Outlook and OE6

[Lynn W]

I am thinking of installing Outlook as I have had some issues forwarding
mail from OE6 which have GIFs and had no trouble forwarding the same
mail from my Outlook account at work. I understand that if I install
Outlook I will still be able to access the Newsgroups, from what I
understand Outlook will launch OE to read the Newsgroups. Does this
then mean that I have to keep OE6 installed so that it can do this?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Yes, Outlook requires OE to be installed, not for news groups, but for the
presence of shared code. If removed, Outlook will throw errors.

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After furious head scratching, Lynn W asked:

| I am thinking of installing Outlook as I have had some issues
| forwarding mail from OE6 which have GIFs and had no trouble
| forwarding the same mail from my Outlook account at work. I
| understand that if I install Outlook I will still be able to access
| the Newsgroups, from what I understand Outlook will launch OE to read
| the Newsgroups. Does this then mean that I have to keep OE6
| installed so that it can do this?

 

[Lynn W]

Thank you for your reply. I presume then that all I have to do is
install Outlook and not do anything with OE it will sort itself out? I
understand that there is a set way of importing my Address Book, which I
think I do from Outlook and I export email messages from OE6.

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Lynn
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"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
: Yes, Outlook requires OE to be installed, not for news groups, but for
the
: presence of shared code. If removed, Outlook will throw errors.
:
: --
: Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
:
: Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
: unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
: reading.
:
: After furious head scratching, Lynn W asked:
:
: | I am thinking of installing Outlook as I have had some issues
: | forwarding mail from OE6 which have GIFs and had no trouble
: | forwarding the same mail from my Outlook account at work. I
: | understand that if I install Outlook I will still be able to access
: | the Newsgroups, from what I understand Outlook will launch OE to
read
: | the Newsgroups. Does this then mean that I have to keep OE6
: | installed so that it can do this?
:
:

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Correct on all counts.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Lynn W asked:

| Thank you for your reply. I presume then that all I have to do is
| install Outlook and not do anything with OE it will sort itself out? I
| understand that there is a set way of importing my Address Book,
| which I think I do from Outlook and I export email messages from OE6.
|
|| Yes, Outlook requires OE to be installed, not for news groups, but
|| for the presence of shared code. If removed, Outlook will throw
|| errors.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Lynn W asked:
||
||| I am thinking of installing Outlook as I have had some issues
||| forwarding mail from OE6 which have GIFs and had no trouble
||| forwarding the same mail from my Outlook account at work. I
||| understand that if I install Outlook I will still be able to access
||| the Newsgroups, from what I understand Outlook will launch OE to
||| read the Newsgroups. Does this then mean that I have to keep OE6
||| installed so that it can do this?

 

[Christian Goeller]

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook], you wrote on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:40:33
-0800:

Yes, Outlook requires OE to be installed, not for news groups, but for the
presence of shared code. If removed, Outlook will throw errors.

Does this also apply for Outlook versions after 2000?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Does this also apply for Outlook versions after 2000?

Sure does.

 

[Christian Goeller]

Brian Tillman, you wrote on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:08:05 -0500:

Sure does.

And which components, besides the news functionality, are shared by
Outlook 2002/2003 and Outlook Express?

 

[Brian Tillman]

And which components, besides the news functionality, are shared by
Outlook 2002/2003 and Outlook Express?

The news functionality isn't shared at all, since Outlook doesn't "do" news.
The HTML rendering is shared, I believe, and there might be other parts.

 

[Christian Goeller]

Brian Tillman, you wrote on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:36:30 -0500:

The news functionality isn't shared at all, since Outlook doesn't "do" news.

I know that Outlook can't handle the NNTP protocol for news. I meant
that Outlook is using OE as newsreader by default.

The HTML rendering is shared,

Therefor Internet Explorer is required.

and there might be other parts

I'am quite sure Outlook 2002/2003 doesn't need Outlook Express really.
There is an article in Microsoft's KB [1] that describes why Outlook
requires Outlook Express. But this article applies to Outlook 2000 and I
might not find a similiar article for Outlook 2002/2003. Do you know
such an article? If so could you post a link? Thanks in advance!

"Outlook 2000 requires Outlook Express"
[1] http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;230076&x=21&y=14

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'am quite sure Outlook 2002/2003 doesn't need Outlook Express really.

I think the proof that it does is the fact that both OL 2002 and 2003
complain if OE isn't installed and won't run.

 

[Christian Goeller]

Brian Tillman, you wrote on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:47:24 -0500:

I think the proof that it does is the fact that both OL 2002 and 2003
complain if OE isn't installed and won't run.

OK ;-)

 

[SgtRich]

I'am quite sure Outlook 2002/2003 doesn't need Outlook Express really.

It certainly does. Try installing Outlook on a computer that does not
contain Outlook Express. You'll get an error message telling you that
Outlook Express is required.