To use HTML formatting
When you create messages using HTML formatting, only mail programs that support HTML can read the formatting. If you reply to a message sent with a mail or newsreading program that does not read HTML, Outlook Express prompts you to send the message as plain text.
To use HTML formatting on all outgoing messages
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In the main window, click the Tools menu, and then click Options.
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Click the Send tab, and then click HTML in the Mail sending format and/or News sending format areas.
To use HTML formatting on an individual message
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In the new message window, click the Format menu, and then click Rich Text (HTML).
A checkmark appears by the command when it is selected.
Notes
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If you send an HTML-formatted message to a mail program that does not support HTML in a note, it might display the formatted message as a file attachment.
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To set up Outlook Express so that your message replies are sent in the format that the mail or newsreading program can read, click the Tools menu, and then click Options. On the Send tab, make sure the check box named Reply to messages using the format in which they were sent is selected.
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