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Hi Bob, thanks for the reply. That wasn't exactly what I had in mind. I
like having the preview pane but I just don't want it to preview a message
until I select it.
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"Bob" <nowhere RemoveThis @nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> View>Layout>uncheck Show Preview Pane.
>
> "Gary" <gary RemoveThis @under-1-roof.com> wrote in message
> news:Ou8uaWecIHA.4016@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Is there a way to set WIN MAIL so that it doesn't open a post when I
>> connect to a server? In Outlook Express IIRC when I connected to a
>> server it didn't open anything until I actually selected a message. WIN
>> MAIL seems to open almost any post on the server at random. It's not the
>> last post I read and I'm not even sure it's one that I have read in the
>> past--it just seems pretty random. I'd just like it to sit there with the
>> preview pane blank until I select a message. Is there any way to have
>> that happen?
>> --
>> Gary
>> Visit Lucy & Gary and do the jigsaw puzzle at
>> www.under-1-roof.com/PuzzlePage.html
>>
>>
>

"Gary" <gary.TakeThisOut@under-1-roof.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to set WIN MAIL so that it doesn't open a post when I
> connect to a server? In Outlook Express IIRC when I connected to a server
> it didn't open anything until I actually selected a message. WIN MAIL
> seems to open almost any post on the server at random. It's not the last
> post I read and I'm not even sure it's one that I have read in the
> past--it just seems pretty random. I'd just like it to sit there with the
> preview pane blank until I select a message. Is there any way to have
> that happen?
> --
> Gary
> Visit Lucy & Gary and do the jigsaw puzzle at
> www.under-1-roof.com/PuzzlePage.html
>
>

No way to stop it from doing that.

This was reported as a BUG very early in the beta testing of WM.

MS reported that "it was by design", more requests for this regression to be
changed have been met with deaf ears.


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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP : Mail.
[DTS] UK.

LOL! "it was by design" sounds a lot like what I say when I tinker with
something that's broken and all of a sudden it starts working again. IOW,
"We don't know what we did to get it like that so don't ask us to change it
back!"
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Gary
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" mac" <macknever.TakeThisOut@fsmail.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Gary" <gary.TakeThisOut@under-1-roof.com> wrote in message
> news:Ou8uaWecIHA.4016@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Is there a way to set WIN MAIL so that it doesn't open a post when I
>> connect to a server? In Outlook Express IIRC when I connected to a
>> server it didn't open anything until I actually selected a message. WIN
>> MAIL seems to open almost any post on the server at random. It's not the
>> last post I read and I'm not even sure it's one that I have read in the
>> past--it just seems pretty random. I'd just like it to sit there with the
>> preview pane blank until I select a message. Is there any way to have
>> that happen?
>> --
>> Gary
>> Visit Lucy & Gary and do the jigsaw puzzle at
>> www.under-1-roof.com/PuzzlePage.html
>>
>>
>
> No way to stop it from doing that.
>
> This was reported as a BUG very early in the beta testing of WM.
>
> MS reported that "it was by design", more requests for this regression to
> be changed have been met with deaf ears.
>
>
> --
> Regards Steve.
> MS-MVP : Mail.
> [DTS] UK.
>
>
>
>

Do you know how it picks what message to show in the preview pane? I can't
see any pattern. I know it's not the last message that I looked at in the
particular newsgroup.

Gary

" mac" <macknever.RemoveThis@fsmail.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Gary" <gary.RemoveThis@under-1-roof.com> wrote in message
> news:Ou8uaWecIHA.4016@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Is there a way to set WIN MAIL so that it doesn't open a post when I
>> connect to a server? In Outlook Express IIRC when I connected to a
>> server it didn't open anything until I actually selected a message. WIN
>> MAIL seems to open almost any post on the server at random. It's not the
>> last post I read and I'm not even sure it's one that I have read in the
>> past--it just seems pretty random. I'd just like it to sit there with the
>> preview pane blank until I select a message. Is there any way to have
>> that happen?
>> --
>> Gary
>> Visit Lucy & Gary and do the jigsaw puzzle at
>> www.under-1-roof.com/PuzzlePage.html
>>
>>
>
> No way to stop it from doing that.
>
> This was reported as a BUG very early in the beta testing of WM.
>
> MS reported that "it was by design", more requests for this regression to
> be changed have been met with deaf ears.
>
>
> --
> Regards Steve.
> MS-MVP : Mail.
> [DTS] UK.
>
>
>
>

"Gary" <gary RemoveThis @under-1-roof.com> wrote in message
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> Do you know how it picks what message to show in the preview pane? I
> can't see any pattern. I know it's not the last message that I looked at
> in the particular newsgroup.
>
> Gary

It selects the first unread message.

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP : Mail.
[DTS] UK.

When I click on a link in an email message the following pops up in a window
'Windows cannot find 'http"//11go.microsoft.com/?linlid=7988759'. then the
link appears as a tab in the taskbar. How can I correct this>
Ray Martin
" mac" <macknever RemoveThis @fsmail.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Gary" <gary RemoveThis @under-1-roof.com> wrote in message
> news:OeP2xa1cIHA.288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Do you know how it picks what message to show in the preview pane? I
>> can't see any pattern. I know it's not the last message that I looked at
>> in the particular newsgroup.
>>
>> Gary
>
> It selects the first unread message.
>
> --
> Regards Steve.
> MS-MVP : Mail.
> [DTS] UK.

