[quote="Selahgal":2jfdfj4w]Why does everything have to be so doggone complicated?????!!!!!!![/quote:2jfdfj4w]
That's what keeps it exciting!

If you want to use Outlook there are two options...
1. Create a new profile. Only one profile can be active when the program is running so it is like having two different Outlook programs on the same computer each with its' own settings and email accounts (just like Ziggie said). You can learn more about Outlook Profiles [url=http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/outlook-e-mail-profiles-explained-HA001147158.aspx:2jfdfj4w]here[/url:2jfdfj4w].
2. Create a new folder for your email, create a rule to filter your email into that folder(s), and create a new account to send your email from. Once the program is running all of your email would end up in your folder (you can create sub folders too). Any mail you reply to would automatically use your account to send, but for new emails you would have to make sure the correct account was chosen.

Hey Marci - So you finally got rid of Incredimail....well done you!!!

Never heard of the 'Email Alert' program so obviously don't know much about it. IMO, best free email notifier is Pop Peeper, home page is here: http://www.poppeeper.com/

May I suggest trying out the free version of MailWasher. Mailwasher provides alerts, both audio and visual, whenever new mail arrives and it is also a superb email manager PLUS you do not need to have OE running for MailWasher to do its thing : http://filehippo.com/download_.....ailwasher/

I believe there is not an option/setting in Outlook Express to open new emails (new, reply, forward, etc) in full screen window. Instead of using the maximize button, try this: Leave the window small and, using your mouse, drag the four sides of the small window to the extremities of the screen until it fills the whole screen. Now when you close out OE, it should remember that and continue to open new windows in that full size from then on.

Not sure what you mean by the last one (cursor slipping off the window bit)....need further clarification.

Cheers....Jim

Hey Marci - OK. I checked out the programs as per FD's recommendations. The email notifier (OEMA) requires Outlook Express to be running continuously. The software does not check on the server to see if any new emails have arrived, it checks your Inbox in Outlook Express to see if any new messages have been added....it needs Outlook Express running to do that.

MailWasher, on the other hand, does not need Outlook Express running. MW checks for any new emails on your[i:y2hqdtg9] server[/i:y2hqdtg9]. When it notifies you of new emails, first off you open the MW interface and there you can preview and check the details of the incoming emails; who sent it to you, the size of the mail (including attachments), the subject line, etc. From there you can choose to delete any emails you do not want, keep the ones you want to see, then click on a [b:y2hqdtg9]Process Mail[/b:y2hqdtg9] button and it will automatically open Outlook Express and download to your computer only those emails you chose to have a look at.

I am wondering if the slipping cursor/disappearing OE thingee has anything to do with the 'HideOE' software you installed. Unlikely but I don't know of any other obvious reason for that behavior.

If your mouse includes a center (scrolling) wheel, why not use that to scroll the email. Is easier and quicker than using the scroll bar. Just left click any blank space in the body of the email and then scroll up and down using the wheel.

Cheers mate....Jim

FD - I was merely replicating Marci's use of "recommendations" from here: [quote:vlfsylc8]The two programs I am using to alert for email and to minimize OE to the System Tray are what Flying Dutchman[i:vlfsylc8] recommended[/i:vlfsylc8] earlier in the thread ...[/quote:vlfsylc8]
So Marci would easily recognise what I was talking about.

I can assure you it was never my intention to be critical in any way, I was merely trying to point out the differences in the software to Marci, I'm sorry for any misunderstanding. There is no need for you to apologise to anyone mate, we really appreciate your responses here and the assistance your are offering.

Marci - No program can check to see if you have any emails unless it is actually up and running. Even if you decide to use MailWasher, you will need to start that program before it can check on the server to see if any new emails have arrived. If you want to have software checking for new emails at regular intervals you need to leave it running permanently in the background. That's why a lot of people would set the software to auto-start with Windows.

Cheers....Jim