[adaptivetec] Re: undisclosed email lists with OE
- From: "Rob Simon" <rob.c.simon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <adaptivetec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:19:51 -0800
Hi Peggy,
Here is the solution for collapsed emails that I got from Steve Clark
Hope it helps Rob Simon
Collapsed emails
First, here's the simple way to remedy the situation:
1. Press Alt+V to open the view menu.
2. Press enter on the first option that appears in that menu: current view.
3. Press the up arrow key once. You should land on an option called Group
Messages by Conversation. If your screen reader announces that this item is
checked, press enter to uncheck it and return your in box to its normal
view.
Now, read on if you want a more in depth description of what you were
encountering. I believe you were experiencing a common Outlook Express
ailment called group messages by conversation. When this option is enabled,
if you receive a number of messages which all have the same subject, they
will be grouped into one item. So, if you were navigating through your in
box, you would typically encounter a message where your screen reader would
announce the word: collapsed. This indicates that there are several messages
which all have the same subject. However, you only see the initial message
with that subject, i.e. the first message which came to you. If you want to
see all the messages in the collapsed conversation, press the right arrow
key to expand the list of messages. Now, you can continue to navigate with
the down arrow key, and you will see all the messages which are part of that
conversation. It can actually be quite useful when you want to catch up on a
lot of mail. But it's dangerous if you don't know it has been enabled. When
you received the message about all messages being deleted, this was because
by pressing delete upon a collapsed conversation, you were indicating that
you wanted to delete all messages with that particular subject. The most
common reason that this option was enabled without your having initiated it
yourself is that the command Control+h is the Outlook Express keyboard
shortcut to group messages by conversation. Often times, when people press
Control+Y to access the e-mail folders, they inadvertently hit the H as
well.
Try going into the View menu, select the Current View menu and in that
sub menu make sure Group by Conversation is unchecked. I think you are
threading your messages. All the messages with the same basic subject
including the re: and FW: are collapsed into one line in outlook
express.
If you like it this way, you can still read the hidden messages. When
Jaws tells you a message is collapsed, hit the right arrow key to
expand the message and now you can arrow down to the next message.
Steve
Steven Clark
Adaptive Technology Services
629 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
415.409.6650 x 3
www.adaptivetec.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Peggy Washington
To: adaptivetec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:01 PM
Subject: [adaptivetec] Re: undisclosed email lists with OE
final question today?
.
What are collapsed e- e-mails and why do they show up this way. Many time
the list's e-mails show as collapsed.
How do I delete, or rearrange them?
----- Original Message -----
From: Steven Clark
To: adaptivetec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:45 PM
Subject: [adaptivetec] Re: undisclosed email lists with OE
Lori,
I think what you want is to use the BCC field. That way, nobody else sees
who else receives the emails.
Normally the BCC field is turned off in outlook express. To turn it on,
open a new message, go to the View menu and select the All Headers item.
Outlook Express should remember that setting and leave it on for all future
emails until you turn it off.
To use the BCC field, tab to it when addressing a message. Just put all
the addresses there and no one else will see them. Some people address the
message to themselves in the to field, otherwise it looks like the message
wasn't sent to anybody and some spam blockers will block it.
You can use the Address book to set up groups, but if you don't know how to
do that, its too complicated for me to get into right now. Once the group is
set up, just use it in the BCC field.
Steve
Steven Clark
Adaptive Technology Services
629 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
415.409.6650 x 3
www.adaptivetec.com
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [adaptivetec] undisclosed email lists with OE
From: "Lori" <twilight2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, February 15, 2009 10:32 am
To: <adaptivetec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi,
I need to figure out how to send out emails using the undisclosed list. I
use OE. I'm not sure if it can be done with OE, but if so, can someone
direct me where to how to create such a list?
Thanks,
Lori
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