can also copy the image location in an Internet Explorer, Safari or Opera window. Now you can include the image in an email message in Eudora and in this article we have tried to make it simple and easy steps which can be done on your own.

Steps to add an image to the body of an email in Eudora:

•     Position the cursor in the message body exactly where you want the picture to appear.

•     Select Edit | Insert | Picture...  from the menu.

•     Find the desired image and click Open.

          ^ If the picture is already located on a web server or you can easily put it there, select Edit | Insert | Downloadable Picture... from the menu and enter the image's address under URL of picture.

  

•     If your image is larger than some 640x640 pixels, consider shrinking it to more handy proportions.

•     When you send the message, make sure you select Plain & Styled should Eudora ask for the message format.

•     Make sure Eudora is not set up to send plain text messages only without asking.

These steps can be followed for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

       

Reply multiple mails at once: Eudora

        When you reply to an email message, it is good practice to include the relevant parts of the original messages so that everybody knows what it is you are replying to.

But what if, in a group discussion or on a mailing list, for example, you are replying to pieces from multiple emails? You can copy and paste the original messages,  or you write individual replies to all emails (which you should normally do if they are about different subjects). Or you use Eudora.

Eudora has a very convenient feature that allows you to include the text of as many messages as you like in a reply. Your reply will automatically be addressed to the authors of all the messages included, too and in this article we have mention short and easiest way to do that.

 
Steps to include more than one messages in a single reply with Eudora:

•     Highlight all the messages you want to include in your reply in the Eudora mailbox.

•     If the messages are in different folders, you first have to copy them to one of them so that they are all collected in one folder.

•     Click the Reply button.

           Now continue editing and eventually sending your reply. Make sure you go through the recipient list in the To: field before you click Send to avoid sending your mail to people you did not intend the message to go to and this steps can be followed for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

Exclude account from auto mail checking

                    It's great to have Eudora check for new mail periodically all on its own. you do have email accounts that you don't want to be checked automatically, though. In which one accout is on a really, really slow to respond server, for example. Since it hardly ever receives mail, checking it every 15 minutes only slows down checking the other, more important emails.
 

   Eudora lets you decide for each account (personality) whether you want it to be included in automatic mail checking or not and in this article we have mentioned simple steps to achive
Exclude an Account from Automatic Checking in Eudora

Steps to exclude an account from automatic mail checking in Eudora:

•     Select "Tools" | "Personalities" from the menu.

•     "Right-click" the desired Eudora personality.

•     Select "Properties" from the menu.

•    Make sure "Check Mail is not checked" on the Generic "Properties" tab.

•     Click "OK".

These steps can be followed for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

Customizing new mail sound: Eudora

                  Eudora will play a sound when it detects new emails and starts downloading them to your computer. This is called the "New Mail Notification" sound,  But you need not bore your ears with the default sound.  

 

you can customize which sounds will play by configuring your Sounds settings in Eudora. This article provides you with basic and simple steps to change the New Mail Sound in Eudora for Windows which are easy to do on your own.

Steps to make Eudora play your favorite custom sound when new mail comes in:

•     Select "Tools" | "Options"... from the menu in Eudora.

•     Go to the "Getting Attention category".

•     Make sure "Play a sound" is checked.

•     Click on the "empty button" to select any wav file.

        If you have already selected a custom wav file, the button has the file's name as its caption and these steps can be followed for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.
 

Bosswatch list feature in Eudora

               Have you ever sent the right email to the wrong person? A click on Reply All can quickly include unnecessary contact in the long list of recipients inadvertently and undetected until embarrassment or disaster strikes.Eudora can help. 

When you are about to send a message to a specific contact (can be your own) or anywhere outside of it, or if particular addresses (your friends, for example) is in the list of recipients, Eudora can alert you. The Send button gets a magenta outline before you deliver. Optionally, Eudora can also highlight the potentially dangerous recipients. Here in this article we have provided most common and easy methods to get Warned When You Send Sensitive Mail Inadvertently in Eudora

To get warned when you are about to send mail inadvertently in Eudora:

•     Make sure the recipient you want to trigger an alert is in your Eudora address book.

•     Select "Tools" | "Address Book" from the menu.

•     Open the desired nickname.

•     Make sure "BossWatch List" is checked.

•     "Close" and "save" the address book.

These steps can be followed for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

Auto Empty Trash folder on Exit: Eudora

                        There are many activities you can do when managing email. You can reply the email, forward it, delete it, create new email, and other various activities. When deleting an email, the electronic mail will be included into the Trash folder, not disposed directly. 

