My os is windows xp professional. I am using oe6 as email client .
When composing a new message a pop up window appears which reads " Your
current security settings prohibit running activex controls on this page. As
a result, the page may not display correctly". If I click on "OK" ...

Sometimes emails I receive have a small arrow over the "letter" icon.
Sometimes red pointing to the left, and sometimes blue pointing to the
right.
What do these indicate.

I saved my OE messages and settings using the XP files and settings transfer
wizard so I can put it back on my laptop after a XP clean install! That was
last night and I successfully saved the settings on  1GB SD card. I am
trying to transfer it to the Laptop and it asks my to ...

System Config....
Cannot send or receive email at times???
Xp Pro SP2 OE 6 IE 6 Zone Alarm (Free) AVG AV (Free), and CA Pest control;
from ISP Time Warner???

We recently uninstalled Netscape from my GF's computer, and now whenever she
clicks on an email link in an html page to send an email, a popup appears
that says OE is not configured correctly.
We can directly use OE to send and receive messages just fine, and it's

I am using Outlook Express for both mail and news. I have tried Mozilla
Thunderbird as an alternative, but it does not have some of the news
features I'm used to with Outlook Express. It does better for mail, but
again, missing a few features that OE has.

when I access a news group in OE 6 that I have not accessed for some time,
old message headers will be automatically deleted.
I am unable to find any setting that governs this so that I can turn it off.
How can I prevent this in OE or is it governed by the messages having been

I got a readable disk out of a dead WinXP system and installed it as a
secondary on my WinXP-Pro/SP2 system running OE6 out of MS Off Pro 2003.
I wanted to do what I've done numerous times over the years:  copy the .dbx
files, renamed, from the dead disk to my running live OE disk ...

On my old computer, when I right clicked a URL in a newsgroup posting, there
was a "Copy Shortcut" item in the context (drop down) menu.
I now have a new computer with XP Home installed and when I right click on a
URL in a newsgroup posting it doesn't show the "Copy Shortcut" option ...

How can I add a   jpeg to my signature?

Howdy All,
Wasn't sure where to post this, here or in IE group.
I am getting an error on a laptop when I try to print from IE or OE.
(I can print from other applications no problem.)

When I compose it Word and use its File|Send|as e-mail command it wants to
use
Outlook instead of OE. How can I change it to use OE?
TIA

As "REPLY" does not work, I have to create this new post. Sorry about that.
This is a follow-up of my post of Sept. 14 , 11;05 [GMT +01]
I have :
W2K (5.00.2195) - SP4

What's going on in my OE?  I'm getting messages where graphic images won't
display.  I get the frames with a little red X in a box in the upper left
corner of the image frame.
Nothing can be done with the little red Xs (such as clicking on them, etc).

I work with OE6 under WinXP Home SP2.
When I send an e-mail with a .jpg photo as an attachment, it also appears in
the message section in a seriously enlarged, useless format. I would prefer
to limit the message to what I enter as text, and expect the recipient to