[thelist] [OT] Outlook 2003 Annoyances

[Chris Hayes]

That's a shame, Outlook Express has Tools - Options - Read   - Read all
messages in plain text.

I don't know when it was added, but was probably a security update ;)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bruce" <bedouglas at earthlink.net>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 3:45 PM
Subject: RE: [thelist] [OT] Outlook 2003 Annoyances


> hi...
>
> as i understand your issue... you want the incoming msgs to be displayed
in
> "text" format instead of rtf/html... outlook 2000/2003 doesn't provide a
way
> of doing this...
>
> however, there are plugins that you can get/add to the app to provide this
> functionality.. not sure if they're free or not..
>
> do a search on google.. you'll find them...
>
> regards...
>
> bruce
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Burhan Khalid
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 11:40 PM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: [thelist] [OT] Outlook 2003 Annoyances
>
>
> 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 :)
>
> <tip author="Burhan Khalid">
>    Looking for a replacement for the Zend IDE,
> or want to try out something else to compare features?
> Give Maguma Studio a try [ http://www.maguma.com ]
> </tip>
>
> --
> Burhan Khalid
> thelist[at]meidomus[dot]com
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