Greetings to all. I'm new to this list and to Outlook. I'm in the process of finally quitting AOL and have now set up three different email programs. I think Outlook will be the one I stay with. I have lots of questions but don't want to clog the list with things that have been addressed already. Can you refer me to a tutorial or FAQ (please, not Microsoft's!) that will help me with some of the usual setup issues? For example: --How to set it up so highlighted text is quoted in my replies. --How to keep Outlook from automatically signing on and collecting mail when I merely open the program (can't find anything in Tools: Options to set this). --How to get Inbox Assistant & Out-Of-Office Assistant to be available so I can configure some Rules; what MS Express is all about (Help said I needed Express in order to get the Out-of-Office Assistant which I need in order to make Rules, but after I went back and installed Express, all hell broke loose, and the Assistants are still grayed out). --How to keep "junk" out of my posts (just want plain text; I have unchecked MIME; the posts I've submitted via Outlook [to other mailing lists] are showing up with the paperclip icon and some sort of server commands (??) at the bottom -- see below for a small sample of it -- what's 600 WINMAIL.DAT?). --How to set it up to check for new mail every 15 minutes (is this even possible?), to "trick" my ISP into thinking I'm "active," so I won't be signed off. --How to get it to send mail right away (when I hit the Send button) and keep the Send function separate from the Check for New Mail function (possible?). ETCETERA!!! Thanks very much, Ess P.S. When I'm using Outlook, I'm connected to the internet with a new ISP, not AOL. P.P.S. Here's part of what's at the bottom of mail I send via Outlook: begin 600 WINMAIL.DAT M>)\^(BD*`0:0" `$```````!``$``0>0!@`(````Y 0```````#H``$(@ <` M& ```$E032Y-:6-R;W-O9G0@36%I;"Y.;W1E`#$(`0V ! `"`````@`"``$$ MD 8`R $```$````0`````P``, (````+``\.``````(!_P\!````3P`````` M``"!*Q^DOJ,0&9UN`-T!#U0"`````%1H92U$;V-K0'EA:&]O9W)O=7!S+F-O M;0!33510`%1H92U$;V-K0'EA:&]O9W)O=7!S+F-O;0``'@`", $````%```` M4TU44 `````>``,P`0```!D```!4:&4M1&]C:T!Y86AO;V=R;W5P<RYC;VT` M`````P`5# $````#`/X/!@```!X``3 !````&P```"=4:&4M1&]C:T!Y86AO M;V=R;W5P<RYC;VTG```"`0LP`0```!X```!33510.E1(12U$3T-+0%E!2$]/ M1U)/55!3+D-/30````,``#D`````"P! .@$````>`/9?`0```!D```!4:&4M M1&]C:T!Y86AO;V=R;W5P<RYC;VT``````@'W7P$```!/`````````($K'Z2^ MHQ 9G6X`W0$/5 (`````5&AE+41O8VM >6%H;V]G<F]U<',N8V]M`%--5% ` [it goes on for another 20 lines or so] ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************