Mac Forum / Applications / Outlook Express / December 2003

Upgraded my iMac with Panther OS. Now I cannot find old Outlook
Express InBoxes and Address Book. Any tips?

I'm going to be out of the office over the holidays. I would like to set up
my Outlook Express (for Mac OS9) so that it automatically responds to
incoming e-mails, just to let people know I'll get back to them the
following week. It's probably very simple, but I just can't seem to ...

I have Outlook Express 5.0, and Office 98 installed. I cannot get
spellcheck to work in OE. The tab for Spelling in Preferences is greyed
out. Can you help? Thanks.

Is there an option or a script I can use to have OE (V 5.02) use
different sounds to notify for different mail folders?  I have a
white-list so that only those in my address book are put in the In
box.  All other messages go straight to the Trash.  Problem is, OE

I'm on a mac G5 using Outlook Express 5.0.6. I keep getting the
following error message when I send/receive mail. "error -47. Could
not retreive mail from the account suzanne@fineline-studio.com. The
file is already in use." I seem to get and receive mail but I'm not

I cannot launch OE.  It appears to have vanished.  Error
message reads; the end of file was reached.  I have been
unable to restore.  Is there a solution?

Hope someone can help.
Here's the situation...
1.    Using Macintosh Outlook Express 5.02.
2.    There are 2 hard disks in my Mac..let's call them Disk A & Disk B.

I upgraded outlook and checked the POP server, user id, and password.
I can recieve email, but not send. What else can I try?
Thanks,
Chris

I've been using Outlook 5 for Mac OS9.2.2. Is there a
verion for OS10?

Using save as to save multiple messages to a folder at the
same time
I would like to save many (100s) messages to a folder by
highlighting all the messages in the message viewer if

Our company is phasing out all of the Macintosh computers running Outlook
Express on the network in favor of Windows XP with Outlook. I am able to
transfer the account and address books without a problem, but would like to
transfer all existing emails and folder trees as well.

Turned on computer opened Outlook express and it looked like a new
installation. All of my accounts disappeared, all of my e-mails sent
and received as well as my address book. How can i retrieve this
information? I have over four years of e-mails and addresses for my

I have an intermittent  problem with some e-mails that will not open in the
preview window.  Usually what happens is that I can see the message the
first time I highlight it in the header list, but, when I return to it, it
won't open.  Sometimes I get a large gray  box (or portion ...

It's weird, I get emails all the time with Hyperlinks in them but, cannot
for the life of me figure out how to do it myself. I have checked every
category in "OE help" but find nothing, nix, nada for how to insert a
hyperlink. Even when I copy and paste a link from something else, ...

What's the secret to emptying the deleted items folder? I've tried the
suggestions to hold down the option key while running the schedule but
nothing seems to work.
mirj