thanks Pa bear! Did #1, 2, & 3 and all good. May do shortcuts too as you and
Frank suggested. cheers !

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Thanks so very much for your help-! ! ! !
"PA Bear" wrote in message
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1. Tools Options General Send/Receive at startup (uncheck)

2. Tools Options General Go directly to my inbox (uncheck)

3. Tools Accounts Mail [mail account] Properties Include this
account... (uncheck).

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Starting Outlook Express in Newsreader-Only mode from a shortcut:

1. Copy the following line to your clipboard (CTRL+C):

"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /newsonly

2. Right click on an empty area of your Desktop and choose New Shortcut;

3. Paste the contents of your clipboard (CTRL+V) into the "Type the
location of the item" box;

4. Press Next;

5. Type a name for the shortcut (e.g., Newsreader);

6. Press Finish and your shortcut will be created. You can drag & drop
this shortcut to anywhere you want (e.g., Quick Launch toolbar, Shortcuts
section of the Navigation Pane in Outlook 2003).
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)


RustyM wrote:
Sorry, I didnt finish my post and accidently clicked 'send'.
Let me note what I omitted=
Prob= everytime I open OE, the box pops up telling me that "The host
'POP3' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the
server
name correctly. Account: 'POP3', Server: 'POP3', Protocol: POP3, Port:
110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D"

"RustyM" RM@RMcom wrote in message news:...
Hi, I have three pc's that I use. 2 desktops, 1 LT. I do not use OE in
either of them to send/receive emails. I basically use it for reading
these newsgroups.
Prob= everytime I open OE, the box pops up telling me that the POP3
account

All I click is ok and I read the NG's as usual. ALthough this is not a
prob, it is an annoying thing everytime I open the program. I just want
to
take this alert off and not have it pop up at all. WHat can I do to rid
me
of this.
Thank you much for your help-! ! ! !