Diane Poremsky

Update: Outlook 2003 SP1 runs rules after junk e-mail filter. Update your installation if you haven't already. If you use Outlook 2003 and have multiple POP3 accounts you may use Rules to move the messages to their own folders. However, when you use rules to move message, the new Junk Email filter doesn't remove the junk mail from those accounts. To avoid this problem, … [Read more...] about Tip 93: Outlook 2003, Junk Email and Rules

You can move a message to Tasks or Calendar folder to create a new item one of three ways: Drag and drop on the folder. (In Outlook 2003, drop on the buttons at the bottom of the Navigation Pane.) This adds the message body to the note field of the new item. Right click, drag and drop to a folder. Use this method to control how the message is attached to the item - Copy … [Read more...] about Tip 92: Create a Task or Appointment From a Message

As anyone who sends files from Windows Explorer knows, choosing Send to > Mail Recipient opens a message using the Outlook editor set to plain text. It also adds (in some versions on Windows) text to the message body ("The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments:") and inserts "Emailing: [attachment name]" as the subject.If that annoys … [Read more...] about Tip 91: Send to... Using Your Stationery

A useful shortcut for people with a lot of folders is the ability to press keys to move to the next folder that begins with that character when using Outlook's folder list. Press I to move to the Inbox, C to toggle between Calendar, Contacts, and folders named "Charlie" and "College". (This handy tip works in Windows Explorer too.) The function keys include some great … [Read more...] about Tip 90: More Outlook Shortcuts

Especially if you use WindowsXP, verify the date of the last update in Task Scheduler, as some AV software doesn't update properly until you add a username and password to the task. By 4PM EST yesterday all AV vendors had updated definitions that identified MyDoom aka MiMail.R and any update since then protects you if you accidentally run the attachment. Not that antivirus … [Read more...] about Tip 88: Do you know when your last virus update was?