How to send an email attachment

We have a few program specific tips on our website about how to send email attachments. Each step is broken down step-by-step.  I am writing this more as a general guide for emailing attachments. I have seen a few mistakes lately that have caused problems for first-time attachment senders. Here are a few tips to help you avoid problems. 1. If you are emailing photos and you use Outlook, Outlook Express or gmail, download...

A word for our Dial-up readers (and our high speed...

Lately, I have helped many dial-up computer users get their email unclogged. It became clogged because their friends and family who have high speed Internet sent them messages that were way too big for email. Usually these messages contained either large digital photos or video jokes or messages that bring dial-up users email to screeching halt.  DIAL-UP USERS: You absolutely need to know how to check your email using your...

How to buy a computer book

When teaching my basic computer classes, I often get the question, "What is a good computer book?" This is also followed or preceded by the complaint that the individual's computer did not come with a manual. As strange as it may seem, there is a very good reason why the average computer doesn't come will a full instruction book. The reason is that there is too much to know about a computer to fit in a...

Links don’t work in Outlook Express

If the links don't work in your Outlook Express – try this tweak

Setting up Outlook for Earthlink and other POP ser...

Here is a site explaining how to setup Outlook Express to read your POP email account. Keep in mind that Outlook Express will not handle Yahoo (without paying for it), Hotmail/MSN (unless all the stars are aligned properly), or AOL email. But it will work with most other services including Earthlink, Bresnan, Comcast, Gmail and most local ISPs. ...

Quick Access to Outlook Express Addresses

Outlook Express users can quickly access their address books by enabling the Contact view. Here's how:   In Outlook Express, click View from the menus   Click Layout Check the "Contacts" box Click OK Now with this mode enabled, you can simply double-click on an address book entry to pull up a new email addressed to that person. Remember that you can also quickly get to your address book in the...

How to Email Your Digital Photos

Emailing Your Digital Photos A few things to remember: Always save a copy of the ORIGINAL photo You can always go down on resolution, but you can never go up. 72 dpi for email and web – 300 dpi for printing Never email more than 150k of attachments Black & White takes up less space How to do it:   Outlook Express Create a new email message. Click ...

Solving email problems

When you are having trouble receiving or sending email, here are a few tips to help keep the mail flowing. Never assume the problem is on your end. If you were sending email perfectly a few hours earlier or even yesterday, DO NOT CHANGE ANY SETTINGS on your computer. Instead, shut the computer off and try again. If nothing still, shut off the computer and wait until the next day. When you have tried these two steps and still...

Spell Check in Outlook Express

Faithful listener, Roger, shared a great program with us to add spell checking to Outlook Express. If you don't have Microsoft Word installed on your system, then the spell checker won't work in Outlook Express. This small utility takes care of that problem. Thanks Roger!Spell checking for Outlook Express from SnapFiles

Take out the garbage in one step!

I thought that this piece of information was pretty common knowledge, but apparently it isn't so I'm discussing it today. When you delete an email, it gets moved to the Deleted Items folder and accumulates there. When you delete any type of file or document on your computer, it goes to the Recycle Bil and accumulates there unti you empty it. For email in almost any email program (except AOL), you can RIGHT click on...

Repair/Reinstall Outlook Express

We had a caller who had a problem importing and exporting her address book in Outlook Express. While we still haven't found a solution for her exact problem, this link will take you to Microsoft's support site that explain's how to repair and reinstall Outlook Express.

The backdoor to your Outlook Express addressbook

If your hard drive crashes and you need to find your Outlook Express addressbook – here is where you will find it in Windows XP. C:/Documents and Settings/(your user folder)/Application Data/Microsoft/Addressbook/(here you will find your addressbook). Before you try this maked sure you go into Tools/Folder Options and choose to show hidden folders. The addressbook will be called something like...

“I want to go back to AOL”

This painful statement came from a customer of mine who made the leap to DSL (at the request of her kids, not me) a couple of months ago. She dumped dial-up and AOL and opted for DSL with a local Internet provider. Changing from AOL is never easy and many ex-AOLers go through major withdrawls. However, once the shivers go away and a person gets settled with a real Internet provider, they are quite happy. AOL does things...

Sending pictures via email

Computer users are always grateful to learn new tricks of the trade. One ‘trick’ that was implemented with Windows XP more than five years ago continues to escape many computer users…send pictures via email efficiently. Sure you might be sending digital photos as attachments, but can you send more than one at time? Are you resizing your photos before sending them so they don’t require horizontal and...

Reinstall Internet Explorer & Outlook Express

This Microsoft article explains how to reinstall Outlook Express and Internet Explorer in Windows XP.