I know I can request a Read Receipt to find out when someone read a message that I sent. However, I'd like to know when I read a message that someone else has sent to me.
For instance, this would be especially useful to me for informational messages which did not require me to reply but are important enough to know when I’ve actually read it.
Is this information registered somewhere in Outlook or in a log file?
When I’m using Outlook on the Desktop, it is quite easy to enable the option to request a read receipt.
However, when I’m using Outlook in a browser, I don’t seem to have this option.
How can I request for a Read Receipt when using Outlook on the Web?
I receive the following errors when viewing or creating several emails;
"One or more Active X controls could not be displayed."
"Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result, the page may not display correctly."
Which security settings do I need to change for this?
I’ve set Outlook’s “Automatically wrap text at character” option to 40 instead of the default 76 but it doesn’t appear to do anything.
When I compose a message, the line still goes on forever and doesn’t break into a new line at character 40 at all. The same is true for the received message.
Why isn’t it working or what is this option supposed to do then?
I’m using Outlook on the Web (as part of my company’s Exchange mailbox) and there I noticed that the Reply button is a combined button containing, Reply All, Reply and Forward.
As I need to use the Reply button more often than the Reply All button, and inadvertently using Reply All is kinda “dangerous” in my line of work, I’d like to change that.
How can I set the Reply action as the default instead of Reply All?
At work we use Outlook but when I’m away from the office, I only have access to my mail via Outlook Web App (OWA). As this is in a browser, I was wondering the following:
Is it possible to create a bookmark, favorite or even a Desktop shortcut to quickly create a new email in OWA?
My work involves updating a spreadsheet with new information and then send out this updated spreadsheet directly to several customers. At the end of the week, I also have to send them the latest report.
The way I do this now is by using a draft message which is pre-addressed already. Once I'm done updating, I open a copy of this draft, add the latest spreadsheet as an attachment and send it out.
For the report I do something similar and have a recurring task reminder set at the end of the week to remind me to send it out.
Since this is a very large part of my work (I update multiple spreadsheets and send out multiple reports), the Outlook process is rather cumbersome. Is there any way I can skip a few steps in this process?
Recently, I’m getting more an more spam in my Inbox with no email address.
The From field only shows a name but no email address. Also, when I hover over the name or right click on it, it doesn’t open a Contact Card with more info.
Right clicking on the message in the message list doesn’t allow me to block it either.
How can I block this new type of spam?
I'm using Microsoft Office Outlook but I'm getting requests from Outlook Express to compact messages. The full prompts read;
"To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages. This may take a few minutes."
Why am I getting these prompts when I use Outlook and not Outlook Express and can I turn them off?
When I upgrade to Windows 8.1, which versions of Outlook are supported on it?
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