A very handy feature in Outlook Express is the ability to ‘watch’ or ‘ignore’ messages. Select the ‘Inbox’ folder in Outlook Express, then go to the ‘View’ menu > ‘Columns’. Tick ‘Watch / Ignore’ and click OK. You will notice a new column has been inserted, with a heading row of a set of glasses. If you select a message, then click in this column that message will become ‘watched’. This will highlight the row for that message. Clicking the watch/ignore column again will make the message ignored. This will grey-out that message row. This is an excellent feature to categorise messages into those requiring attention and others which do not require attention. Clicking the watch/ignore column again will restore the message to its normal state.