Outlook Express: I miss you!

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Ted Mercer

Is there a way of replacing Vista's Windows Mail with XP's Windows' Outlook
Express?

OE satisfied my needs with little trouble. Since installing Vista and
Windows Mail, I have experienced endless problems, many ending with the
message now famous message, "An Error has occurred ...".

I am yet to understand what would be the advantage in using WM over OE even
if it did work as intended. If Microsoft would restore OE, half of the
postings here would not occur.

Microsoft, at least please give us the ability to choose between the two
programs.
 
Ted said:
Is there a way of replacing Vista's Windows Mail with XP's Windows'
Outlook Express?

OE satisfied my needs with little trouble. Since installing Vista and
Windows Mail, I have experienced endless problems, many ending with
the message now famous message, "An Error has occurred ...".

I am yet to understand what would be the advantage in using WM over
OE even if it did work as intended. If Microsoft would restore OE,
half of the postings here would not occur.

Microsoft, at least please give us the ability to choose between the
two programs.
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You cannot install Outlook Express on Vista but
maybe Windows Live Mail would be worth a look:

Windows Live Mail
http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas

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Ted Mercer said:
Is there a way of replacing Vista's Windows Mail with XP's Windows'
Outlook Express?

OE satisfied my needs with little trouble. Since installing Vista and
Windows Mail, I have experienced endless problems, many ending with the
message now famous message, "An Error has occurred ...".

I am yet to understand what would be the advantage in using WM over OE
even if it did work as intended. If Microsoft would restore OE, half of
the postings here would not occur.

Microsoft, at least please give us the ability to choose between the two
programs.
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You have a choice between say Norton and McAfee or Avast
that would probebly help.
 
Why is the Original Poster talking about Windows Mail and yet, Julian, you
are referring to Anti Virus Software? Am I missing something here?

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Unfortunately Windows Mail is an integral part of Vista and is not something
that can be uninstall and replaced by Outlook Express, although Windows Mail
is actually a wolf in sheep's clothing, because Windows Mail 'is' Outlook
Express but with a name change and a few tweaks.

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John Barnett MVP said:
Why is the Original Poster talking about Windows Mail and yet, Julian, you
are referring to Anti Virus Software? Am I missing something here?

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John Barnett MVP said:
Why is the Original Poster talking about Windows Mail and yet, Julian, you
are referring to Anti Virus Software? Am I missing something here?
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"An Error has occurred ..." perhaps?
 
If you want to help someone with a Windows Mail, or Outlook Express problem,
never suggest Norton or McAfee. They cause more problems than they solve
with these mail programs.
 
Bruce Hagen said:
If you want to help someone with a Windows Mail, or Outlook Express
problem, never suggest Norton or McAfee. They cause more problems than
they solve with these mail programs.
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I was suggesting that they were likely causes of the problem.
Read it again. Rather than choosing an alternative to Windows Mail
I was saying the choice should be Avast for Norton or McAfee.
 
IMHO, Windows Mail is a poor substitute for OE. I have four fully functional
and active Hotmail accounts, and Vista, in dumping support for Hotmail, has
made it a stumbling block. I was able to login to OE, get all four accounts
running, move mail from my different accounts into separate folders on my
hard drive, etc. Now I'm forced to go to separate MSN sessions (gag) for
each account, and have zero options in moving my messages to a central
repository.

Makes me consider dumping Vista, just for that 'undocumented feature'. Or
should I call it inconsiderate behavior by MS? And I like and publicly
support MS, too. But this drives me nuts. Bill Gates, are you listening?

Best,

Peter Krarup
San Ramon, CA
Redmond BOPA Member #1
 
Dave, et al,

Forget it. I loaded my Hotmail accounts into Outlook and it works. I'll
deal with my hundreds, if not thousands, of saved OE messages at a later
date.

I'm just disappointed that MS didn't consider the possibility that some
folks used OE very efficiently, regardless of some of the shortfalls, and
designed ways to retain the best parts of OE.

User functionality taking a backseat to flashy? Hmmm??
 
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