Problem with Outlook Express

the type of message did not print but includes lots ofand line spaces with unintelligible words.

Pedro

Best thing you can do with Outlook Express is get rid of it. It's the worst mail client ever written.
Far better to use either the full version of outlook, which comes with Office, or a open source program such as Thunderbird.

Spot on advice , dump it, I installed incredimail 6 years ago and never had a prob since, when I was on outlook it always used to freeze crash or stall, not any more, do yourself a big favour and go to www.incredimail.com just follow the prompts takes about half hour on dial up but is well worth the wait and it's FREE...........
head & shoulders above outlook,
regards,
Dave

Peter,

Interesting isn't it. I was going to suggest you look at what security applications you were running and which might be causing the problem.
When one has the time to analyse what has changed to cause the problem, it usually turns out to be something other than an application you have been using successfully without previous problems.

So much for all the advise to "ditch Outlook Express".

The fact is, its "free" (comes with Windows) and generally works well.

I have personally been using Outlook that comes with the Office suite of applications for many years, mainly because that is what my multi-national Computer Company Employer use and support to hundreds of thousands of clients all over the World.

Outlook Express should work as well as the full blown Outlook, minus a few "enhancements" that probably don't matter. Other companies generally test their products against Microsoft ones to ensure compatability.

It just so happens that other applications like Nokia PC Suite also integrate well with Outlooks Mail, Calendar, Contacts and Tasks functions, so if you wish you can carry appointments, etc., around with you on your phone, instead of the need for another separate device. Why ditch it?

So ignore the "get rid of it experts" for they give you false advice.

Peter
I wouldn'y say off topic , all my answer notices from EO come via Outlook Express
there was a void space in your message,

MrBitchi don't know ###%^&&$#@ , Outlook is one of the or THE best to use, the thing is you have it set it right , Outlook can be dressed up with all types of HTML , it works a bit like Frontpage , Trouble is people have a little gliche and can't fix it so then get something else .

Doug

Go firefox !
Bloody beautiful !
Its free, quick, and less succeptible to problems
Love It !

Cheers Mate
Bucky

You had the answer all along, didn't you!
Get rid of Spy Doctor.

SHORT ANSWER:
It sounds like something, quite likely the firewall (spy doctor) is stopping OE from allowing those emails to display their web content.

LONG ANSWER:
It seems that emails such as those from exploroz require OE to retrieve the picture/logo/colour etc content from the web. So in essence, OE receives an email which says 'go to x location and grab all this formatting, logos etc, add text and display like this . . . '

I get the same result you have been, quite frequently in my Outlook junk email box, the contents of which outlook won't allow to access the web, or emails which I prevent from doing so myself.

I'd start by disabling the firewall and seeing if that makes a difference. It is unlikely that messages already in your inbox will be able to rectify themselves, so you may need to wait for a new one to come in. If that does fix the problem, it's then a matter of figuring out which setting in the firewall to change, as it's not all that desirable to have no fire wall at all.

If the firewall is not the problem, I'd next look at OE as the one doing the blocking. That'd take some fishing through the settings, and I'm not all that knowledgable about OE.

Not sure if this has helped any more than any of the previous posts!!