This folder function is similar as the Recycle Bin on the Windows desktop. All emails that are in the trash folder will remain there as long as you do nothing on this folder. As a result, the hard disk will become overloaded because there is some disk space used by the trashed email. In this article we have few quick and easy steps to empty the Trash Automatically When You Exit Eudora

Steps to empty the Trash Automatically on exit in Eudora:

•     Select "Tools" | "Options"... from the menu in Eudora.

•     Go to the "Miscellaneous" category.

•     Make sure "Empty Trash when exiting" is checked.

•     Click "OK".

These steps can be followed in Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

Exporting Address Book in Eudora

               Now that you've used Eudora , it has become a huge file of contact information. Want to use all the names, phone numbers and email addresses in a different email program? It's time to save your Eudora contacts to a CSV file — where they can be typically imported into any software and service handling contacts.  we have tried to provide you with steps which are simple and easy to perform on your own.

 
Steps to export your Eudora Address Book:

To save your Eudora contacts to a CSV file (format which is easily imported in most email programs' and services' address books):

•     Select "Tools" | "Address Book" from the menu.

•     Now choose "File" | "Save As"… from the menu.

•     Make sure "CSV Files (*.csv)" is selected under File type:.

•     Type "Contacts" under File name:.

•     Click "Save".

These steps can be used for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7. 

Filtering mails with attachment: Eudora

                 Usually, attachments are important. Some are important because they are dangerous (viruses!), but many are important because they are reports, work, or family pictures. Whatever the reason may be why you want to catch them, in Eudora you can attach a label to them with a filter automatically.

    In this article we have tried to make things easy by providing steps which are simple and easy to create a label for messages containing Attachments Automatically in Eudora

Steps to make Eudora label messages containing attachments automatically:

•     Select "Tools" | "Filters" from the menu in Eudora. 

•     Click "New".

•     The filter should read:

            ^   "Match Incoming"
            ^  "Header: Content-Type:"
            ^  "contains multipart/mixed".

•     As the "Action to take", choose "Make Label".

•     Click on "None" and select the desired "label".

•     "Close" the Filters window, saving changes.

Finally, you should move this filter to the very top of your filters so it can process all incoming messages before other filters move them to specific folders and stop further filtering and these steps can be followed for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

Making email's private in Eudora

               You don't want other people who have access to your computer — legitimate access, to have access to the emails it holds as well. If this is true, set up a distinct Windows account for each user so that everybody can have their own wallpaper, and so that emails and documents are kept separate. This is very well and good, but it is not enough to protect your emails.

      Below we have tried to provide you with steps where you can protect your emails in Eudora when you have different accounts for multiple users of same computer. These steps are easy to follow and simple.

Steps to keep your emails private from the other users:

•     "Locate the folder" in which your email program keeps mail.

•     "Right Click" on the folder in Windows Explorer.

•     Select "Sharing and Security"... from the menu.

•     Go to the "Sharing tab".

•     Make sure "Make this folder private" is checked under "Local sharing and security".

•    Click "OK".

This prevents other users from all access to the folder. You mail is safe as long as nobody can log on to your account Windows (Windows XP and Windows 7).

Delay delivery of mail in Eudora

                          Sometimes, you may not want to send a message immediately. Eudora can automatically deliver an outgoing email on a specific date and time (or later if you do not have an active Internet connection then, or if Eudora is not running). This feature helps a lot for keeping things in order and on time because sometime we tend to forget to reply to important mail thinking that we can reply later to that mail. this article will walk you through steps to specify the Delivery Date for a Message in Eudora

Steps to delay the delivery of a message :

•     Highlight the message in the Out folder in Eudora.

•     Select "Message" | "Change" | "Queuing"... from the menu.

•     Make sure "On or after:" is selected.

•     Specify your desired "delivery date and time". 

These steps can be followed for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

Creating email filter in Eudora

                Having a big flow of e-mail's dropping in your inbox can be time consuming to read, to deal with this and save yourself some time, and be able to read the right e-mails first, you might want to add a filter so Eudora can place the different mails in different folders and  this article will provide you with easy steps to create filters in Eudora.

 

Steps to create an incoming mail filter from an existing message in Eudora:

•     Highlight the message in the mailbox in Eudora.

•     Select "Special" | "Make Filter" from the menu.

•     Enter the details as you see fit.

