return to inbox after deleting a message

I am using Outlook Express 6 in Windows XP Home.

I do not like that OE automatically opens up the next message in my Inbox
when I delete an open message.

I would much rather OE return to the Inbox without opening another message
when I delete an open message.

Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this? Thanks in advance for any
assistance provided.

Your choices are limited.

Don't delete the previous message. Or,

ToolsViewUncheck: Show Preview Pane.

Or, add the PP button to the toolbar:

Right click on the ToolbarCustomizeAdd the Preview Pane button.
This will
allow you to toggle the Preview Pane on and off. When it is off, all
you
will see are the message headers so you can delete mail before
viewing it.
--
Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~



"Dan Spencer" wrote in message
...
I am using Outlook Express 6 in Windows XP Home.

I do not like that OE automatically opens up the next message in my
Inbox
when I delete an open message.

I would much rather OE return to the Inbox without opening another
message
when I delete an open message.

Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this? Thanks in advance
for any
assistance provided.

I forgot to include that I do not use the preview pane option of IE (I leave
this option turned off). I open the messages in their own window by
double-clicking the message in the inbox, or highlighting the message and
pressing the enter key.

While I have a message open in its own window and delete the message (either
by clicking the delete toolbar button, or by pressing ctrl-d), if another
message is in my inbox after the current message the message window
automatically opens that email into it instead of closing out the window and
returning to the main inbox window.

My work computer which has Outlook 2002 loaded on it has an option to select
how the program will react when deleting an open message. You can open the
next message, previous message, or return to inbox. That is the kind of
option I am wanting to find in Outlook Express.

Thanks,

-Dan


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Your choices are limited.

Don't delete the previous message. Or,

ToolsViewUncheck: Show Preview Pane.

Or, add the PP button to the toolbar:

Right click on the ToolbarCustomizeAdd the Preview Pane button.
This will
allow you to toggle the Preview Pane on and off. When it is off, all
you
will see are the message headers so you can delete mail before
viewing it.
--
Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~



"Dan Spencer" wrote in message
...
I am using Outlook Express 6 in Windows XP Home.

I do not like that OE automatically opens up the next message in my
Inbox
when I delete an open message.

I would much rather OE return to the Inbox without opening another
message
when I delete an open message.

Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this? Thanks in advance
for any
assistance provided.

Outlook an OE are different programs as I'm sure you know. As far as
your question goes, AFAIK there is no way around this. I'm not sure
what you want to accomplish, but what I do is to first, Read in plain
text when I open my Inbox. You can switch between Plain text and HTML
quickly with this tool:
www.oehelp.com/OETool/

With the Preview Pane, (which I use) off, I delete any messages
before they are displayed. Then I switch to HTML and view the
messages I know I want to see.

I know this isn't what you were looking for, but I hope it helps. OE
doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles.
--
Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~


"Dan Spencer" wrote in message
...
I forgot to include that I do not use the preview pane option of IE
(I leave
this option turned off). I open the messages in their own window
by
double-clicking the message in the inbox, or highlighting the
message and
pressing the enter key.

While I have a message open in its own window and delete the
message (either
by clicking the delete toolbar button, or by pressing ctrl-d), if
another
message is in my inbox after the current message the message window
automatically opens that email into it instead of closing out the
window and
returning to the main inbox window.

My work computer which has Outlook 2002 loaded on it has an option
to select
how the program will react when deleting an open message. You can
open the
next message, previous message, or return to inbox. That is the
kind of
option I am wanting to find in Outlook Express.

Thanks,

-Dan


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Your choices are limited.

Don't delete the previous message. Or,

ToolsViewUncheck: Show Preview Pane.

Or, add the PP button to the toolbar:

Right click on the ToolbarCustomizeAdd the Preview Pane button.
This will
allow you to toggle the Preview Pane on and off. When it is off,
all
you
will see are the message headers so you can delete mail before
viewing it.
--
Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~



"Dan Spencer" wrote in message
...
I am using Outlook Express 6 in Windows XP Home.

I do not like that OE automatically opens up the next message
in my
Inbox
when I delete an open message.

I would much rather OE return to the Inbox without opening
another
message
when I delete an open message.

Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this? Thanks in
advance
for any
assistance provided.

On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 23:27:15 -0600, "Dan Spencer"
wrote:

My work computer which has Outlook 2002 loaded on it has an option to select
how the program will react when deleting an open message. You can open the
next message, previous message, or return to inbox. That is the kind of
option I am wanting to find in Outlook Express.

Unfortunately, Outlook Express does not offer such an option. The
work-around that I used to use is to hit the Esc key to close the message
which was just read. That will put you back to your message list, with that
message still highlighted, from where you can delete or move the message
that you just read. After doing that, the next message in the list will be
highlighted, ready to open.
--
SgtRich
Chicago, Illinois, USA