OE6 Upgrade

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Guest

Hello:

I am using Microsoft's Windows XP (SP3) platform and Outlook Express 6
(OE6) is my main email application.
Recently I installed Internet Explorer 8 and so I am wondering if OE6 has a
corresponding upgrade to say OE7 or OE8.

* Can Outlook Express 6 (OE6) be upgraded to say Outlook Express 7 or 8
?
* If this upgrade is possible; I am interested in how to do it ?
* Can Microsoft Outlook client work as a stand alone application or do I
need the Server also ?

I like OE6 but I need to be able to add audio alarms (using message rules)
when certain emails arrive. Thus the need to upgrade
from OE6 to something higher.


Thanks,
JoJo.
 
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C

JoJo said:
Hello:

I am using Microsoft's Windows XP (SP3) platform and Outlook Express 6
(OE6) is my main email application.
Recently I installed Internet Explorer 8 and so I am wondering if OE6 has a
corresponding upgrade to say OE7 or OE8.

* Can Outlook Express 6 (OE6) be upgraded to say Outlook Express 7 or 8
?
* If this upgrade is possible; I am interested in how to do it ?
* Can Microsoft Outlook client work as a stand alone application or do I
need the Server also ?

I like OE6 but I need to be able to add audio alarms (using message rules)
when certain emails arrive. Thus the need to upgrade
from OE6 to something higher.


Thanks,
JoJo.
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OE is history. No more updates. No new versions. I would suggest using
Thunderbird as it is a FAR superior product to Outhouse Distress. It has
an excellent junk filter, corrects your spelling as you type and has
hundreds of add ons like a calendar and a to do function. Get it at
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird.
 
S

SC Tom

Hello:

I am using Microsoft's Windows XP (SP3) platform and Outlook Express 6
(OE6) is my main email application.
Recently I installed Internet Explorer 8 and so I am wondering if OE6 has
a
corresponding upgrade to say OE7 or OE8.

* Can Outlook Express 6 (OE6) be upgraded to say Outlook Express 7 or 8
?
* If this upgrade is possible; I am interested in how to do it ?
* Can Microsoft Outlook client work as a stand alone application or do
I
need the Server also ?

I like OE6 but I need to be able to add audio alarms (using message rules)
when certain emails arrive. Thus the need to upgrade
from OE6 to something higher.


Thanks,
JoJo.
Click to expand...

OE6 is it, no more to come. It has been replaced (for all intents and
purposes) by Windows Live Mail.

Outlook can be used as a stand-alone application, no problem. Keep in mind
that to access newsgroups with it, you'll need one of the add-ons, such as
this http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/nntp/ , or use a separate program
altogether.

There are also plenty of non-Microsoft email and newsreader clients, and a
number of email/newsreader combos. Run a few of them and see which works
best for what you are trying to do.
 
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Tom Willett

You've done a good job of multiposting this same question everywhere.

<JoJo> wrote in message : Hello:
:
: I am using Microsoft's Windows XP (SP3) platform and Outlook Express 6
: (OE6) is my main email application.
: Recently I installed Internet Explorer 8 and so I am wondering if OE6 has
a
: corresponding upgrade to say OE7 or OE8.
:
: * Can Outlook Express 6 (OE6) be upgraded to say Outlook Express 7 or 8
: ?
: * If this upgrade is possible; I am interested in how to do it ?
: * Can Microsoft Outlook client work as a stand alone application or do
I
: need the Server also ?
:
: I like OE6 but I need to be able to add audio alarms (using message rules)
: when certain emails arrive. Thus the need to upgrade
: from OE6 to something higher.
:
:
: Thanks,
: JoJo.
:
:
:
:
 
S

SC Tom

C said:
OE is history. No more updates. No new versions. I would suggest using
Thunderbird as it is a FAR superior product to Outhouse Distress. It has
an excellent junk filter, corrects your spelling as you type and has
hundreds of add ons like a calendar and a to do function. Get it at
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird.
Click to expand...

You should try the newer version. You'll have even more fun!
 
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C

SC said:
You should try the newer version. You'll have even more fun!
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I don't do newer versions in Linux. When it comes down the repository
pike, I'll upgrade. I've got it on my Windows boxes too and TB3 is
pretty cool.
 
