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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
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Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.slipstick.com/books/jumpstart.htm
> Why do some of my messages read like this?
>
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> Thanks,
> Jim