Category: Microsoft Outlook

  • Outlook: Text turns to chinese characters when forwarding bounceback

    Some time ago, I had a user call in with a bounceback issue. They had sent us a screenshot of the bounceback, informing us that the email became illegible when they tried to forward it to us. I called the user up, remote controlled her computer, and had her demonstrate the issue, and sure enough; when…

  • Outlook: Disable new mail notifications for all but main account

    When adding extra email accounts in the regular way, Outlook will notify you of new emails in each and every account. Though this can be annoying, it is simple enough to do something about. Here’s how: Click File Under the Info tab, find Account Settings, then Account Settings In the E-mail tab, remove the accounts…

  • Recovering email after Disk Cleanup

    A couple of friends of mine contacted me, telling me that they had run Disk Cleanup, after which all of their emails were gone. They were naturally a bit frightened, and I told them I’d see what I could do.   I found out that they are using Outlook Express, and told them to search…