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[desh]

At new job. Being forced to use MS Outlook. Cannot figure out how to perform the following simple tasks in Outlook:

See the e-mail address of people who send me e-mail, rather than just their name
See the full e-mail that I've received, including headers
Add another (IMAP) account to check the mail of
See my own fucking e-mail address

Any help would be appreciated. Please! I would kill to be able to just use Pine...

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[rustnroses.livejournal.com]

you're looking at the preview pane - in order to see all the info in the headers you want to see, double-click the email in your inbox and it will open in a new window, showing you the full header and the email address of the sender (in block parens) and your own (or check out the accounts option under tools to see the full account info including your email address).

the Accounts... option under Tools will also let you add another email account to check (click new and follow the wizard)

oh, and most of your email options in terms of views or formatting can be done throught the Options... window under Tools.

[desh]

Naah, I wasn't looking in the preview pane. I actually opened the e-mail, and it was still just showing me the name. (And what Outlook calls "full headers" is laughably deficient.) Turns out that that's just the way it works for e-mails I get from within the company, and it shows up normally, like you describe, for external e-mails. Good enough, I guess.

There's no "Accounts" under "Tools". Yeah, ridiculous and weird. I know.

And the Options menu can only seem to change the things I don't care about.

Thanks anyway, but apparently even you aren't able to completely overcome the suckiness that is Microsoft.

[bubba.livejournal.com]

view -> message headers

or something like that i think? :x i don't remember.

No problem

[dredpiraterober.livejournal.com]

right click on the email, select options. You will see the full header. Add another IMAP account. Ok. Here we go. Go to tools. Email accounts. You can figure it out from there
Have fun!

Re: No problem

[desh]

Yay for the e-mail header! Thanks!

Still no luck on the new account, though. The closest option to "Email accounts" is "Services", and I can't get that to work for me. Oh well.

Re: No problem

[dredpiraterober.livejournal.com]

Odd...What version are you using?

Re: No problem

[flyinbutrs.livejournal.com]

try checking the mail part of the system control panel. You might have to add it there for some odd reason.

Re: No problem

[desh]

Yeah, that's the same as "Tools:Services". I add "Internet Email". The next time I start Outlook, I get a generic error message, like "The new account failed, please remove it and add another" or something. At no time can I type in server names or access a properties window.