Outlook Express is NOT an Office product
(This doesn't mean to say that I don't care about it or can't offer you
some modicum of advice on it. I'm just saying that it's not part of the
Microsoft Office System.)
Outlook Express is a basic e-mail program that is included with
Microsoft Internet Explorer. It's free, and while it allows you to send
and receive e-mail, it doesn't do all the wild and wonderful things that
its big brother Microsoft Outlook® can do (which is not free, unless
you're a pirate). And so, you may wonder, what is the point of this column
if Outlook Express isn't an Office product? And furthermore, what's the
point of even using Outlook Express when Outlook has so many more bells
and whistles?
Frankly, that is the point: You have a choice. Maybe you need
neither bells nor whistles. Maybe bells and whistles scare you. Maybe
you're not interested in purchasing bells and whistles at this time since
bells and whistles do not impress you in the least.
And because so many of you write about Outlook Express (just to annoy
me, no doubt), I've decided to devote an entire table to fleshing out some
of the similarities and differences between the two programs. Then you can
make up your mind as to which one is right for you.
Note While you can use both Outlook
and Outlook Express on the same computer, you need to think carefully
about how you're going to use each program. At work, you may choose to use
Outlook for both your personal account and your corporate account. Or, you
may want to use Outlook for your work e-mail and Outlook Express
exclusively for your private e-mail. Consider this: If you read a piece of
e-mail in Outlook Express, it stays in Outlook Express until you delete
it. This means it won't be there for you when you are feeling more
Outlook-ish later in the day because you already downloaded it from your
e-mail server (to another program). What I'm saying is that you probably
don't want to access the same e-mail account on the same
computer using two different programs — the e-mails on that account will
then be divided between two different programs on the same computer.
Another note What I said in the first note
about using both programs on the same computer is completely moot if you
use an IMAP server. (This means that all of your e-mail stays on the
server, so it doesn't matter where you go to retrieve it. It's always in
the folder you create on the server until you delete it or until the spam
cops come and take it —and you — away.) The same also applies to any Web-DAV
account, which includes MSN and MSN Hotmail. If some of the terms I'm
using are starting to confuse you, read my column
Demystify e-mail terms and get on with your life. Then get right back
here.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA010565781033.aspx
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