Re: Header details

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From: Steve Cochran (scochran_at_oehelp.com)
Date: 03/12/05 

Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 07:14:17 -0500

And OEX has this great new feature using the Shift and Alt keys to preview
the messages in the message list without opening them otherwise.

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www.oehelp.com/OEX/

steve

"Jim Pickering" <jimp@mvps.0rg> wrote in message
news:OfilO6nJFHA.3300@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Robert: OETool from www.oehelp.com will allow you read the complete
headers
> in a message even thought it's not displayed in the Preview Pane.
> --
> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
>
> In memoriam, Alex Nichol, MVP (1935-2005)
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/nichol.mspx
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23APFZpnJFHA.2628@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > "Rena" <Rena@mail.com> wrote in message
> > news:eXEeHvYJFHA.2640@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi all,
> >> I am 2 questions.
> >>
> >> 1. How to config my outlook express in order to "show all the header
> >> details" as my default when I open up a post?
> >
> > Are you looking for a way to check spam without opening it?
> >
> > You can't use Ctrl-F3 unless the message is already open
> > in either the Preview pane or in a message's own window.
> > You could use Alt-Enter,Ctrl-Tab instead to see just the headers
> > from just the message list (keeping the Preview pane closed if desired.)
> >
> > Alternatively, here is how I do it.
> > First select the messages in the message list you want to inspect.
> > Then use the Forward as Attachment command (e.g. press Menu-w)
> > That opens a new mail window with all your selected messages listed
> > in the attachment box. By my defaults this is a smallish window which
> > always opens on the right. Now open a blank Notepad window and
> > maximize it. Switch back to the message with the attachments.
> > Now you can drag each message from the attachment list to the Notepad
> > window. You can delete them from the attachment list as you go
> > if desired. But the best thing is once you are done inspecting them
> > when you close the attachment list the message list will still be there
> > waiting with all the same messages selected, read for a quick
> > Shift-Delete.
> > If there actually is something you want to keep mixed in with the dross
> > you just inspected you have two choices: either leave the ones you
> > want to keep in the attachment list and save it to Drafts or use
> > Ctrl-click
> > (or Ctrl-Spacebar) to deselect the ones you want to keep before deleting
> > the rest. Etc.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> 2. also are there any ways to include "Message-ID:","X-Priority",
etc
> >> as default when I open up a post also??
> >> because It is inconvenient to click and get the information one by one.
> >> if
> >> not, are there any short cuts?
> >
> > The quickest way to get Message-ID using OE's defaults is to press
Ctrl-g
> > and extract it from the news: link which is always generated for a
reply
> > to
> > a news message. There is no similar feature for mail messages.
> > Also note that in some cases the Message-ID generated that way
> > may have certain characters "escaped" into their hex equivalents;
> > so depending on your needs you might have to unescape them
> > back into their real ASCII characters.
> >
> > There is a popular add-on called OEQuoteFix (which I don't use)
> > which you might be able to customize to generate additional information
> > in a reply header in a similar way.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> thanks alot.
> >> Rena.
> >
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Robert Aldwinckle
> > ---
> >
> >
> >
>

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