Tips

Change an email to an appointment

myre — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:42:51 -0600

A simple way to convert an email to an appointment (or email to task, etc) is to simply drag the email to the Calendar tab on the left side of the Outlook client.

Enable Holidays in the Exchange Calendar

hh0039 — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:10:44 -0600

Enabling Holidays in your Exchange Calender is a very simple task that can be completed a very few number of steps.

Step 1)

Choose from Tools menu -> Options

Step 2)

Click "Calendar Options" button

Step 3)

Change Color Scheme

hh0039 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:01:46 -0600

Step 1)

Open a window in outlook

Step 2)

Click the Microsoft Office Button , then click Editor Options button down at the very bottom

Step 3)

Enable or disable the Instant Search feature

hh0039 — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:33:54 -0600

Enable Instant Search

Before you can enable Instant Search, the Windows Desktop Search components must be installed on your computer. If these components are not installed when you start Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, you will be prompted to download the software. After you download the software, you must restart Outlook to enable Instant Search.

Note: Windows Vista includes Windows Desktop Search. If you are using Office Outlook 2007 on a computer that runs Windows Vista, Instant Search is enabled automatically.

Things you can do on your mobile device

hh0039 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:52:00 -0600

Check the links below for things you want to do on your mobile device:
Sync directly with Exchange Server wirelessly

ActiveSync:
You can synchronize your mobile device with your computer for calendar, contacts and email with Outlook.

Browse the web

Stop Outlook from adding your name to forwarded messages

jwh0151 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:11:10 -0600

To stop outlook from adding your name to a forwarded message:

Step 1)

From your inbox screen, go to the top and click "Tools", then go down the list and click "Options"

Step 2)

On the screen that pops up, click "E-Mail Options"

Step 3)

On the next screen that pops up, go to the very bottom and uncheck the box labeled “Mark my comments with:”

Step 4)

Click OK, and then OK again.

Configuring Entourage for UNT Exchange Mail

jag0067 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:02:31 -0600

Here is a quick overview of the settings required to receive mail using Microsoft Entourage 2004/2008 for Macs.

Here are the settings the you will need to enter into Entourage, either through the setup wizard or through the Account Settings menu.

Account Settings Tab

Using the iPhone for Windows users

jag0067 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:15:24 -0600

This document is on Apple's site and addresses the use of the iPhone in regards to syncing contacts and calendar items for Windows users.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305845

Thank you
Jason Gutierrez
Messaging System Administrator

Avoid warning when using Word mail merge for email messages.

hh0039 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:35:17 -0500

When you use Word or other software to do a mail merge, outlook gives a security prompt for each email you send, then you need to clcik "Allow" for every single mail.

To prevent the alerts, do this from Outlook:

Step 1)

Choose from menu Tools > Trust Center > Programmatic Access

Step 2)

Click "Never warn me .....",

Authenticated SMTP to Mailhost

bpaiani — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:21:16 -0500

The mailhost.unt.edu now supports 'smtp auth'. This feature allows authenticated smtp connection to 'mailhost.unt.edu'. E-mail clients and devices that support authenticated smtp will be able to send E-mail messages through unt E-mail mailserver. The set up is as follows:

E-mail server: mailhost.unt.edu

Port: 587

Account: Your UNT euid

Password: Your UNT password

Encryption Mechanism: TLS or SSL Required (whichever is available)