The following is a *living* compilation of Internet Mail and News Tips
that I've dug up from time-to-time. *Living* means this list will be
constantly updated as more tips are found/received. If you have a 'tip'
you'd like to share, please send it to webmast@surfari.net and ask to have
it included in the Information Gem Page.
TIP #1
TIP #2
Explorer has caused an Invalid Page Fault in module
Mailnews.dll
This can happen when you have a damaged message
in your mail server Inbox. To solve this problem, add
the Internet Mail service to an Exchange profile, then
configure it to connect to your mail server. When you
set up Exchange, go to Properties, click the
Connection tab, then select the Work off-line and use
Remote Mail check box. Now open Exchange and
choose Tools|Remote Mail. On the Remote Mail
toolbar, choose Connect. Remote Mail will dial your
Internet service provider and retrieve the headers of
all messages. It will simply retrieve the headers -- it
will not download the messages. If you find a System
Administrator - Undeliverable message, mark it for
retrieval and click Connect again. Now open Internet
Mail and see if you can retrieve the remaining
messages from the server. If not, you may still have
some damaged messages.
TIP #3
When finished adding your message, make sure the check box
labeled Add signature to the end of all outgoing messages. Now click
OK.
From this point on, your signature message will appear in all your e-
mail.
TIP #4
AFAIK As far as I know
TIP #6
TIP #7
Now when you click Send, Internet Mail will dial your Internet
service provider, send the message, then hang up. This setting
may be just for you if you don't send a lot of e-mail. If you do,
you'd be better off using the default setting.
TIP #8
TIP #9
amateur photography
TIP #10
To add the name to your Address Book, right-click on the author's
name and then choose Add To Address Book. When the dialog box
opens, fill it in and click on OK.
TIP #11
You can also open the Address Book by simply double-clicking on
the To: icon.
TIP #12
You can insert it, or you can attach it. Which should you do? The
answer depends on the file. If the file is very short, it may be
easier for the recipient to read an inserted text file.
To insert a file, create your message, choose Insert, Text File, and
then select the file you want inserted.
If the file is longer, you may find it easier to attach the file to your
message. In this case, choose Insert, Attachment and select the
file to attach.
TIP #14
To do this in e-mail, open Internet Mail and choose Mail, Options.
Click on the Send tab and make sure the check box labeled Include
Message in Reply is selected. Click on OK to close the dialog box.
To achieve the same result with your newsgroup responses, go to
Internet News and choose News, Options. On the Send tab, select
Include Original Message in Reply.
TIP #15
When you compose a new message that's going to all the recipients
in your group, simply double-click on the To icon and select your
new group from the list. Click on To, and click on OK to continue
with your e-mail composition.
Now that you have a group set up in your Address Book, you may
need to add or delete names occasionally. To do this, go to File,
Address Book and double-click on the group you need to modify.
To remove a name, select it and click on Remove. To add names,
double-click on the group and click on Add. Choose the new members
from your Address Book list.
To delete an entire group, go to the Address Book, select the
group, and click on the Delete button.
TIP #16
Spamming is the practice of cross-posting messages to dozens or
hundreds of newsgroups. It's a method that's become both wildly
popular and widely hated. Cross-posting refers to posting the same
message to a large number of groups. Usually, spammers post to
groups that appear to have some relationship with the group's
topic. However, many spammers seem to post blindly. For example,
it isn't uncommon to find ads for erotic Web sites in almost any
group.
Why do spammers continue if people hate them so much? We can only
conclude that these messages must be successful. A small
percentage of people who read through the group must respond to
the spam. If no one responded, why would they continue?
Anyway, the point is that you should avoid being labeled a
spammer. This means watch the cross-posting--even if all you're
doing is sending holiday messages. Spam isn't so much a matter of
content as simply a matter of quantity. Too much of anything is
spam.
INTERNET MAIL AND QUOTES
If you respond to a question that was encoded in quoted printable
format, you'll probably find that the quotation mark character doesn't
show up in the text of the original message. What happens is that
Internet Mail has no way to distinguish the beginning of each line in a
quoted printable-format message. So, it simply doesn't use the quotation
mark for this type of encoding. This is a problem and Microsoft is aware
of it. We'll let you know if we hear more on this subject.
