hello there; to answer your question? no, you will not be able to use OE as a email client on windows7. the closest you'll get is, windowsmail. ----- Original Message ----- From: Hamid Hamraz To: jfw list Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 6:28 AM Subject: Outlook 2003: problem with outgoing mails Dear all, I am using windows XP SP3 and outlook 2003. I have configured my Gmail account exactly as stated in Gmail help. I receive the incoming mails, but I can not send anything, without any kind of error message! Any suggestions? (I have imported the settings from OE, and then modified it to the ones in gmail help.) I really prefer to use OE, but I am switching to windows 7 soon. So I am looking for a well accessible counterpart for OE. Can OE be installed on windows 7, instead of windows mail? Any suggestions/comments is greatly appreciated. Cheers! Hamid