INTRODUCTION
Have you ever wanted to “block sender” and delete an E-mail message without opening it?  Have you received an E-mail and wanted to know how to find the sender’s E-mail address?  These are two subjects covered in this lesson.

BLOCK AND DELETE AN E-MAIL WITHOUT OPENING IT
Here it will be necessary to change the way Outlook Express looks and operates.  With OE open to the Inbox, click View + Layout.  Under “Preview Pane”, uncheck the “Show preview pane” box.  Click OK.  Now your Inbox will list all E-mails that you have received and not deleted.  Here the selected E-mail can be blocked or deleted without being opened.  Block by clicking Message + Block Sender…  Delete by pressing the Del key.  (WARNING: Do NOT hold the Del key, merely tap it.)  To view an E-mail, you must double-click anywhere on the Subject line.  To view attachments, you must double-click the icon shown in the Attach: field.

COPY/PASTE A RECEIVED E-MAIL ADDRESS
With OE open to the Inbox, click anywhere on the Subject line to select.  Click File + Properties.  The first window shows the sender’s E-mail address but to copy it, click Details.  Then you can highlight and copy (Ctrl + C) the address and paste (Ctrl + V) in your Address Book or wherever.

CONCLUSION
With the increase in received SPAM messages, it is probably safer to block them and delete them without opening.  The fix described above takes a while to get used to, but it has become my preferred configuration.  The described method to view and copy/paste a sender’s E-mail address is probably better than the “Automatically put people I reply to in my address book” option that can be set up.

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