Outlook Express being discontinued?

[Guest]

We have been told by the University of Phoenix that OE support is being
discontinued. Is this true? When will it happen?

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

I haven't heard of such thing, but then again, this group supports Microsoft
Outlook and not Outlook Express. OE volunteers are down the hall in:

microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer_ie6.outlookexpress

Outside of that and the way I see it, its more of a name change and the
removing of it from the IE6 -> IE7 upgrade experience. In Vista, Windows
Mail looks like Outlook Express to me.
(http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/forhome/mail.mspx or a
better screen shot
http://www.lifehacker.com/assets/resources/2006/09/windowsmail.php)

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Well the name is discontinued. In Windows Vista it is rebranded as Windows
Mail.

 

[Guest]

I guess that I need to be more specific. Will support of OE be discontinued
in Windows XP? Will the "rebranded" tool called Windows Mail have similar
functionalities as OE? Will we be able to use it the same way we used OE?
Will we be able to export OE and import EVERYTHING into Windows Mail? And the
final question: are there any plans to stop support in any way for OE in
Windows XP?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Support for OE is not being dropped, period.

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After furious head scratching, Parris asked:

| I guess that I need to be more specific. Will support of OE be
| discontinued in Windows XP? Will the "rebranded" tool called Windows
| Mail have similar functionalities as OE? Will we be able to use it
| the same way we used OE? Will we be able to export OE and import
| EVERYTHING into Windows Mail? And the final question: are there any
| plans to stop support in any way for OE in Windows XP?
|
| "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
|
|| Well the name is discontinued. In Windows Vista it is rebranded as
|| Windows Mail.
||
|| --
|| Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
|| Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
|| http://www.howto-outlook.com/
|| Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
||
|| -----
|| || We have been told by the University of Phoenix that OE support is
|| being discontinued. Is this true? When will it happen?

 

[Guest]

How about answering ALL of my specific questions?

 

[Pat Willener]

As someone has already mentioned in the first reply, this is not an
Outlook Express group.

How about answering ALL of my specific questions?

Support for OE is not being dropped, period.

--Â
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, Parris asked:

| I guess that I need to be more specific. Will support of OE be
| discontinued in Windows XP? Will the "rebranded" tool called Windows
| Mail have similar functionalities as OE? Will we be able to use it
| the same way we used OE? Will we be able to export OE and import
| EVERYTHING into Windows Mail? And the final question: are there any
| plans to stop support in any way for OE in Windows XP?
|
| "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
|
|| Well the name is discontinued. In Windows Vista it is rebranded as
|| Windows Mail.
||
|| --
|| Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
|| Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
|| http://www.howto-outlook.com/
|| Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
||
|| -----
|| || We have been told by the University of Phoenix that OE support is
|| being discontinued. Is this true? When will it happen?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

As I said; it's rebranded. No need to put that between quotes; same app,
different name

For specifics on new features and everything else about OE/Windows Mail ask
in an OE newsgroup as this one is for Microsoft Office Outlook.

Here is the link for the right forum
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...px?dg=microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

Good Luck!