MAIL PROGRAM ERROR/DAMAGED MESSAGE
When you attempt to retrieve new mail by clicking
Send and Receive, you may get the message
SIGNATURE IN MICROSOFT E-MAIL
If you'd like to add some signature text to your Microsoft Mail e-mail,
choose Mail|Options, then click the Signature tab. Now select the
Text radio button and type in your signature text. You can type in
whatever you like, perhaps your full name and address, but don't go
wild. Internet Explorer will append whatever you type to each
message you send.
MAKING FACES
If you're new to Newsgroups, you may wonder what all those
silly sideways symbols mean. We're going to save you some
time by listing all the most common symbols (also called
'emoticons') along with their generally accepted meanings.
:-) Smiling
:-D Laughing
:-/ Scowling
:-O Surprise, Shock
>:-( Angry
:-( Unhappy
:-p Sticking out your tongue
;-) Winking
TIP #5
USING ACRONYMS IN MESSAGES
Wonder what all those acronyms in Newsgroups postings
mean? So do we sometimes. We don't know what they all
mean because new ones seem to appear almost daily. Here is
a list of the more common acronyms, the ones that have been
around a while.
BTW By the way
HTH Hope this helps
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
IMO In my opinion
IOW In other words
LOL Laughing out loud
ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
TIA Thanks in Advance
TTYL Talk to you Later
YMMV Your mileage may vary
{g} Grin
{BG} Big grin
USING INTERNET MAIL
If you use Microsoft Internet mail with your Microsoft Internet
Explorer installation, you may find it convenient to put the
Internet Mail icon on your desktop. Here's how: Right-click Start
and choose Open. Double-click the Programs icon, then locate
the Internet Mail icon. Use the right mouse button to drag the
icon to the desktop. When you release the mouse button a
menu will appear. Choose Copy Here. To close the windows
you opened, click the Close button in the Programs window,
then click the Start Menu window's Close box.
SEND E-MAIL AT ONCE
If you'd prefer to send your e-mail a message at a time as you
generate them, choose Mail|Options and click the Send tab. Now
select the check box labeled Send messages immediately and click
Apply, then OK.
PRINT YOUR E-MAIL
One handy way to keep a record of important e-mail messages in
Internet Mail is to print them out from the Sent folder. Click on
the Sent folder to view the messages you've sent. Now, click the
message you want to print. Press Ctrl-P to print it.
FINDING NEWSGROUPS
In Internet News, you can search for newsgroups using more than one keyword.
Click on Newsgroups and then enter your words, separated by a
space. Let's suppose that you'd like to locate newsgroups that
concern amateur photography. Enter your search request just like
this:
SAVE THAT E-MAIL ADDRESS
To view the complete e-mail address of someone who has sent a News
message, double-click on the message to open it. Now go to the
author's name in the From field and double-click on it.
RETRIEVE THOSE E-MAIL ADDRESSES
When you click on the New Message button in Microsoft Internet
Mail, the window opens with the cursor placed at the To: entry
box. To select an address from the Address book, you can choose
File|Address Book.
UN-DELETE THAT E-MAIL
If you think you've lost a message in Microsoft Internet Mail, don't
despair. Look through the folders. If the message is in the Deleted
Items folder, you can still read it. You can even put the errant
message back in your Inbox or another folder by choosing
Mail/Move to and selecting from the list of available folders.
TIP #13
SEND TEXT FILES VIA E-MAIL
There are two ways to add text files to an Internet Mail message:
QUOTING TEXT IN REPLIES
When replying to e-mail messages and newsgroup articles, you want
to get your point across. But that can be difficult unless your
recipient knows exactly what you're talking about. One way to
guarantee that the recipient understands your references is to
quote the original message in your reply.
MAKING E-MAIL GROUPS
If you commonly need to send a single e-mail message to a number
of recipients in Microsoft Internet Mail, you can create a Group.
Go to File, Address Book, and in the dialog box that opens, click
on New Group. Give the group a name, click on Add, and then select
the members from your Address Book list, clicking on Add for each
member. After you make your selections, click on OK. Click on OK
again to save your changes and close the Address Book.
DON'T SPAM THAT NEWSGROUP!
If you'd like to contribute to newsgroups, you can preserve your
good name if you avoid posting information that isn't pertinent to
the current newsgroup. Also, avoid spamming. People hate spammers.
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