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bclohn - 01 Dec 2004 01:05 GMT

I had previously used Outlook Express for e-mail. I recently added Outlook
2003. I was having trouble even getting into Outlook until I created a new
profile. I have set everything I can think of to show Outlook as my default
e-mail program. I can send mail, but all of my incoming mail still goes to
Outlook Express. Any suggestions?

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Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook] - 02 Dec 2004 05:10 GMT

1) Make sure Outlook is listed as your default mail program here: Control
Panel | Internet Options | Programs tab.

2) Remove all mail accounts from Outlook Express (unless you can't bear to
part with them for some reason).

3) Disable automatic checking for new mail in OE.

4) Only open OE if you're going to use it for newsreading (Outlook doesn't
have its own newsreader, it uses OE for that), and either open the
newsreader through Outlook (View | Go To | News) or open OE with the
/newsonly switch. This way, all mail functions in OE are disabled anyway,
so there's no chance of using them by mistake.

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> I had previously used Outlook Express for e-mail. I recently added
> Outlook 2003. I was having trouble even getting into Outlook until I
> created a new profile. I have set everything I can think of to show
> Outlook as my default e-mail program. I can send mail, but all of my
> incoming mail still goes to Outlook Express. Any suggestions?

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