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Outlook doesn't support canceling meetings or appointments; you're expected to delete them when they are cancelled. If you don't want to delete the meeting or appointment, one workaround to assign a category to cancelled meetings and then use custom views to apply a colored label in Day/Week/month view or use a strikeout font attribute in table view to items using that … [Read more...] about Tip 227: Identifying Canceled Meeting Requests

"Is there any way to selectively enable/disable the read receipts option?" You can control it either by recipient or by keywords in the subject or message body. All you need to do is create a "Check messages after sending" rule. Open the Rules wizard Select the option to create a blank rule, then choose 'Check messages after sending' from the rules dialog. Select the … [Read more...] about Tip 226: Managing Read Receipt Requests

A popular query goes something like this: "I recently installed Outlook and when I open it, it says it can't connect to Exchange Server and closes down. What is Exchange server and why can't it find it?" For whatever reason, Outlook is configured to use an Exchange server account in the profile. You need to delete this account, unless you are connecting to an Exchange … [Read more...] about Tip 225: Can't Connect to Exchange Server?

"I accidentally created a rule to route email, from one of my contacts, into my Calendar (of all places). I have four messages in my calendar--I know because I see "Calendar (4)"--but I can't view the email. If I go to my calendar, I only see--well, my calendar. I know four emails are there, but how can I view them or move them to my Inbox." You have two choices - use Advanced … [Read more...] about Tip 223: Finding Misplaced Messages

If you are like most folks, you get a couple phishing scams every week. While most people just delete them, a few like to report them to the company they are trying to impersonate. Microsoft has a page dedicated to helping individuals determine phishing scams, and how to report them. The problem is that most of the phishing emails contain images, which Outlook will, rightfully, … [Read more...] about Tip 222: Viewing Message Source