Outlook versus Outlook Express

[James]

Is Outlook inherently more secure than Outlook Express? I understand the
fact that it has more business applications (i.e. calendar) and does not
have a newsreader (although OE's may substitute) but wondered about it
in terms of securing it to a greater degree. Thank you.

 

[David Candy]

For internet features Outlook is based on Outlook Express. Lucky OE got OL's name and OL stole OE's code. OE's real name is Microsoft Internet Mail And News and is a a couple of years older than OL (which for it's non internet features come from Microsoft Mail and Schedule +).

 

[CS]

Is Outlook inherently more secure than Outlook Express? I understand the
fact that it has more business applications (i.e. calendar) and does not
have a newsreader (although OE's may substitute) but wondered about it
in terms of securing it to a greater degree. Thank you.

Both have had problems with security but with the latest patches
should be "reasonably" secure. As for Outlook being more secure than
OE, I believe they're the same. You might want to consider
downloading Mozilla (the full download) since it has an E-Mail client
plus a very good (secure) browser.