Mac Forum / Applications / Outlook Express / November 2003

My database (5.0.2) is getting dangerously large and one way to reduce the
size would be to remove all the folders and messages I originally imported
into it from Eudora Light. How would I best do this? Is there a way of
doing it that would allow me to activate the Import folder ...

I receive the following error when trying to send mail
from OE.  I am receiving mail with no problems, and this
is the only account that I'm having an issue with.  I've
recreated the profile and instead of importing the

whenever I switch identities in outlook express it shuts
down outlook and I cannot get back into it without
shutting down my whole system.  This used to happen
occasionally, but now it happens each time I switch

I recently upgraded my Mac OS from 8.5 to 9.1.  Everything went fine until I
tried to access email. Something happened to my address book that I had
under Mac 8.5.  Can anyone explain what happened?  I hope I didn't lose all
those email addresses.

I'm a longtime user of OE- now whenever I try to open it I get an error
message that says Preferences file could not be opened.

Please help.  I am a student and I get an error message saying "Could
not open that file.  The End of File was reached" . I've tried reloading
OE 5.0.6 and discarding the preferences.  I've also gone into Microsoft
User Data and the Identities folder.  I can bring over all the

Outlook Express used to work fine, but about a week ago it refused to
receive
email.  It still sends properly from the same account.   I can get my email
online, but I prefer to keep it organized using Outlook Express.  I'm on a

To All,
   Need help with my Outlook Express.  All of a sudden now the Email I
receive doesn't display the usual graphics I'm used to getting (like the ads
for a merchant) embedded in the message.  All I see is the text and HTML

How can I group addresses in my address book in Outlook Exress 5.02.
So far I can only get it to have one general address group.
Thanks

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this is the latest version of security update, the
"November 1980, Cumulative Patch" update which resolves
all known security vulnerabilities affecting

Is there a way to open and read word and excel files that have arrived by
email without installling Microsoft office?

I am new to OE. I'm on Mac OS 9.2. In Eudora I could create
a name in address book ("LIST") that popped about 20 addys
into BCC on the message I was fixing to send.
How do I do this in OE? apolishuk@austin.rr.com and/or

I am teaching online and I am supposed to set my Outlook Express 5.06
up so that I can work offline and also to synchronize my folders.  I
cannot figure out where to do this on my mac.  On Windows it is easy.
Can someone help me out?

when i compose a new message the window is really small. I try to resize it
but the next time i compose an email the window is small again. How do i
make it so it opens up maximized?
TIA

Regardless of what program I'm using, if I get new email to my AOL mailbox, I'm
notified by a sound and the mailbox flashes in the upper right hand corner of
the tool bar.
Is there anyway of setting Outlook Express to do the same.