Your question is unrelated to this thread. Start a new thread.

"Ray Martin" <martinray.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> When I click on a link in an email message the following pops up in a
> window 'Windows cannot find 'http"//11go.microsoft.com/?linlid=7988759'.
> then the link appears as a tab in the taskbar. How can I correct this>
> Ray Martin
> " mac" <macknever.DeleteThis@fsmail.net> wrote in message
> news:3DBC53A0-272D-4DF6-A369-8882C0F7E2AB@microsoft.com...
>>
>> "Gary" <gary.DeleteThis@under-1-roof.com> wrote in message
>> news:OeP2xa1cIHA.288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Do you know how it picks what message to show in the preview pane? I
>>> can't see any pattern. I know it's not the last message that I looked
>>> at in the particular newsgroup.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>
>> It selects the first unread message.
>>
>> --
>> Regards Steve.
>> MS-MVP : Mail.
>> [DTS] UK.
>

Hmmm! I've been trying to watch how it's been acting as I move to various
newsgroups and there doesn't seem to be any consistency. One time it'll
open a message that I've read, one next time it'll open a message that I
haven't read, another time it'll open the first message that I've read in a
thread that contains unread messages, and still another time it'll open a
message in a thread that contains no unread messages. I can't see any
pattern at all.
--
Gary
Visit Lucy & Gary and do the jigsaw puzzle at
www.under-1-roof.com/PuzzlePage.html


" mac" <macknever RemoveThis @fsmail.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Gary" <gary RemoveThis @under-1-roof.com> wrote in message
> news:OeP2xa1cIHA.288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Do you know how it picks what message to show in the preview pane? I
>> can't see any pattern. I know it's not the last message that I looked at
>> in the particular newsgroup.
>>
>> Gary
>
> It selects the first unread message.
>
> --
> Regards Steve.
> MS-MVP : Mail.
> [DTS] UK.

For me, if I've selected the Hide Read Messages option for that
newsgroup, it shows the first unread message. If I've selected the
Show All Messages option for that newsgroup instead, it's less
consistent about which message opens first.

"Gary" <gary.DeleteThis@under-1-roof.com> wrote in message
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> Hmmm! I've been trying to watch how it's been acting as I move to various
> newsgroups and there doesn't seem to be any consistency. One time it'll
> open a message that I've read, one next time it'll open a message that I
> haven't read, another time it'll open the first message that I've read in
> a thread that contains unread messages, and still another time it'll open
> a message in a thread that contains no unread messages. I can't see any
> pattern at all.
> --
> Gary
> Visit Lucy & Gary and do the jigsaw puzzle at
> www.under-1-roof.com/PuzzlePage.html
>
>
> " mac" <macknever.DeleteThis@fsmail.net> wrote in message
> news:3DBC53A0-272D-4DF6-A369-8882C0F7E2AB@microsoft.com...
>>
>> "Gary" <gary.DeleteThis@under-1-roof.com> wrote in message
>> news:OeP2xa1cIHA.288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Do you know how it picks what message to show in the preview pane? I
>>> can't see any pattern. I know it's not the last message that I looked
>>> at in the particular newsgroup.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>
>> It selects the first unread message.
>>
>> --
>> Regards Steve.
>> MS-MVP : Mail.
>> [DTS] UK.
>

And if you switch back and forth frequently between Hide Read
and Show All (as I do), it seems to lose all track of where to place
the focus.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)


<robertmiles DeleteThis @bellsouthNOSPAM.net> wrote in message news:O39yoV7eIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> For me, if I've selected the Hide Read Messages option for that
> newsgroup, it shows the first unread message. If I've selected the
> Show All Messages option for that newsgroup instead, it's less
> consistent about which message opens first.
>
> "Gary" <gary DeleteThis @under-1-roof.com> wrote in message news:%23k%23szZ6eIHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hmmm! I've been trying to watch how it's been acting as I move to various newsgroups and there doesn't seem to be any
>> consistency. One time it'll open a message that I've read, one next time it'll open a message that I haven't read, another
>> time it'll open the first message that I've read in a thread that contains unread messages, and still another time it'll open a
>> message in a thread that contains no unread messages. I can't see any pattern at all.
>> --
>> Gary
>> Visit Lucy & Gary and do the jigsaw puzzle at
>> www.under-1-roof.com/PuzzlePage.html
>>
>>
>> " mac" <macknever DeleteThis @fsmail.net> wrote in message news:3DBC53A0-272D-4DF6-A369-8882C0F7E2AB@microsoft.com...
>>>
>>> "Gary" <gary DeleteThis @under-1-roof.com> wrote in message news:OeP2xa1cIHA.288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Do you know how it picks what message to show in the preview pane? I can't see any pattern. I know it's not the last
>>>> message that I looked at in the particular newsgroup.
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>
>>> It selects the first unread message.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards Steve.
>>> MS-MVP : Mail.
>>> [DTS] UK.
>>
>
>