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Readme for Microsoft Outlook(TM) Express Version 5.01
January 2000
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(c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 2000
Thank you for using Outlook Express!
This document provides complementary or late-breaking information
to supplement online Help in Outlook Express. Outlook Express 5.01
ships with Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Tools.
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How to View This Document
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To view the Readme file on the screen in Windows Notepad, maximize
the Notepad window. To print the Readme file, open it in Notepad or
another word processor, and then click Print on the File menu.
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CONTENTS
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1. MICROSOFT OUTLOOK EXPRESS
2. NEW FEATURES IN THIS RELEASE
3. KNOWN ISSUES IN THIS RELEASE
4. TROUBLESHOOTING
5. TIPS AND TRICKS
6. SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT OUTLOOK EXPRESS
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Part 1: MICROSOFT OUTLOOK EXPRESS
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Outlook Express is an Internet standards based e-mail client and news
reader.
To read e-mail with Outlook Express, you must be using a mail system
that uses SMTP and POP3, IMAP, or HTTP protocols. If you don't know
whether your e-mail system supports Outlook Express, contact your
administrator or your Internet service provider and ask if they support
POP3, IMAP, or HTTP mail clients.
You can use Outlook Express to read newsgroups, or discussion groups,
such as the Usenet, by using NNTP-based news servers. Contact your
Internet service provider (ISP) or network administrator for the
name of the news server that you should use. Outlook Express can also
be used to receive support for a variety of Microsoft products on the
news server msnews.microsoft.com.
Outlook Express also includes Windows Address Book version 5.01, which
provides rich contact management capabilities, including the ability to
create groups of contacts and folders to help you organize your e-mail
and personal addresses. The Windows Address Book also provides access to
Internet directories that use LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol).
Internet directories are an easy way to find e-mail or street addresses.
A number of popular Internet directories are pre-configured for easy
access.
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Part 2: NEW FEATURES IN THIS RELEASE
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New features in Outlook Express 5.01:
- Read receipts.
You can now request a receipt verifying a that message has been
displayed on the recipient's machine. However, the recipient must
support returning receipts in order for you to receive one.
- Improved international support.
Among many international improvements, Outlook Express 5.01 can handle
reading and saving files containing a large variety of international
characters in their filenames.
- Secure mail (S/MIME) enhancements.
Outlook Express 5.01 includes support for the S/MIME version 3
specification and other secure mail enhancements. The new features
include support for CMS formatted messages, the ability to request
and return secure receipts, the ability to send and process security
labels, and the ability to send separate signing and encryption
certificates.
- Integration with the MSN Messenger Service.
Online contacts are displayed with a special icon in the contacts area
of Outlook Express 5.01. You must have the MSN Messenger Service
installed to use this feature.
- New stationery.
A dozen contemporary stationery designs are included in this version of
Outlook Express.
New features in Outlook Express 5.0:
- Identities for multiple users.
With the Identity Manager, you can create profiles for different Outlook
Express users. These profiles are shared by applications such as Outlook
Express and Windows Address Book.
- Support for Hotmail accounts.
Outlook Express can now read and manage your Hotmail Inbox and folders, as
well as synchronize your Hotmail contacts with the contacts in your Windows
Address Book.
- Offline support and message synchronization.
You can download News and IMAP folders for viewing offline. Actions
performed offline (such as sending messages and moving messages
within an IMAP account) will be performed when you go back online.
- Contacts pane.
The contacts in your Windows Address Book are now visible in the main
Outlook Express window.
- Enhanced message rules.
Enhanced rules support for more criteria and actions, including blocking
message senders with a single click, and offering rules for newsgroups.
- Multiple signatures.
You can create an unlimited number of signatures, and each signature
can be associated with one or more mail or news accounts.
- Easier to use secure mail (S/MIME).
Outlook Express automatically finds and associates digital certificates
installed on your machine with your mail accounts and automatically
adds digital certificates that others send you to the Windows Address Book.
- Phone dialer integration.
It's easy to place a telephone call to a contact in the Windows Address
Book using the phone dialer installed on your system.
- IMAP drafts and sent items.
Outlook Express can store in-progress messages in a server-based Drafts
folder and store copies of sent messages in a Sent Items folder on the
IMAP server.
- IMAP folder manager.
You can customize which IMAP folders are visible or hidden (subscribed or
unsubscribed) in the folder list.
- Advanced Internet directory search.
Searches against Internet directory (LDAP) servers can be performed with
additional criteria and logical operators.
- Watch conversation and ignore conversation.
You can designate a news or mail conversation as "watched" so that you
can see when new messages arrive on that topic. You can also designate a
conversation as "ignored" so that you will not see future messages on
that topic.
- HTML source editing.
You can easily edit the source of an HTML message to include advanced
HTML tags.
- Customizable message filters.
You can customize what messages are hidden or shown based on more than a
dozen criteria.
- Stationery wizard.
It's now even easier to customize HTML stationery, including setting up
margins, fonts, background images, and colors.
- Improved connection management
Outlook Express 5 can share connection settings with Internet Explorer 5,
and detects when you have disconnected your phone or have disconnected
from a LAN. When a connection is needed, Outlook Express will now connect
automatically or prompt you.
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Part 3: KNOWN ISSUES IN THIS RELEASE
====================================
- The frequency that HTTP mail accounts are checked for new messages is
determined by the HTTP mail server, not the options set inside of Outlook
Express. If you want to check for mail on your HTTP mail account more
frequently, you can press the Send/Receive button on the toolbar.
- If you were using the PGP plug-in to Outlook Express 4, you must uninstall it
before installing Outlook 5.01. If you installed Outlook Express 5.01 before
uninstalling the PGP plug-in, Outlook Express 5.01 will not start. To
fix, uninstall Outlook Express 5.01, uninstall the PGP plug-in from the
Add/Remove Programs Control Panel, and then install Outlook Express 5.01.
- Windows Address Book 5.01 files cannot be opened in previous versions of the
Windows Address Book.
- With certain versions of the McAfee VirusScan program running, Outlook Express
may not shut down properly. To fix, upgrade to McAfee VirusScan 4.0.3 or later.
- Your e-mail display name can only contain characters from the default system
locale, which is set in Regional settings in the Windows control panel. E-mail
display names, folder names, and cont