outlook express

[Raul]

when upgrading to vista business from XP I lost outlook express. I assume
it no longer exists in Vista.

Any alternatives to Outlook express in Vista?

Thanks,
Raul Rego

 

[Raul]

Tom, I read that but cant find it. Do you know the name of the file so that
I can search for it?

Thanks,

 

[Tom Porterfield]

when upgrading to vista business from XP I lost outlook express. I assume
it no longer exists in Vista.

Any alternatives to Outlook express in Vista?

The new version of Outlook Express is called Windows Mail in Vista.

 

[Jeffrey S. Sparks]

It's called Windows Mail now.

Jeff

 

[Frankster]

Start | All Programs | Windows Mail

-Frank

Tom, I read that but cant find it. Do you know the name of the file so
that I can search for it?

Thanks,

 

[Tom Porterfield]

Tom, I read that but cant find it. Do you know the name of the file so
that I can search for it?

You should find it on the start menu at Start->All Programs->Windows Mail.
Some articles that might help get you going:

Working with Windows Mail
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/00e419ef-fee2-472c-ad02-b14331571a521033.mspx

Demo: Using Windows Mail
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/47342020-309f-4542-aa1d-7f98e1cf06591033.mspx

 

[Xalil]

I likeWindows Mail, but I find the icons kind of difficult to navigate. For
example, because I cannot find the icon I would usually use to create a new
thread, I have to go to the menu bar and go to File/New. It works the same
as OE for the most part but is different in some other but insignificant
ways.

In fact, I set up Microsoft Office Outlook which I really liked as far as
all the features went, but the data was all over the map, so I looked for OE
too. I saw and checked out the WM and tada! There was OE under a different
name, but not as user friendly anymore.

One word of advice though, if you check your email from more than once
source - i.e.: WM, MSO, Verizon Central, Yahoo!, MSN, Google GMail, etc. -
choose and use ONLY one because it will make it difficult for you to find
any email you may have just read and want to forward, read, or print out.
You may even lose important email or find yourself not receiving email that
you would otherwise receive as I discovered.

 

[Xalil]

Correction: I just found the icon. I had to add it.

 

[Steve Cochran]

Go to Control Panel | Default Programs and make Windows Mail default. You
should then have a shortcut in the Programs menu for email that will open
it.

To import your OE messages, see www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm

steve

 

[Cymbal Man Freq.]

What program should I use that would also handle newsgroups?

Muttering: I should get an XP Pro machine and run Vista as a Virtual PC.

 

[Paul-B]

What program should I use that would also handle newsgroups?

Muttering: I should get an XP Pro machine and run Vista as a Virtual
PC.

Generally speaking combined email and news clients are not the best of
programs. Ditch Windows Mail/Outlook Express, they're both buggy and
non-compliant. Eudora is a terrific email program, see:

http://email.about.com/cs/winclientreviews/gr/eudora.htm

Get the light version free, or pay $19.95 for the full version from:

http://www.eudora.com/

For news you can't do much better than XanaNews, which is free and far
better than any Microsoft offering:

http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/xananews.htm

HTH

 

[Raul]

thanks, will implement it as newsgroups. By now Outlook should have
incorporated the newsgroup function.