Using Outlook Express in Vista

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Can I use Outlook Express in Vista instead of using the Microsoft Mail
program? If I can use Outlook Express, where can I download it? Thank you.
 
Mackenrick said:
Can I use Outlook Express in Vista instead of using the Microsoft Mail
program? If I can use Outlook Express, where can I download it? Thank
you.
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Simple answer - you can't. However if you really don't like Windows Mail you
could always try Mozilla Thunderbird or Windows Live Mail....
 
Can I use Outlook Express in Vista instead of using the Microsoft Mail
program? If I can use Outlook Express, where can I download it? Thank
you.
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Two points:

1. Windows Mail, the E-mail program/newsreader that comes with Vista, is
simply a new version of Outlook Express, but with a new name rather than
just a new version number. The change in name is very good, since many
people confused the names Outlook and Outlook Express.

2. So if you are using Windows Mail, you are essentially already using
Outlook Express. If you want to use an older version of Outlook Express, no,
it's not possible to do that.
 
Ken Blake said:
1. Windows Mail, the E-mail program/newsreader that comes with Vista, is
simply a new version of Outlook Express, but with a new name rather than
just a new version number. The change in name is very good, since many
people confused the names Outlook and Outlook Express.
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It's not as confusing as...?

Windows Mail
Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Mail for Desktop (old name for the above)
Windows Live Mail (previous new name for Hotmail)
Windows Live Hotmail

Not to mention all the other Windows Live stuff...

ss.
 
Thanks for all the replies and information. So it looks like the two main MS
choices for Vista would be Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail. One more
question. Do either of these have the capability to make and use
"Stationery" like Outlook Express? Thank you. Mac
 
Yes they do.

In the new message window, there's a button "Stationery". Simply choose the
one you want.

You can even make your own as it's just an HTML file that it uses for fonts,
backgrounds and colours.

Windows Mail has half a dozen samples (and you can create your own, using
the wizard). Start a new message then go to Format > Apply Stationery and
choose the one you want. you can preview them as well.

Windows Live Mail has more samples (and also the ability to create your
own). Start a new message then click the "Stationery" button on the tool
bar, choose the one you want. Also shows a preview of the stationery theme.

Obviously your readers will need an HTML capable email client.
 
There are times when I believe MSFT needs a VP for Special Nomenclature
Affairs, particularly since with a tip of the hat to Synapse, they are now
calling Hotmail Windows Live Hotmail. It's a little like telling someone to
turn down Peachtree Street when 27 streets are named Peachtree Street.
After all, why not make life more challenging by naming a slew of apps close
to the same thing that are mail clients from one company?

After the info you've been given I'd read the topics that interest you and
demo Win Mail and Windows Live Mail at these Vista Help links and then I'd
try them both and see how you like them. It's not going to be system
altering to try them both and see which you prefer. You can read newsgroups
from Windows Live Mail which is important to me from a MSFT client, although
to be sure there are plenty of other ways to access newsgroups.

As has been said, noteWindows Mail does not support the HTTP:// protocol,
which was used by Outlook Express to access Hotmail and other web-based
e-mail services. For more information about e-mail software that supports
Hotmail, visit the Microsoft website.

MSFT Vista Help Topics Win Mail
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/search.aspx?=&qu=windows+mail

Features of Windows Live Mail (Not to be Confused with the Brilliantly named
Windows Live Hotmail or the For Money Windows Live Hotmail Premium)
http://get.live.com/wlmail/features

Importing Email Messages into Windows Mail from OE
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/53e5df86-5ffb-43cf-a0c8-164e3fe7994f1033.mspx

Receive Mail in Hotmail from Other Email Accounts
http://help.live.com/help.aspx?project=mailfull&market=en-us

Add a Pop3 Account in (Paying Windows Live Hotmail Accounts)
http://help.live.com/help.aspx?project=mailfull&market=en-us#

Receive Mail in Win Live Hotmail from non-Pop 3 Accounts
http://help.live.com/help.aspx?project=mailfull&market=en-us#

Automatically sort mail from another account into a folder in Windows Live
Hotmail
http://help.live.com/help.aspx?project=mailfull&market=en-us#

In Win 7, MSFT is dropping Windows Mail and going with Windows Live Mail and
frankly except for cosmetic changes and a few tiny nuances, I can't tell the
difference in either of them functionality wise except that Windows Live
Mail will play ball with Hotmail.

One small improvement that Win Mail brought in Vista though was that instead
of having to take 15 seconds configuring newsgroups and knowing the server
name for news, msnews.microsoft.com you can configure and download the
newsgroups with a couple mouseclicks in a few seconds.

Good luck and Enjoy,

CH
 
Mackenrick said:
Can I use Outlook Express in Vista instead of using the Microsoft Mail
program?

No.


If I can use Outlook Express, where can I download it? Thank you.
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You can't. OE has never been available as a separate download.

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Thanks to everyone who replied. I have a much better understanding of
Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail now. Special thanks to Chad Harris for
all his information.

The way Microsoft names it's programs does leave a lot of room for
confusion. There are just too many that have similar names and often perform
similar functions. It's almost as bad as Symantec with all the different
versions of programs they have that perform similar functions. Norton
Ghost/Save and Restore/360/Internet
Security/Anti-Virus/SystemWorks/SystemWorks Basic/SystemWorks
Standard/SystemWorksPremier. It's just way too confusing for the average
computer user.
 
Microsoft has been working to clean it up:
Windows Live Mail - successor to Windows Mail and Calendar in Vista.
Windows Live Hotmail - Web based mail.

I think they are clear differentiators there. Was very confusing though
during the betas.
 
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