Microsoft Outlook 2010 includes MailTips, which help you avoid common, but potentially costly or embarrassing mistakes. MailTips alerts can be triggered by actions including clicking Reply All to a large recipient list, sending sensitive information to someone outside your organization, or sending a message to someone who is out of office.
Turn MailTips on or off
By default, MailTips are turned on. To turn them off or back on, do the following:
- Click the File tab.
- Click Options.
- Click Mail.
- Under MailTips, click MailTips options.
The MailTips section does not appear if MailTips are not available for your account.
- If you have more than one Exchange Server 2010 account in your Outlook profile, click the account in the Apply to this account list.
- Under MailTips bar display option, click the option that you want.
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Change which MailTips appear
- Click the File tab.
- Click Options.
- Click Mail.
- Under MailTips, click MailTips options.
The MailTips section does not appear if MailTips are not available for your account.
- If you have more than one Exchange Server 2010 account in your Outlook profile, click the account in the Apply to this account list.
- In the Select MailTips to be displayed list, select or clear the check box for each MailTip that you want to change.
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