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Did you know you aren't limited to using specific view formats on specific folders? Yes, you can create a Day/Week/month view on other folders. While it's not a good view for your Inbox, it works well on Tasks, as does Timeline. Select the folder you want a new view for and open the Define views dialog from the View menu or the bottom of the Advanced toolbar's Current View … [Read more...] about Tip 97: Using Custom Views

Outlook stores read receipts in the top level of your message store as a hidden message. If you use Send immediately, the receipts are returned immediately, otherwise, the next time you check for new mail, Outlook sends the receipts. If you don't have access to the SMTP server used by the account when you send/receive, you may receive an error when the receipt attempts to … [Read more...] about Tip 95: Locating Read Receipts

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