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09-29-2009, 08:01 PM
john f
Default is Outlook Express being dropped ?

I have heard rumors that Outlook Express is going to be discontinued. If
anyone has accurate information regarding this issue please share it with us.
Thanks.

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09-29-2009, 08:01 PM
Carey Frisch [MVP]
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Windows Live Mail:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Mail


news:
I have heard rumors that Outlook Express is going to be discontinued. If
anyone has accurate information regarding this issue please share it with us.
Thanks.
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09-29-2009, 08:01 PM
Alias
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“ I have heard rumors that Outlook Express is going to be discontinued. If
anyone has accurate information regarding this issue please share it with us.
Thanks.
You heard right and they aren't rumors. Outhouse Distress has been
replaced with Windows Live Fail which replaced Windows Fail.

I would recommend none of them and urge you to check out Thunderbird, a
much better application that you can get at
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird.

Alias
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09-29-2009, 08:01 PM
R. McCarty
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Not in existing products. Outlook Express became Windows Mail in
Windows Vista. Windows Seven may not ship with a native mail app.
In that OS mail support may be available as a downloaded of a mail
client app such as Windows Live Mail or Thunderbird.

Could that situation be what you are referring to ?

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Originally Posted by f
I have heard rumors that Outlook Express is going to be discontinued. If
anyone has accurate information regarding this issue please share it with
us.
Thanks.
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09-29-2009, 08:01 PM
Olσrin
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“ I have heard rumors that Outlook Express is going to be discontinued. If
anyone has accurate information regarding this issue please share it with
us.
Thanks.
"Discontinued" in what way? It'll always be there on XP discs, but was
dropped/revamped in Vista. I don't think even Mr Gates has the power to
change the Internet so that OE isn't a supported mail/news client.

Did you mean *support* for OE? Exactly what sort of support?
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09-29-2009, 08:02 PM
SC Tom
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You heard right and they aren't rumors. Outhouse Distress has been
replaced with Windows Live Fail which replaced Windows Fail.

I would recommend none of them and urge you to check out Thunderbird, a
much better application that you can get at
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird.

Alias
That is, of course, your opinion, and you have the right to your own
opinion. I have tried T'bird, and personally, I hated it. Now it may be that
I was expecting a more 'Outlook-ish' GUI, but I don't think so. I tried it
out for about 2 weeks, and finally uninstalled it. It wasn't the mail side
of it that I disliked so much as I didn't like the newsreader. YOMV. . .

SC Tom
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09-29-2009, 08:02 PM
Ken Blake, MVP
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On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 06:52:12 -0800,

“ I have heard rumors that Outlook Express is going to be discontinued. If
anyone has accurate information regarding this issue please share it with us.


Three points:

1. Outlook Express will not be discontinued, since it will remain in
Windows XP.

2. The is no program called Outlook Express in Windows Vista. It has
been replaced by a program called Windows Mail, which is essentially
nothing more than the latest version of Outlook Express, but with a
new name.

3. Apparently Windows 7 will contain neither Outlook Express nor
Windows Mail, nor any other E-mail program. However you can download
and use a different product, such as the Microsoft Windows Live Mail,
or any other third-party E-mail Client or newsreader you want (just as
you could in older versions of Windows).

Personally, I haven't used Outlook Express for several years, since I
prefer to use Microsoft Outlook for E-mail, and Forte Agent for
newsgroups.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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09-29-2009, 08:02 PM
Bruce Hagen
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“ I have heard rumors that Outlook Express is going to be discontinued. If
anyone has accurate information regarding this issue please share it with
us.
Thanks.

The Outlook Express development team and the Windows Mail development team
were both disbanded in June, 2006. (Yes, when Windows Mail was still beta).

In the case of OE, it will be supported as long as XP is. April 2014 in the
case of XP/SP3.

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
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09-29-2009, 08:02 PM
Mike Hall - MVP
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“
You heard right and they aren't rumors. Outhouse Distress has been
replaced with Windows Live Fail which replaced Windows Fail.

I would recommend none of them and urge you to check out Thunderbird, a
much better application that you can get at
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird.

Alias

Outlook Express lives on for as long as an XP installation does..

Windows Mail has not been replaced by Windows Live Mail, and will survive
for as long as a Vista installation does..

Windows Live Mail is the only free e-mail client on offer from Microsoft,
starting with Windows 7..

Your choice does not equate to 'everybody else has to like it'..




Mike Hall - MVP

Mike's Window - My Blog..
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
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09-29-2009, 08:02 PM
Alias
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Outlook Express lives on for as long as an XP installation does..
In the same lame condition.

“ Windows Mail has not been replaced by Windows Live Mail, and will
survive for as long as a Vista installation does..
In the same lame condition.

“ Windows Live Mail is the only free e-mail client on offer from
Microsoft, starting with Windows 7..
Do you think you're telling me something I don't already know?

“ Your choice does not equate to 'everybody else has to like it'..
No shit; it was just a recommendation. What's yours?

Alias
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