           * You can filter on the sender (it's best to look for the email address only), any recipient or (part of) the subject.

•    By default, Eudora suggests you create a new mailbox named after the sender that the filter will move all mail to in the future, but you can also have it transfer messages to any existing mailbox (to select it, click on the In button) or delete them automatically.

•     Click "Create Filter".

 

These steps can be followed for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

Disable Read receipt request: Eudora

                   Email return receipts can be very useful. They let you know if, and when, somebody read your message. Unfortunately, if you're at the receiving end of an email that requests you to generate a read receipt, Eudora keeps asking you whether it is okay to generate that report.

        If you get lots of emails and lots of spam that requests read receipts unnecessarily, this can get annoying.  there's a way to prevent Eudora from asking you to generate these read receipts and this article will help you with steps to prevent Eudora from Asking You to Return Read Receipts

Steps to stop Eudora from asking you to return read receipts for messages:

•     Edit the X-Eudora-Option "ReadReceiptAsk".

•     Set the value to " 0 " under New value:.

•     Click "OK". 

These steps can be followed for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

 

Disabling Image display in Email: Eudora

              Images in emails and newsletters can make those messages a lot more prettier. Unfortunately, HTML graphics come with the risk of compromising your security and privacy if they are fetched from a remote server when you read the message.

   Eudora lets you reduce this risk to a minimum: You can tell Eudora not to download graphics from remote servers at all and this article will explain how to prevent Privacy Infringement by Graphics in Eudora

Steps to stop Eudora from downloading remote images automatically:

•     Select "Tools" | "Options"... from the Eudora menu.

•     Go to the "Display" category.

•     Make sure "Automatically download HTML graphics" is not selected.

•     Now, make sure you have "turned off" Internet Explorer as the HTML viewer in Eudora.

 These steps can be followed for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

How to set up Auto reply: Eudora

 

              When you know you are going to be out of the town for a few days, you can set up the autoresponder to reply automatically, letting people know that you are enjoying your vacation while they are sending you emails. You can read and reply to all mail when you're back from the vacation

           If you have a permanent connection and don't turn off your computer while away from home, Eudora can send these vacation auto-replies for you automatically and this article will walk you through the steps to set up a Vacation Auto-Reply in Eudora

Steps to create an auto responder ( auto-replies) in Eudora:

•     Create a "message template" for the reply.

            ^ Mention all the necessary information and also that you will reply when you're back.

•     Select "Tools" | "Filters" from the menu.

•     Click the "New" button.

•     Make the filter criteria read: "Match Incoming Header To:" contains <your email address>.

•     Select "Reply with" from the "Action" drop-down menu.

•     Choose the "template" for your auto-reply.

•     Make sure the filter is at the top of your filters.

•     Close the Filters window.

•     Click "Yes". 

 These steps can work for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

Drag and Drop attachments: Eudora

               If a message containing an attachment arrives in your Eudora Inbox, you usually don't want to leave the attached file inside the message. you want to save it to your Desktop (or some other folder).

     Eudora makes this easy, fast, comfortable, and everything else that's good about using a mouse to command a computer and this article includes steps to save an Attachment via Drag-and-Drop in Eudora

Steps to save a file attached to an email fast via drag-and-drop in Eudora:

•     "Open" the message containing the attachment in Eudora.

•     Make sure Eudora does not occupy the whole screen and your Desktop is visible behind it.

•     Click on the "attachment's icon" and keep the mouse button down.

•     "Drag the attachment" out of the message to your your Desktop.

            ^  Of course, you can also drag the file to any other folder if you open it in Explorer.

•    "Release" the mouse button. 

These steps can be followed for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

Creating distribution list : Eudora

 
                   Eudora lets me set up a simple mailing list that will allow you to distribute the same email message to multiple recipients easily, and fast. This article will give you simple steps on how to set up a Mailing List in Eudora.

To create a simple mailing list in Eudora:

•     Select Tools | Address Book from the menu in Eudora.

•     Click the New button.

•     Give your mailing lists a meaningful Nickname:.

            ^ This nickname is what you will use to address messages to your list easily.
               You make sure all your lists end in "list" to distinguish them from "normal" nicknames.

•     Give your mailing list a Full Name, too.

•     Now enter all the list members' email addresses, one per line, in the large entry field.

•     Close the address book.

•     Make sure you save the changes you've made.

You're now ready to use your new mailing list in Eudora. These steps can be followed for Eudora installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.