-=PCTechTalk=- [PHISHING]: Windows Mail
- From: "~Evelyn~" <emartiens@xxxxxxx>
- To: "~pctechtalk~" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 22:47:50 -0700
Hello friends:
This came today.
So it looks it will be OK.
Hugs Evelyn
Ray Wants Outlook Express Back
Is it possible to use Outlook Express with Vista? I just purchased a new
computer which came with Windows Mail. I would rather use Outlook Express if it
is possible. Any information will be appreciated.
Our Answer
We have some good news and bad news. We usually like to give good news first,
but today's just one of those days.
The bad news is you cannot use Outlook Express on Windows Vista.
There's a couple of reasons for this. First of all, you cannot download Outlook
Express by itself (it's a component of Internet Explorer download) and even if
you could you couldn't install it on Windows Vista.
The good news is that there isn't a nickel's worth of difference between
Outlook Express and Windows Mail. Actually, Windows Mail is the new name for
Outlook Express. Anyone who has used Outlook Express for even a little while
will have no problem using Outlook Express. In fact, after you have used
Windows Mail for a few days, you'll call it Outlook Express anyway. The only
major difference you'll notice on the front-end of Windows Mail is that it has
a "Junk Mail" folder, where Outlook Express didn't have one. We don't think it
works very well; but then again, we get thousands of emails every day. While it
might work well for those who only get a few mails each day it does not work
very well for us.
There are substantial differences between Outlook Express and Windows Mail
"under-the-hood" though. The way Outlook Express and Windows Mail store mail
and the mail folders is totally different. Windows Mail stored them in a
readable format whereas Outlook Express stores mail, folders, etc. as DBX files
which are not readable. Windows Mail is much easier to backup, in fact, every
time you compact in Windows Mail a backup is created. So, while the two mail
programs are basically identical, Windows Mail is far superior under-the-hood
in the way it stores and backs up email. There is also the issue of email
stationery, which is quite different in Windows Mail. We'll cover that in a
second.
One more thing. If you upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Vista, all your
accounts, settings, messages, folders, preferences, rules, blocked-senders, and
signatures are imported into Windows Mail. The only bugaboo is that stationery
created for Outlook Express will not work very well in Windows Vista.
Cloudeight has over 2000 stationery which are 100% compatible with Windows Mail
on Windows Vista. We have redone over 75% of our stationery at this point and
continue to work on this upgrade project. We hope to complete it soon. If
you're planning on upgrading to Vista or buying a new computer, and you like
stationery, you'll want to visit our Vista Stationery Page at
http://thundercloud.net/help/vista.htm . So far, we're the only stationery site
making 100% Vista-compatible stationery.
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