Actually, it's Outlook Express I would like to ask about

[Stuffeshead]

Hi, all!

My wife is an avid OE user, and has asked me to find the answer to a
question she has. I have done keyword searches every way I can think of, but
to no avail. So, I thought I would ask the experts!

My wife like to shift-click to delete mail she doesn't want to keep (skips
the trash can just like it skips the recycle bin on the desktop). The
problem is that sometimes, the active point on the screen is the folder
(Saved Mail), and the message is grey. The result is that she thinks the
message is the active item and shift-deletes, destroying a folder full of
saved mail. So, she would like to know if there is anyway to protect the
folders in OE to prevent them from being deleted, while still allowing them
to be used for storing messages (I suppose read-only would prevent her from
saving more messages to that folder).

If anyone has any idea how to do this, I would definitely appreciate a
"heads-up" on the process!

Thanks!

DC

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi, all!

My wife is an avid OE user, and has asked me to find the answer to a
question she has. I have done keyword searches every way I can think
of, but to no avail. So, I thought I would ask the experts!

My wife like to shift-click to delete mail she doesn't want to keep
(skips the trash can just like it skips the recycle bin on the
desktop). The problem is that sometimes, the active point on the
screen is the folder (Saved Mail), and the message is grey. The
result is that she thinks the message is the active item and
shift-deletes, destroying a folder full of saved mail. So, she would
like to know if there is anyway to protect the folders in OE to
prevent them from being deleted, while still allowing them to be used
for storing messages (I suppose read-only would prevent her from
saving more messages to that folder).

If anyone has any idea how to do this, I would definitely appreciate a
"heads-up" on the process!

Thanks!

DC

Hi -

This is a group to support Outlook from the Office group of programs.
Outlook Express is a part of Internet Explorer and is a quite different
program, despite its similar name..

You will probably get a faster and more expert answer if you post this to an
Outlook Express news group.

Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x
microsoft.public.internet.outlookexpress.mac for OE for Macintosh

If those groups aren't carried on the news server that's carrying this group
try using msnews.microsoft.com (MS's public news server that's the source
for all the microsoft.public newsgroups).

If you're accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services Community Newsgroups web interface, click
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer
to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next to
your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group for that
version number.

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/