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 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.

Little-Known Anti-Spam Tips

Spammers use some sneaky and dirty techniques to validate your email address. Do you need spam blocker or spam filter software or is there another way you can protect yourself against these tricks?

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.

Setting up Gmail in Outlook Express

Gmail is not only about large Inbox. One of the benefits of using Gmail is also the ability to easily download emails to your email client such as Outlook Express. Here is how to do it.

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.