Re: Mystery button!

From: PA Bear (PABear_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/01/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:04:22 -0500

An oldie-but-goodie (just like my cranky ol' mentor who /can/ RS):

Purpose of the Pushpin Located in the Outlook Express Window
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=182438 

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Steven Hickman wrote:
> OK I've noticed the difference at last!
>
> I still think there ought to be some sort of label as to
> what it does though - at lease a tooltip when you hover
> the mouse over it would help.
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Push the button, leaving it pushed in or out, then do a Send/Receive and
>> see what happens.
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>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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>> Steven Hickman wrote:
>>> Hello people,
>>>
>>> I Don't know if I'm the only one who's noticed it, but
>>> there's something that's been bugging me for years and
>>> I've finally decided to find out about it once and for
>>> all!
>>>
>>> When you click on "Send/Recv" on the Toolbar, a window
>>> appears showing you the progress of any messages you are
>>> sending/receiving and any errors that have occured.
>>>
>>> In the bottom-right corner of this window is a strange
>>> button which looks like a pin.  It is not labelled and
>>> nothing appears when you hover the mouse over it.  When
>>> pressed it it changes into what I think is supposed to be
>>> a pressed in pin, but I think looks more like a lollipop!
>>> However it doesn't seem to serve any purpose.
>>>
>>> Does anybody out there know what it actually does? I've
>>> looked in the outlook express online help and on the
>>> microsoft website, but to no avail.
>>
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