[thelist] [OT] Outlook 2003 Annoyances

Burhan Khalid thelist at meidomus.com
Tue Jan 13 01:39:30 CST 2004


Greetings Folks :

   I've always used Mozilla mail as my primary email client, simply 
because I like the way it works.

   Now because of my job I have to use Outlook 2003, so I'm trying to 
set it up a bit like Mozilla. The problem I'm having is with the text 
display. I set up my options so that when composing, it uses plain text, 
when displaying messages it uses plain text -- but for some reason in 
the preview pane it still shows styled messages :(  Also, for some 
messages, it just plain ignores the settings. These are my current 
settings :

Tools --> Options --> Mail Format
Compose in this message format: Plain Text

(same tab, under Fonts)
all fonts are 10 pt. Courier New

and under Stationery fonts I have selected
Use my font when replying to and forwarding messages

   I can't find anywhere else to set it up for message display.  Anyone 
know of what setting I'm missing?  I'd like it to display *all* 
messages, not matter what format or whom they are from, in plain text 
(like Mozilla does, when you choose the plain text option).

   Any other Outlook tips would be graciously recieved :)

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Burhan Khalid
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