Outlook Express Tips

Use Outlook Express quickly and securely.

These free power tips that will tell you how to:

• Avoid spam email
• Avoid viruses
• Use email more effectively
• Browse newsgroups faster and easier
• Find free MP3, videos, pictures, software and e-books on newsgroups using Outlook Express

Selected Articles

How to make Windows Live Mail look and feel like Outlook Express

If you switched from Outlook Express to Windows Live Mail you may have used a set of features you liked but just don't seem to be there anymore. While Windows Live Mail does bring improvements in some areas, some other "improvements" are arguable. Fortunately, some features are only hidden and some require a different approach - this article lists all the tricks and features I've discovered so far (the article will be updated from time to time).

How to use a free Yahoo Mail in Outlook Express (via POP3 or SMTP)

Yahoo! charges for their email POP3 service but there is also a way to use their free-mail account in Outlook Express without paying for the POP3 service. Here is how.

How to backup Outlook Express (OE) Email and transfer settings to another PC

Microsoft Outlook Express (OE) is a powerful FREE email client that (in most cases) comes already with your Windows installation In the following text we share our experiences to help you to make most out of this tool.

The most important tip ever for fighting spam

It may sound too easy but - do not buy anything advertised through spam email! You would be surprised that the only reason spam exists is that some people actually buy stuff from them.

How to simply ignore spam that asks delivery receipt or read receipt

Lately new kind of spam is present that abuses Outlook Express/Windows Mail built in sending of read receipt. If you do send a receipt back - guess what - you will get even more spam. Here is how to get rid of that.