Outlooks Tools-Options Back to tools/accounts Tools Options contains a lot of additional settings. A careful study will reveal many stylizing options for viewing messages. A few of the more functional panels include.. Options-General Some people like to see their inbox right away. Check "When Starting, go directly to my inbox folder" Click on image to expand. [image is sample only] [You may want choose your own settings as suggested] Options-Send Microsoft recommends sending email messages as "Text-Only" or "Plain Text". The default setting may be set for html, look at this carefully and make changes where appropriate Click on image to expand. [image is sample only] [You may want choose your own settings as suggested] Options-Security This panel comes with "vewing of external images" disabled. Uncheck if you want to see images.