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Taken from Paul Vigay's page
What's wrong with Outlook Express then?
Because Microsoft incorrectly assume that everyone is using their own
software (called Outlook Express) they have defined the default
preferences to be rather wasteful of time and resources. So that emails
can look nice to other Outlook users, they send a duplicate copy of
each email message as an HTML attachment.
Configuring Outlook Express correctly:
If you follow the instructions below your future emails be internet
compliant and not only will your phone bill be lower but you won't get
any complaints from people receiving your emails.
1. Load Outlook Express
2. Click on the 'Tools' option on the menu bar and select 'Options...'
This will open the options control window.
3. Click on the 'Send' tag at the top.
4. Under the "Mail sending format", ensure that the 'Plain Text' option
is ticked, by clicking on it if needed.
5. Click on the 'Settings' box to the right of this option.
6. Ensure that the option "Encode text using" box is set to 'None' and
click 'OK'.
7. Repeat steps 4-6 for the "News sending format".
8. Ensure that the 'Include message in reply' option is turned OFF -
ie. no tick - by clicking on it if required.
9. Click 'OK' to activate your new settings.
Outlook Express should now be setup correctly.