S

SC Tom

C said:
I don't do newer versions in Linux. When it comes down the repository
pike, I'll upgrade. I've got it on my Windows boxes too and TB3 is pretty
cool.
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You're right, it's not too bad. I prefer OE6 on XP and WLM on Win7 myself. I
tried TB for a few weeks, but never could get the newsreader to display like
I wanted it to (or, probably more correctly, like I was used to), so I
dumped it and went back to WLM. I know there are separate programs for each,
but I kinda like the "all in one place" concept.
 
D

David H. Lipman

From: <JoJo>

| Hello:

| I am using Microsoft's Windows XP (SP3) platform and Outlook Express 6
| (OE6) is my main email application.
| Recently I installed Internet Explorer 8 and so I am wondering if OE6 has a
| corresponding upgrade to say OE7 or OE8.

| * Can Outlook Express 6 (OE6) be upgraded to say Outlook Express 7 or 8
| ?
| * If this upgrade is possible; I am interested in how to do it ?
| * Can Microsoft Outlook client work as a stand alone application or do I
| need the Server also ?

| I like OE6 but I need to be able to add audio alarms (using message rules)
| when certain emails arrive. Thus the need to upgrade
| from OE6 to something higher.


| Thanks,
| JoJo.



OE6 SP2 from WinXP SP2 is that *last version* and was replaced by Windows Mail in Vista
(basically, the same program).
 
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C

SC said:
You're right, it's not too bad. I prefer OE6 on XP and WLM on Win7
myself. I tried TB for a few weeks, but never could get the newsreader
to display like I wanted it to (or, probably more correctly, like I was
used to), so I dumped it and went back to WLM. I know there are separate
programs for each, but I kinda like the "all in one place" concept.
Click to expand...

I found the news reader in TB to be superior to OE. I have never tried
WLM on any OS. What is it you wanted to do that OE could do and TB couldn't?
 
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David H. Lipman

| I found the news reader in TB to be superior to OE. I have never tried
| WLM on any OS. What is it you wanted to do that OE could do and TB couldn't?

I have found that using Fidolook in conjunction with OE6 overcomes most of OE's
short-comings.

You'll see in my header...
FL-Build: Fidolook 2007 (HV) 6.0.6000.97 - 24/12/2008 20:32:05
 
S

SC Tom

C said:
I found the news reader in TB to be superior to OE. I have never tried WLM
on any OS. What is it you wanted to do that OE could do and TB couldn't?
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I could never get the sorting the way I wanted it without the settings
affecting my mail also. IIRC, any new replies showed up as separate from the
original, even though I didn't have it set up to break them apart. It's been
a while, but that was part of it, and other minor stuff that I chose not to
deal with. I was also trying to write some message rules and was having a
terrible time trying to find any real support for it. So I just went back to
what I knew. I used to thrive on aggravation and adversity when I was a
working stiff, but I don't need that in retirement :)
 
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C

SC said:
I could never get the sorting the way I wanted it without the settings
affecting my mail also. IIRC, any new replies showed up as separate from
the original, even though I didn't have it set up to break them apart.
It's been a while, but that was part of it, and other minor stuff that I
chose not to deal with. I was also trying to write some message rules
and was having a terrible time trying to find any real support for it.
So I just went back to what I knew. I used to thrive on aggravation and
adversity when I was a working stiff, but I don't need that in
retirement :)
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I just use View --> Threads --> Threads with Unread and it's solved. It
doesn't affect mail.
 
V

VanguardLH

JoJo said:
Hello:

I am using Microsoft's Windows XP (SP3) platform and Outlook Express 6
(OE6) is my main email application.
Recently I installed Internet Explorer 8 and so I am wondering if OE6 has a
corresponding upgrade to say OE7 or OE8.

* Can Outlook Express 6 (OE6) be upgraded to say Outlook Express 7 or 8
?
* If this upgrade is possible; I am interested in how to do it ?
* Can Microsoft Outlook client work as a stand alone application or do I
need the Server also ?

I like OE6 but I need to be able to add audio alarms (using message rules)
when certain emails arrive. Thus the need to upgrade
from OE6 to something higher.

Thanks,
JoJo.
Click to expand...

So in which newsgroup to which you shotgunned your same post are you
actually going to read the replies and respond there? Or are you really
going to separate post your reply to all those MULTI-posted newsgroups?
 

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