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Article ID: 898848 - Last Review: May 5, 2005 - Revision: 1.2

E-mail addresses have been deleted from the Safe Senders tab, from the Safe Recipients tab, and from the Blocked Senders tab in Outlook 2003

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SYMPTOMS

You start Microsoft Office Outlook 2003. When you view the Junk E-mail Options dialog box, you notice that the e-mail addresses and the domain names on the following tabs have been deleted:
  • The Safe Senders tab
  • The Safe Recipients tab
  • The Blocked Senders tab
To view the Junk E-mail Options dialog box, point to Junk E-mail on the Actions menu, and then click Junk E-mail Options.

CAUSE

This issue occurs if the following conditions are true:
  • You added an e-mail account from one of the following Web-based e-mail services to your e-mail profile:
    • Hotmail
    • MSN Hotmail
    • Sympatico Mail
  • The e-mail account is controlled by a parent e-mail account.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, remove the Web-based e-mail account from the existing profile, and then add the Web-based e-mail account to a new profile. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. In Outlook 2003, click E-mail Accounts on the Tools menu.
  2. Click View or change existing e-mail accounts, and then click Next.
  3. Click the Web-based e-mail account, and then click Remove.
  4. Use one of the following methods to open the Mail item in Control Panel:
    • If you are using Control Panel in the Category view, click Start, click Control Panel, click User Accounts, and then click Mail.
    • If you are using Control Panel in the Classic view, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Mail.
  5. Click Show profiles, and then click Add.
  6. In the Profile name box, type ParentalControlled, and then click OK.
  7. Click Add new e-mail account, and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen to add the Web-based e-mail account to this profile.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to use Web-based e-mail services together with Outlook, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
287424  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287424/ ) How to configure Outlook with Hotmail
287604  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287604/EN-US/ ) How to configure MSN to work with Outlook 2002 and with Outlook 2003

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office Outlook Connector
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
  • Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
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