Can't read some mail in Outlook

Help, please! This problem started about 3 weeks ago and is getting frequent.
Some of my pop mail from long-standing correspondents does not appear on
opening and looks like a blank page. Can't see what I'm typing in reply. If I
forward it, the receipient can read it. To read the mail, I have to edit the
message and turn it into HTML. I've checked all the settings and updates and
can't find anything wrong. Running Windows SP3; Office 2003 on XP pro.
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Chris

Which Windows SP3 ??? Can you elaborate on the SP3

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Peter

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Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Philomel" <Philomel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2DBF28CF-C685-4630-99F8-60B8F14A2594@microsoft.com...
> Help, please! This problem started about 3 weeks ago and is getting frequent.
> Some of my pop mail from long-standing correspondents does not appear on
> opening and looks like a blank page. Can't see what I'm typing in reply. If I
> forward it, the receipient can read it. To read the mail, I have to edit the
> message and turn it into HTML. I've checked all the settings and updates and
> can't find anything wrong. Running Windows SP3; Office 2003 on XP pro.
> --
> Chris

"Philomel" <Philomel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2DBF28CF-C685-4630-99F8-60B8F14A2594@microsoft.com...
> Help, please! This problem started about 3 weeks ago and is getting
> frequent.
> Some of my pop mail from long-standing correspondents does not appear on
> opening and looks like a blank page. Can't see what I'm typing in reply.
> If I
> forward it, the receipient can read it. To read the mail, I have to edit
> the
> message and turn it into HTML. I've checked all the settings and updates
> and
> can't find anything wrong. Running Windows SP3; Office 2003 on XP pro.
> --
> Chris

There is no WIN XP SP3 - well not yet/if ever.
Do you mean Office 2003 SP3 perhaps???????????
Search for an appropriate Office group within that web interface into which
you are posting - unless this issue is windowsupdate related.

Antioch

Outlook-specific newsgroups include:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....configuration
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.contacts
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...k.installation
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.interop
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.printing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.outlook.bcm
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.outlook.fax
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...program_addins
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....program_forms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.program_vba
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.teamfolders
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...thirdpartyutil
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/

Philomel wrote:
> Help, please! This problem started about 3 weeks ago and is getting
> frequent. Some of my pop mail from long-standing correspondents does not
> appear on opening and looks like a blank page. Can't see what I'm typing
> in
> reply. If I forward it, the receipient can read it. To read the mail, I
> have to edit the message and turn it into HTML. I've checked all the
> settings and updates and can't find anything wrong. Running Windows SP3;
> Office 2003 on XP pro.

Service Pack 3.

Have just fixed the problem within the last hour - there was no font
specified in 'read plain text' option because I'd deleted it when changing my
settings.

Thanks
--
Chris


"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> Which Windows SP3 ??? Can you elaborate on the SP3
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Philomel" <Philomel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2DBF28CF-C685-4630-99F8-60B8F14A2594@microsoft.com...
> > Help, please! This problem started about 3 weeks ago and is getting frequent.
> > Some of my pop mail from long-standing correspondents does not appear on
> > opening and looks like a blank page. Can't see what I'm typing in reply. If I
> > forward it, the receipient can read it. To read the mail, I have to edit the
> > message and turn it into HTML. I've checked all the settings and updates and
> > can't find anything wrong. Running Windows SP3; Office 2003 on XP pro.
> > --
> > Chris
>

Many thanks. I've literally just identified my problem - I'd deleted the font
in the 'reading plain text' option when changing my settings.
--
Chris


"PA Bear" wrote:

> Outlook-specific newsgroups include:
>
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.general
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....configuration
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.contacts
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...k.installation
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.interop
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.printing
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.outlook.bcm
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.outlook.fax
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...program_addins
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....program_forms
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.program_vba
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.teamfolders
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...thirdpartyutil
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/
>
> Philomel wrote:
> > Help, please! This problem started about 3 weeks ago and is getting
> > frequent. Some of my pop mail from long-standing correspondents does not
> > appear on opening and looks like a blank page. Can't see what I'm typing
> > in
> > reply. If I forward it, the receipient can read it. To read the mail, I
> > have to edit the message and turn it into HTML. I've checked all the
> > settings and updates and can't find anything wrong. Running Windows SP3;
> > Office 2003 on XP pro.
>
>

YW.

[There ain't no "Windows SP3." You may have meant OL 2003 SP3 running in
WinXP SP2.]

Philomel wrote:
> Many thanks. I've literally just identified my problem - I'd deleted the
> font in the 'reading plain text' option when changing my settings.
>
>> Outlook-specific newsgroups include:
>>
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.general
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....configuration
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.contacts
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...k.installation
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.interop
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.printing
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.outlook.bcm
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.outlook.fax
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...program_addins
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....program_forms
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.program_vba
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.teamfolders
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...thirdpartyutil
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/
>>
>> Philomel wrote:
>>> Help, please! This problem started about 3 weeks ago and is getting
>>> frequent. Some of my pop mail from long-standing correspondents does not
>>> appear on opening and looks like a blank page. Can't see what I'm typing
>>> in
>>> reply. If I forward it, the receipient can read it. To read the mail, I
>>> have to edit the message and turn it into HTML. I've checked all the
>>> settings and updates and can't find anything wrong. Running Windows SP3;
>>> Office 2003 on XP pro.