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
Usenet newsgroups hierarchy
By understanding how the hierarchies are structured you can significantly speed up a search of the topic of your interest.
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.
What is yEnc?
If you encountered yEnc messages on the newsgroups you may have been disappointed because Outlook Express has no yEnc decoder. This article explains how to decode yEnc in Outlook Express and why is it so popular.
How to make Outlook Express remember the position of Send/Receive window?
Sometimes it may happen that the Send/Receive window moves (for example if you change desktop resolution) and it always appears non-centered or somewhere else. You can also move it if you don't like default position (centered).
Top list of Usenet newsgroups sorted by popularity
This is a list of popular newsgroups sorted by popularity (number of articles). The popularity indicates on which topic people post the most articles. You may find this list useful for your own needs when searching for newsgroups.