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| How to Configure Outlook Express to send Plain Text only | ||
| Preliminary comment:
Using HTML (Rich Text) in email presents a number of problems, the
worst of which is becoming infected with and spreading email malicious
code, scripts, viruses, executing trojans, announcing yourself to
spammers, etc.. Routine use of HTML mail is just bad practice. You can
stop being a part of the problem and silently promote good practice by
sending your routine email in Plain Text Only. Some
users of Microsoft Outlook Express have had difficulty with this, so
here
are some setting tips on how to set up Outlook Express properly. Note that the following settings are based on Outlook Express version 5-6. Details may vary from version to version. These are reasonable settings to use all the time for most people... 1. Start Outlook Express 2. Pull down the Tools menu and select "Options...". 3. Click on the "Send" tab. 4. Click on the "International Settings..." button. For "Default Encoding" select "Western European (ISO)". Depending on your language, this may not be the best setting for general use, but it's the setting for the English language. 5. Make sure "When replying to message always use English headers" is checked. 6. Click "OK" to finish with the "International Send Settings" dialog. 7. Back on the "Sending" page, under "Mail Sending Format", make sure "Plain Text" is selected. 8. Click on the "Plain Text Settings..." button. 9. Under "Message format", make sure the "MIME" option is selected. 10. Make sure "Encode text using" is set to "None". 11. Click "OK" to finish with the "Plain Text Settings" dialog. 12. While you're here, it would be a good idea to make sure that "Plain Text" is also selected under "News Sending Format". That setting does not affect email, but it is considered bad form to send HTML messages on most news groups. 13. Click on the "Compose" tab. 14. Under "Stationery", make sure "Mail" is not checked. 15. Under "Business Cards", make sure "Mail" is not checked. 16. Click the "Security" tab. 17. Make sure "Encrypt contents and attachments for all outgoing messages" is not checked. 18. Make sure "Digitally sign all outgoing messages" is not checked. 19. Click "OK" to finish with the Options dialog. 20. If you will be using multiple Identities to send mail, pull down the "Files" menu and select "Switch Identity..." to select the next identity. Repeat all of the above steps for each identity. 21. Exit Outlook Express. |
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