Guest LB Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Outlook Express, Microsoft Corp.'s free, stripped-down version of Outlook, is not on its last legs, contrary to reports published reports this week, Microsoft said.But exactly how Microsoft will continue to support OE remains a bit murky.OE currently ships as part of Internet Explorer. And Microsoft has admitted begrudgingly that it has no plans to continue to support a standalone version of IE going forward. The current and seemingly final version of IE for Windows is Service Pack 1 for IE 6. Future IE releases will be bundled into future versions of Windows only.It seems the same is true of OE, although Microsoft isn't stating the situation as plainly as that."The word is that Microsoft will continue to ship Outlook Express code in Windows and will support it as needs of customers arise," according to a company spokeswoman, asked for comment on a published report on OE's demise. The OE team is currently part of the Windows team, the spokeswoman added. She did not comment on whether Microsoft will continue to advance the OE product, or support only the current iteration.OE isn't Microsoft's only free e-mail client. The company has been pushing its Hotmail client as its preferred free e-mail solution. For users who want full e-mail functionality, as well as client support for Microsoft's Exchange Server, Microsoft offers its full-blown Outlook client.There is no information on any change in Microsoft's support plans for OE on the OE home page on Microsoft's Web site. The page states, simply, that users need to download IE in order to obtain OE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 I like outlook express..........could never get to grips with outlook and I hate hotmail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LB Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 I like outlook express..........could never get to grips with outlook and I hate hotmail.i too hate hotmail, i use outlook mostly but like the preview pane in O.Express. Outlook is standard at work though so its a case of what i'm used to.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 I use outlook at work to. You can configure the preview pane in Outlook too unless your IT chap has disabled the option like ours has. I am afraid though that I still use yellow stickys for appointments and notes etc rather than using Outlook. Which is ok unless they come unstuck and fall under the desk!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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