>>The ones that I really hate are emails that when opened or only previewed in Outlook Express, automatically launch IE and navigate to a specific web page.
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>Elmer,
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>I'm also a fan of the delete key and message rules, rather than missing something I may want to see.
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>In Outlook Express 6 you can go to Tools | Options | Read and check the box that says to Read all mail in plain text. I think this will prevent the behavior you describe above.

Thanks Cindy,

I will try the setting that you suggest.

I just just sent a suggestion to Microsoft to add another type of message rule for Outlook and OE that would allow the user to specify that ONLY email from the addresses contained in their personal address book, or from the news groups that they have specifically set up to arrive in their inbox. All others could automatically be routed to a junk mail (or suspect items) folder that can be perused if you want to do so, but your inbox would always be free of the normal daily trash. While this may not be a viable filter for businesses (though it may), I’m sure that it would be a welcome addition for a large percentage of the home market. I think that this would be about the easiest type of filter to implement and should be very effective.