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 recognize various file formats on the Usenet
Here is a quick tutorial how to recognize different files that you may find on the Usenet and not to misplace them for yEnc.
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).
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.
Usenet newsgroups hierarchy
By understanding how the hierarchies are structured you can significantly speed up a search of the topic of your interest.
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.