Why Use Outlook Express? What's MS Outlook there for?

J

john smith

I'm using OE6 - for the first time ever. Been at it a week, already got
problems.

Not a problem but puzzles me: What's the difference, OE and Outlook? What's
Outlook there on my (XP) desktop for?

Which one should i use?
 
D

Dave

oe is free, outlook you buy
outlook has better message filtering
outlook doesn't do news groups, oe does
oe does 'identities' for multiple user home type machines, outlook doesn't
outlook includes a calendar, contact lists, task lists, and lots of other
office type of stuff that oe doesn't.

which one you use depends on what you do. personally i use both, outlook
for mail and calendar, oe just for news groups.
 
J

john smith

Well thanks for the reply. I'll take a look at it. You seem to be saying it
is basically for an entirely different purpose - contact lists, task lists,
etc....

regards,
ab
 
L

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

john said:
Well thanks for the reply. I'll take a look at it. You seem to be
saying it is basically for an entirely different purpose - contact
lists, task lists, etc....
Click to expand...

And calendaring. But it handles email, too - and can be a MAPI client to
connect to Exchange server, as well as Internet mail.
 
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