Diane Poremsky

Did you know you can use Categories to create dynamic distribution lists in your Contacts folder?When you need to add or remove names from a group mailing list, you only need to add the category to or remove it from the contacts. When an email address changes, you only need to update their contact form, not the distribution lists they are members of.Send a message or … [Read more...] about Tip 10: Dynamic Distribution Lists

Outlook 2003 blocks "web beacons" in the preview pane. It works well, until spammers get smart and use simple techniques to avoid it.Outlook has an option to Also Trust e-mail from my Contacts. Most of us add ourselves to the Contacts folder, so if the spammers use our address in the From and To fields, the message is trusted. Don't enable this option.Do many of your … [Read more...] about Tip 9: Web Beacons

Outlook Express has a feature that allows you to add addresses you reply to, to your address book. Many users who move to Outlook miss that feature. I'm not sure why, it tends to fill your address book up really fast, especially if you are active on mailing lists... But many people like the feature and miss it.Outlook 98/2000 in Internet only mode offers the ability to … [Read more...] about Tip 7: Automatically Create Contacts

This is an old, old FAQ list I started on my personal website, before I started Outlook Tips. It proved to be much easier to create a new page for each FAQ than it was to keep adding to this list (plus, its harder to find answers in a long list of questions and answers.) I moved it to the new site only because its still useful. Question: I recently upgraded from Outlook 2002 … [Read more...] about Outlook: Frequently Asked Questions