The e-mail header and its role in the world of spam
What information does the e-mail header contain?
  • Technical matters

Have you ever been curious about how an e-mail arrives at the designated recipient? The header area of an e-mail contains a lot more information than just the sender, the subject, the recipient and the date the e-mail was received. By displaying all of the e-mail header you can determine whether the e-mail falls into the spam category. Learn how to decipher the information in an e-mail header.

What information does the e-mail header contain?
Sign e-mails with a digital signature
More security online: sign e-mails with a digital signature
  • Technical matters

Spam e-mails may be annoying, but they’re mostly harmless. What’s more problematic is phishing – a technique whereby fraudsters try to con you by posing as trustworthy sender addresses in an attempt to get hold of sensitive data. These messages appear genuine too, because without a digital signature, it’s very easy to assume a trusted identity online. In order to protect customers and their own...

More security online: sign e-mails with a digital signature
Setting up an Outlook out-of-office message
How to set up out of office in Outlook
  • Technical matters

Automatic out-of-office replies are a great way to let your contacts know when you’re not available. You can easily send automatic out-of-office replies from Outlook. Moreover, with Outlook you can set up numerous special rules, for example for cases when important e-mails need forwarding. We will show you how to use the Outlook out-of-office assistant, including the tool to set special rules.

How to set up out of office in Outlook
Forwarding automatically in Outlook
Outlook: forward e-mails automatically
  • Technical matters

Holidays, illness, or business trips – there are many reasons for absence from work. Checking your e-mail may not be possible in these cases. E-mails are usually still received and should not remain unanswered – forwarding your e-mail with outlook is a great solution. You can set automatic e-mail forwarding in outlook, so a colleague receives all your emails. How to forward e-mails in outlook?...

Outlook: forward e-mails automatically
Outlook won’t start
Outlook won’t start – what now?
  • Technical matters

You cannot start Microsoft Outlook, your calendar is no longer accessible, an important e-mail can no longer be retrieved – when Microsoft’s popular and useful e-mail program fails, you have to laboriously access your inbox via your e-mail provider’s website. Usually, a defective Navigation Pane, outdated add-ins, or a profile in need of repair are at fault. Even with issues lacking clearly...

Outlook won’t start – what now?
Perfect out of office message: Examples and templates
How to create the perfect out of office message
  • Technical matters

The out of office message is a crucial part of email communication in the workplace. If you don’t have access to your email, your contacts will want to know when you’ll be back and whether or not you’ll be represented by someone else in your absence. An out of office reply may be short but there are lots of mistakes that can creep in which you’ll want to avoid. We show you here how to formulate...

How to create the perfect out of office message
Outlook read receipts
Outlook read receipts: How do you set one up?
  • Technical matters

Sending an e-mail is child’s play. As soon as the text has been written and the subject and destination address have been entered, just click on “send” and the electronic message is on its way. However, if the answer is delayed, doubts quickly arise as to whether the mail has arrived and been read. A remedy is to request a read receipt, which you can set up in Outlook in just a few steps.

Outlook read receipts: How do you set one up?
Outlook search function not working
What do you do when your Outlook search function is not working?
  • Technical matters

Microsoft Outlook is one of the most frequently used e-mail programs worldwide. It’s unsurprising then that there are a multitude of approaches to solving its everyday problems. Especially when it comes to e-mail traffic, it can be annoying when Outlook search suddenly stops working. Restarting the program or PC is often enough to solve problems with the Outlook search function. But what should...

What do you do when your Outlook search function is not working?
Display calendar week in Outlook
How to display calendar weeks in Outlook
  • Technical matters

Week numbering is deactivated in the Outlook calendar by default. Follow our illustrated, step-by-step instructions for how to display the calendar week in Outlook, and find out how to show week numbers in monthly view. This allows you to see at a glance which calendar week your appointments fall into.

How to display calendar weeks in Outlook
Import contacts to outlook
Importing Outlook contacts: Transferring existing address information to the Outlook address book
  • Technical matters

The Outlook address book is an important tool for many computer users who regularly send and receive messages via Microsoft's e-mail service. To restore the contact list from a backup file after a version change or data loss, or simply to add new contact information, there is this import function. We'll show you how to easily import Outlook contacts to update your address book.

Importing Outlook contacts: Transferring existing address information to the Outlook address book