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See Go News command is missing if you are trying to edit the toolbar and can't find the command. Outlook doesn't support newsgroups directly. Yes, there is the Go, News menu, but it calls up Outlook Express or Vista's Mail in news-only mode. There are three programs which support newsgroups in Outlook. NewsLook is one answer to everyone's favorite request for … [Read more...] about Newsgroups in Outlook

Nothing says "impersonal and uncaring" as much as form letter sent to a group of people, whether it's your annual Holiday letter to friends or a form sent to clients and potential clients. It doesn't matter whether it's a traditional mailed letter or sent via email, it's still impersonal. It doesn't have to be this way. Customizing form letters to make them appear more personal … [Read more...] about Use Outlook's Contacts in a Mail Merge

After Installing Critical Update 813489 for Internet Explorer you may discover you can't update Outlook Today from Outlook's interface. You either need to follow the instructions in KB 820575 (OL2000: You Cannot Customize Outlook Today After You Install Critical Update 813489 for Internet Explorer) or edit the registry values yourself. To edit the registry values: Open the … [Read more...] about Editing the Outlook Today screen

Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Outlook 2003 added two new features: an anti-phishing filter and read-as-plain-text in the Junk email folder. Disabled Hyperlinks The anti-phishing filter disables all URLs in the Junk Email folder and URLs in messages identified as having phishing characteristics. This can be disabled globally (on messages not in the Junk email folder) in Tools, … [Read more...] about Microsoft Outlook's Anti-phishing Filter

If you want to do do a mail merge to create mailing labels, follow the steps in Use Outlook's Contacts with Mail Merge to begin your mail merge. When the Mail merge dialog opens, select Labels from the Document Type menu. Click the Ok button and the merge document is created. When Word opens, you'll be presented with a message telling you to press the Setup button in the … [Read more...] about Creating a Mail Merge to Labels in Microsoft Outlook