How do Outlook and Outlook Express relate?

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What I don't understand is why every report, execpt this one, that I've read ignores Express' Internet News Reader. This is the most use news reader in the world today (I'm not saying the best). Even MS ignores it.

For what it's worth, i haven't found one thing that Outlook can do for your basic home-end user that OE can't do just as well. Not that it makes any difference to me, but Outlook doesn't seem to be able to handle Hotmail accounts either.

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I tend to agree with you. OE is often the correct choice for home use. And you're correct, Outlook does not support Hotmail the same way OE does. They keep threatening to remove the support from Hotmail that allows OE to continue to support it, though. Each time it's mentioned there's an backlash, so the result is it's still there. For now :-).

(Outlook supports hotmail in the sense that you can set the homepage for a folder to the hotmail homepage. Not "support" in the native sense.)

Leo

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I believe Outlook 2002 supports Hotmail, and I know for a fact that Outlook 2003 does (I'm using it now)

You are quite correct. Outlook 2000 did not, but I overlooked the fact that with Outlook 2002/XP, and now again with Outlook 2003, Hotmail support has been added natively. Thanks for pointing it out. (Now using it myself also :-).

As far as I can tell, it does't download into your common inbox with other accounts, though, but rather sets up a parallel set of virtual folders that are a view onto the information up on hotmail. Still, it makes managing hotmail email much, much easier.

Leo

I am considering an upgrade from O/E to Outlook 2000 to gain the calendar and task organizing capabilities. Does Outlook support mulitple identities as O/E does? I haven't been able to find any specific info on this.

I think Outlook uses the concept of "profile" (Outlook user profile: A group of e-mail accounts and address books. Typically, a user needs only one but can create any number, each with a set of e-mail accounts and address books. Multiple profiles are useful if more than one person uses the computer. ) When I go to Outlook "help," it seems to offer plenty of advice on how to tap into this feature. You can apparently set up Outlook to prompt for which profile you want to use each time Outlook is launched. I've never tried it, but assume it works akin to identities in O/E...

I thank you for the explanation as to the difference between the two. I just wish I could get someone to explain how I can set up Outlook 2000 to be mailer handler. I am presently using outlook express v6. Am still using windows 98 with upgrades.

Annette: where are you having trouble? Typically it's a matter of installing outlook, and configuring your email accounts, and off you go.

Leo

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