View Email source in Outlook Express

               Normally, you are more interested in an email's text than its source. But sometimes, taking a look at the source can be interesting, or necessary.Especially when something does not work right, the message source can often lead to a clue what went wrong, and the source often reveals a spammer's ISP, too. 

Fortunately, Outlook Express offer a smart shortcut that brings up a message's source quickly.

 
Steps how to view a Message's Source in Outlook Express:

To view the complete source of a message in Outlook Express:

    * "Open" the message.
    * Press "Ctrl + F3".
Steps how to view a Message's Source Without Opening the Message Itself in Outlook Express:

To see the source of a message you don't need to open in Outlook Express:

    * Click on the desired email in the message list with the "right mouse button".

 
    * Select "Properties" from the "menu".

 
          o If your message is in an IMAP account, you may first have to download it in full:
          o Click on it with the "right mouse button".
          o Select "Download Message Later" from the menu.
          o Select "Tools" | Sync or Tools | "Send and Receive" from the main Outlook Express menu and select your "email account" from the list. 

 
    * Go to the "Details" tab.

 
    * Click "Message Source".

These steps ca be followed for Outlook Express installed in Windows XP , 2000, 98 etc

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View Email source in Windows live mail

               Normally, you are more interested in an email's text than its source. But sometimes, taking a look at the source can be interesting, or necessary.Especially when something does not work right, the message source can often lead to a clue what went wrong, and the source often reveals a spammer's ISP, too. 

Fortunately, Windows Live Mail offer a smart shortcut that brings up a message's source quickly.

 
Steps how to view a Message's Source in Windows Live Mail:

To view the complete source of a message in Windows Live Mail:

    * "Open" the message.
    * Press "Ctrl + F3".

Steps how to view a Message's Source Without Opening the Message Itself in Windows Live Mail:

To see the source of a message you don't need to open in Windows Live Mail:

    * Click on the desired email in the message list with the "right mouse button".

 
    * Select "Properties" from the "menu".

 
          o If your message is in an IMAP account, you may first have to download it in full:
          o Click on it with the "right mouse button".
          o Select "Download Message Later" from the menu.
          o Select "Tools" | Sync or Tools | "Send and Receive" from the main Windows Live Mail menu and select your "email account" from the list. 

 
    * Go to the "Details" tab.

 
    * Click "Message Source".

These steps ca be followed for Windows live mail installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

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Outlook: Knowing Mail box size

 

 

 

                    If you use Outlook and have a busy inbox you might want to periodically find out how much space everything is taking. Today we'll take a very quick look at the Mailbox Cleanup feature in Outlook, which will let you see the amount of space being wasted.

With Outlook open, go to Tools \ Mailbox Cleanup.

 

 

 

Now with the Mailbox Cleanup dialog box open click on View Mailbox Size. You can also use this same dialog to easily find old email, or items that are larger than a certain size, so you can delete them and reclaim some space.

 

 

 

In the Folder Size dialog will show the amount of space being taken up on your local machine by each folder. If you are on an Exchange Server just click on the Server Data tab to find out how much space is being taken up on the server.

 

 

 

 Depending on the size and your setup you might want to Easily Compact The Outlook Data File.

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

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Outlook 2007: Out of Office assistant

      

                    When you know you are going to be out of the office for a few days, you can set up the Out of Office Assistant to reply automatically, letting people know that you are enjoying your vacation while they are sending you emails. You can also add rules to forward messages based on different criteria.

Open Outlook and Click on Tools \ Out of Office Assistant.

 

Next check I am currently Out of the Office and compose a message for the sender. You can include as little or as much information in this box. In this example I wrote a fairly generic reply message.

 

After filling this out you can just click OK or you can continue to add specific rules to the message. To do this click on the Add Rule button.

 

If you want the rule to only apply to a small set of contacts, you can add contacts or a contact list by clicking on the From button and selecting them there. If you want the rule to apply to any incoming email, then select a combination of both “Sent directly to me” and “Copied (Cc) to me”.

You can choose different actions to take for this rule. For instance if the message is coming from your boss you might want to have the message forwarded to another account, such as your mobile. Or you might want to have it reply with a different template. In this example I just chose to have them sent to my Inbox folder.

When you are done click on OK. You can then add another rule if you want to, just remember that the first matching rule in the list will be executed, but the rest of the matching rules will be executed if you don’t check the “Do not process subsequent rules” option. (Notice the options to move the rules up and down in the last screen)

When you’ve completed everything you will be back to the Out of Office Assistant window in Outlook. Once you have verified everything click OK.

 

Now every time you get an email from a specified address the user will automatically get your Auto Reply. This is very useful in the office and in business environments. It allows your customers and co-workers know you are not available and who to contact if they need further assistance.

These steps will work for Outlook 2007 installed in Windows XP and Windows 7. 

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Outlook 2007: Compact Mode

               One of the nicest features in Outlook is the way the list view handles “Compact Mode” when you use the reading pane on the right-hand side of the screen… it switches to double-line to show more information easily. But did you know that you can actually make it display even more fields?

This is really useful if you want to be able to see a particular extra field at a glance. The latest version of Outlook lets you do color categories, but sometimes it’s easier to just see the textual version.

In the main Outlook screen click on View \ Current View \ Customize Current View.

 

In the Customize View window click on Fields.

Now the Show Fields screen opens and here is where you can add or remove fields, or choose the order the fields will be displayed. 

The key thing to note in the Show Fields dialog is the “Maximum number of lines in compact mode”… for instance here I changed it to display 4 lines: 

 

The interesting thing about this is that you can enable the view only for a particular folder or search folder, so you could easily switch between views on the same folder.

These steps can be followed in Outlook 2007 installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

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