Re: How to permanently disable Group Sort and Reading Pane View

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From: Diane Poremsky [MVP] (diane.poremsky+msnews_at_gmail.com)
Date: 02/06/05 

Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 18:57:08 -0500

See this for grouping: http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/grouping.htm

Downloading IMAP is more difficult - if you select a message, it's going to
download, so you'll probably want to disable the reading pane. I think it's
on the same settings dialog as grouping... 

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"L. D. James" <ljames@apollo3.com> wrote in message 
news:uZ2JKBJDFHA.3504@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>     Roady, first thank you for address this issue and your attempt to 
> help.
>
>     I'm trying to permanently remove two very annoying features.  I'm 
> trying to remove the feature of arranging my mail into groups, and to 
> remove the feature of having my imap messages automatically downloaded by 
> a feature labeled "Reading Pane".
>
>     First the "Reading Pane".  I don't knew about any option of 
> configuring "always download pictures".  I have everything that I can 
> imagine when it comes to downloading set to not automatic download but to 
> just show the imap headers and I double click on what I want to read 
> (download).  If I create a new folder, the "Reading Pane" will 
> automatically be set to Right, and if I were to try to delete a bunch of 
> messages, as soon as I select the first one (to mark a group), that 
> message becomes downloaded and appears in the "Reading Pane".  It also 
> becomes marked as read.  Even if I were going to select a message to move 
> somewhere else and decide later whether I want to read it or not. 
> Selecting makes it marked as read, even though all I want to do is move it 
> to a folder where I'll read it at my convenience.  Later when I go to pick 
> messages I haven't read, that one is confused because it became marked as 
> read, because I forgot to turn off the annoying "Reading Pane" feature 
> which keeps popping up (when I create a new folder).
>
>     I created a new defined view as you described.  I've been using 
> Outlook for many years.  I have hundreds of folders and subfolders.  I 
> would like to have this defined view applied to all my folders.  By 
> default, as I mentioned, all the folders that I haven't already recently 
> visited have the unwanted view feature.  You mention editing the default 
> Message view. Currently I can't find the default Message View.  I'd gladly 
> change this default message view to the one I've just created.  Hopefully 
> this will make all my folders have the characteristic of, not grouping the 
> messages, and having the "Reading Pane" set to none.
>
>     Thanks again for your input.  I haven't stopped trying to find the 
> default message view option.  However, I did spend a good amount of time 
> looking for it after your suggestion.  If I happen to find it before you 
> reply again, I'll post it.
>
>                                                                            
>   -- L. James
>
> "Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote 
> in message news:e5UeNFIDFHA.228@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Are we talking about Outlook 2003 here (you said Reading Pane instead of 
>> Preview Pane :-)? Then to start with your reason for disabling the 
>> Reading Pane is wrong unless you have Outlook configured to always 
>> download pictures from the Internet. This is disabled by default to 
>> ensure your privacy.
>>
>> You can change your default view by going to View-> Arrange By-> Current 
>> View-> Define Views...
>> Here you can edit the default Messages view. Since modifying this view 
>> doesn't effect the folders you already have modified I recommend defining 
>> a new view and apply that view on first use of the folder.
>>
>> -- 
>> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
>> www.howto-outlook.com
>>
>> Tips of the month:
>> -What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
>> -Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1
>>
>> -----
>> "L. D. James" <ljames@apollo3.com> wrote in message 
>> news:eCV0cqGDFHA.3324@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>     Can someone tell me how (or is it possible) to permanently disable 
>>> the annoying automatic configuration of group sort and reading pane view 
>>> that appears each time a new folder is created.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     Both features makes it cumbersome to browse the folders.  I have 
>>> many folders sorted for many purposes.  Often I might make a temporary 
>>> folder for further sorting messages by date or importance.  It would be 
>>> nice to be able to create folder with and drag and drop the batch of 
>>> messages and be operational.  However, there are a number of additional 
>>> steps where I have to remember to go in and remove the never wanted 
>>> group sort, then go in and remove the never wanted reading plane.  Since 
>>> I use imap, I would prefer any messages to never be opened unless I 
>>> decide to open it.  The reading pane gives spammers the satisfaction of 
>>> knowing that when a user selects their message to delete it, he will 
>>> inadvertently have downloaded and had the option to view it, because 
>>> this feature is so hard to remove.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     Again, there might be a way to change the defaults so that my 
>>> preference is preserved for new folders that I create, after I have 
>>> already elected not to have my messages group sorted and viewed in a 
>>> reading pane.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     Thanks in advance for any comments on this matter.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     Also, if it's determined that this is an oversight on the 
>>> developers; someone might get this thought to them in time for the next 
>>> Outlook edition.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- L. James
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------
>>>
>>> L. D. James
>>>
>>> ljames@apollo3.com
>>>
>>> www.apollo3.com/~ljames
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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