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So you got a new netbook or laptop but it doesn't have a CD/DVD drive. How will you get Outlook installed? And, really, is it worth installing a memory-pig like Outlook on a netbook? Yes, in my opinion, if you use Outlook on your desktop, its worth installing it on the netbook or laptop...

A user wanted to know if Outlook can display the total count of members of a Contact Group (distribution list). Yes, this is possible. Open the Contact Group and click Forward > In Internet Format. This creates a new message with the contents of the DL in a text file. Double click on the...

How to move your appointments from your default Outlook Calendar into the Hotmail Live Calendar using the Outlook Connector.

I'm hearing from a lot of people who are having issues with Outlook and iCloud integration. Some of the problems are to be expected: rather than syncing your existing data files as iTunes did, iCloud creates a new data file in Outlook and moves your appointments and contacts to it. This seems to create...

How to access the email properties dialog in Outlook 2010.

If you are receiving this error with AT&T or a Yahoo account, "L Tyler" suggests changing the POP and SMTP servers to the following names to put an end to the dialog. Incoming Mail Server: pop.mail.yahoo.com – Use Port 465 and SSL Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com – Use Port 995, SSL and authenticate with...

Hotmail allows you to configure additional addresses in your account, and you can set one as the default for new messages and replies. Alternatively, you can choose which address is used for replies. When you have more than one email account, you can have all mail delivered to a Hotmail account and reply from...

We're seeing issues with Outlook staying in Offline mode and refusing to go back only.  This appears to be caused by Office Communicator 2007 R2. Exiting Communicator and restarting Outlook should fix the problem and allow Outlook to go online. To fix, Close Outlook then exit Office Communicator completely. You'll need to check in the...

I helped several people over the last two weeks whose appointments were off by an hour or two. This is almost always the result of using the wrong time zone or daylight time setting. In each case, the users lived in an area that does not honor daylight saving time, but they used a...

If you receive this error message: 550 5.7. < alias@domain.com >… Relaying denied: You must check for new mail before sending mail. You need to configure Outlook to check for new mail before sending mail. Lowering your "check every xx minutes" time to 8 minutes or disabling Send Immediately may reduce the frequency of...