Printing Draft messages from Outlook Express

[Sensibilium]

Why is that Microsoft see's fit to not allow the printing of Unsent messages in Outlook Express? Madness, if u ask me!

Is there a way? Am I just being useless?


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[Comtech]

Copy and paste into notepad? Cheers,
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[disconockerated]

On the outlook express tool bar click> view> layout, check preview pane box. Next save the email in the drafts folder, highlight said folder, click on the email you wish to print, click> print.

This should solve your problem.

Some more info from microsoft.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q225/5/40.ASP

 

[disconockerated]

re click> print....should read click> file > print. (or ctrl+p)

 

[Sensibilium]

Won't work...

If I want to print a New Message that hasn't been sent (even with the Preview Pane open), the Print... option in the File menu of the message is still ghosted... However, when the preview pane is displayed, and the message is saved in the Drafts folder, as long as the message is selected the File > Print option in the Outlook Menu IS available, but not when the message is opened and the Messages menu is used... Ridiculous state of affairs...

I refuse to keep the preview pane working as it allows script worms/viruses to run - not acceptable...

Copy & Paste to Notepad? No good if you want the e-mail addresses listed and the subject header. Plus it's a bit of a long winded process (without mentioning the formatting issues involved with Notepad!).

According to the Microsoft KnowledgeBase Article this problem was fixed in Outlook 5.5 - 'Wrong again Microsoft', I have the very latest release of 5.5 and it don't work in mine...


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[mrregan]

ahdkaw,
On my machine, if I left click the message to highlight it,
then right click the hightlighted line, the system offers the choice to print it.
Hope this helps.

 

[Sensibilium]

Nope. That don't work either...

ahdkaw
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[Comtech]

Change to a real mail client. Eudora, Pegasus... Cheers,
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[disconockerated]

Agree with your comments on keeping info pane open, however as far as I can see this is the only fix. Best advice is to follow comtechs' advice an change to another program.....

 

[Sensibilium]

I have tried Pegasus mail and it's just awful...

As for Eudora, does it support multiple POP3 accounts?

Problem is, is that I have 4 other users, and they all use Outlook Express (after about 6 months they still don't properly understand it), and the last thing they want to do is learn another new program.

Hell, it's hard enough teaching them how to use Windows Explorer, never mind anything else! My users are so useless that they will look for a file thru Word, not be able to find it, and not even realise the file they are looking for is an Excel file! They won't bother using Find Files or Folders, they just give up and ask me to find it for them!

Not what a systems administrator wants!

Note: They have been on training courses for Windows, Word, Excel, Sage Line 50, Outlook, etc., but they forget everything they learnt in the space of 1 day!

So changing software is not exactly the answer for me, sorry...

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