Outlook Express & Vista?

[Bob Newman]

Can I get Outlook Express 6 to run under Vista? I like that newsreader
better than the one with Windows Mail. If I can do it where would I get
just the Outlook Express to download & install?

 

[Bill]

OE does not work with Vista...closest and pretty good is Windows live Mail
which is in beta...you can download it and try it out.

http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas

I am reasonably happy with it

Bill

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Outlook Express is not compatible with
Windows Vista.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

What you don't like about the News Reader in Windows Mail? It functions the
same way it did in Outlook Express, you set it up the same way, add
newsgroups the same way, the big difference is really filtered search, you
can organize threads easier.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Mozilla Thunderbird
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

 

[Bob Newman]

Actually the two are almost identical with one little quirk that really
bothers me. I subscribe to many newsgroups and may be "watching"
conversations in 5 or 6 different groups at any one time. In the pane at
the left where each newsgroup is listed both readers turn the newsgroup red
that has unread "watched" messages in it. This is great because I wouldn't
remember each group on my own. A MAJOR DIFFERENCE is this. In OE6 the
newsgroup name will stay red if there are ANY unread messages in a watched
group. In Windows Mail once you open up that group it will no longer be red
even if you did not read any messages. It's a little thing but it's driving
me nuts!

Bob

 

[Telstar]

You did not read... the main issue is the newsgroup reader.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Bob;
I don't see that.
For me, the group remains red until I read all messages.
Double check your settings, something is probably wrong.
Perhaps a setting that removed the red if the group is opened.

Otherwise ask in the "microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail" newsgroup.
Someone there will probably have the solution.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Thunderbird supports newsgroups too.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Yes i did. I am using Thunderbird to read these newsgroups.

Take a look at the header information of my post and you will see:

User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728)

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org