Help: WaxMail for Outlook Express
April 10, 2008 Help & Support No CommentsWaxMail Help - Outlook Express
Features:
- Send a voice message to any email address
- Reply to a normal email with a voice message
- Add a voice message to a normal email
- Add multiple voice messages to an email
- Pause recording
- Listen to the voice message before sending
- Name a voice message
- Delete a voice message
- Alter the auto-generated email body text
Most systems should function OK without special configuration – just plug in your microphone or headset (laptop users can use their built-in microphone) and start using WaxMail.
However if you find that your voice is not being recorded correctly, or if the volume level is not adequate, follow these steps:
- Start > Control Panel.
- Open “Sounds and Audio Devices”.
- Click the “Audio” tab.
- In the “Sound Recording” panel, click the “Volume” button.
- Check and alter the “Microphone” settings as required. Ensure the “Select” checkbox is checked. Adjust the volume and other settings as required.
Send a voice message to any email address
To send a voice message using WaxMail:
1. Click the “New WaxMail” button on the Outlook Express toolbar:
2. A normal Outlook email window is displayed, together with the WaxMail recording desk.
3. Enter the recipient(s) and subject as you normally would.
4. Click the “Rec” button.
5. Record your message by speaking into the microphone. NOTE: You can keep working while you talk. For example, you can enter text into the body of the email, alter the recipients etc.
6. Click “Stop” when you have finished recording.
7. WaxMail saves the recording to disk as an MP3 file. WaxMail also updates the text in the email to let your recipient(s) know that there is a recording for them to listen to. NOTE: You will not see the attachment in the message window at this point. The attachment is added to the message when you click “Send”.
8. Click “Send”
The recipient can listen to your message using any MP3 player and any email client – usually by simply double-clicking the attachment.
Reply to a normal email with a voice message
To reply to a normal email using WaxMail:
1. Click Outlook’s “Reply” button as you would normally.
2. Within the email toolbar, click the “Add WaxMail message” button.
3. Click the “Rec” button.
4. Record your message by speaking into the microphone.
5. Click “Stop” when you have finished recording.
6. WaxMail saves the recording to disk as an MP3 file. WaxMail also updates the text in the email to let your recipient(s) know that there is a recording for them to listen to. NOTE: You will not see the attachment in the message window at this point. The attachment is added to the message when you click “Send”.
7. Click “Send”
Add a voice message to a normal email
Sometimes you will be typing a normal email and then decide you want to include a WaxMail voice attachment.
To do this:
1. Within the email toolbar, click the “Add WaxMail message” button.
2. Click the “Rec” button.
3. Record your message by speaking into the microphone.
4. Click “Stop” when you have finished recording.
5. WaxMail saves the recording to disk as an MP3 file. WaxMail also updates the text in the email to let your recipient(s) know that there is a recording for them to listen to. NOTE: You will not see the attachment in the message window at this point. The attachment is added to the message when you click “Send”.
Add multiple voice messages to an email
You can add multiple voice messages to a single email, simply by clicking “Rec” and “Stop” multiple times.
While recording, you can pause at any time by clicking the Pause button.
Whereas clicking Stop then Record again generates two separate voice message attachments, clicking Pause allows you to stop recording for a while, but keep the entire voice message in one attachment.
Listen to the voice message before sending
WaxMail messages are saved as standard MP3 files.
To listen to a recorded message, select the message in the WaxMail recording desk, and click the Play button. The recording will be played back using your default MP3 player (e.g. Windows Media Player).
NOTE: This requires Windows Media Player, which is installed on most Windows systems, or any other audio software compatible with the MP3 format. If you have difficulty playing the file, install Windows Media Player (included on the Windows XP/2000 installation media and also available as a free download from Microsoft).
WaxMail voice message attachments are called “WaxMail Message 1.mp3”, “WaxMail Message 2.mp3” and so on by default. You can rename the attachments as follows:
1. Click on the attachment in the WaxMail Recording Desk.
2. Click the “Rename” button.
3. Enter the new name.
4. Click OK.
You can delete a WaxMail voice message attachment as follows:
1. Click on the attachment in the
2. Click the “Delete” button.
3. Click OK to confirm.
Alter the auto-generated email body text
As voice messages are created, WaxMail updates the body of the email to alert the recipient to the presence of the attachment. To change this auto-generated text, click the Options button on the WaxMail toolbar, enter the text you would like to see, then click OK.
Unable to record?
Click here to troubleshoot recording issues.
Other issues
Contact WaxMail Support for assistance.
- Windows 2000/XP/2003
- Outlook 2000/XP/2002/2003
- Sound Card
- Microphone
Acknowledgements
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