What to do if you mistakenly configured Outlook for Exchange Server instead of POP/IMAP

Every time you open Outlook, it will try to connect to Exchange Server and fail.

Solution:

Click Windows icon-> Control Panel-> User Account and Family Safety-> Mail

(Or, click Windows icon, type mail in the Search bar. At the top of the menu, if you see the option Mail under Control Panel, click on it)

(If you are using 64 bit version of Windows 7, then look for Mail- 32 Bit icon)

(If you are using Windows XP, click Start-> Control Panel-> Mail)

Click on Show Profiles..

Click on Outlook and click Remove

Click Apply and Ok

Now start Outlook

(It may ask you to type the name of a profile. Type Outlook and click Ok)

You will get the option to setup a new email account

Thunderbird, left pane missing

Probably the pane has been shrunk to zero. At the left hand edge of the ThunderBird window will be a vertical border. Click and drag to the right to expand the pane.

Thunderbird not showing images in an email message

 What to do when Thunderbird do not show the message in proper format:

Open Thunderbird

Click View -> Messege Body As and make sure Original HTML is selected.

For images attached to messages: click View menu and make sure that Display Attachments Inline is checked.