Outlook Express 5.5

Outlook Express Version 5.5 is bundled free with Internet Explorer 5.5 and is probably the only email reader that you will use if you have Microsoft O/S unless your pretty unfortunate to be connected to AOL, or have Lotus Notes. Outlook Express has the standard functionality required for an email reader such as sending/receiving emails, email filters, newsgroup reader, connection to various pop3/SMTP, IMAP or http accounts. If you were using Lotus Notes mail server and VIM this could be a problem if the SMTP option is not turned on. ADDRESS BOOK Using Outlook Express every day, I tend to find specific functionality that does annoy me. For a ...  Read the complete review

I use Microsoft Outlook Express to quickly check and download any new emails I may recieve. Using a piece of software such as this has a few advantages and benifits. Advantage 1: Outlook Express can be used for multiple email accounts and also for multiple email users. Using this is software I can simply click on "Send/Recieve" and the program will automatically access, check and download any emails in each of my individual email accounts. Advantage 2: Using outlook express it is possible to use the "email rules" facility that allows you to create rules on how certain emails from particular senders are treated. ...  Read the complete review

I am a regular user of Outlook Express and I have to admit to being a fan of it. I can hear the cries now about how dare I like a Microsoft Product! I have been using Outlook Express for a couple of years now. It took me a while to get used to but now it is my favourite email package. Outlook Express in my opinion is a very good email package that does all the jobs I want it to efficiently and effectively. The latest Outlook Express (5.5) which I am using at the moment seems to be the most reliable and safest of Microsoft Products. I hardly get any crashes/ lock ups when using Outlook Express and there are certainly no perculiar operations that occur. ...  Read the complete review

What do the vast majority of people use to read their emails? Outlook Express is the answer, and the reason why? Microsoft distribute it with Internet Explorer, which in turn comes with every new PC. Outlook Express can be thought of as the cut down version of its bigger brother, Outlook, but this isn't actually necessarily the case. Outlook is much more of a personal management program, where the busy people amongst us can manage their lives. Outlook Express is much more streamlined, and offers quick instant access to email and newsgroups. It has to be easy enough to use for the new user, but remain complex enough to satisfy the power user. As always ...  Read the complete review

It pains me to say this but I would be lost without this particular piece of software. Outlook is essentially an email tool but it has many advanced features that gives it the edge over its competitors. The version I use is the one distributed with Office '97. Previously I had worked with Microsoft Exchange, which is essentially a stripped down version of Outlook offering the basic email utilities only. The following is a list of features that I use most on Outlook. INBOX The main email facility within Outlook is pretty standard. It allows you to send attachments, add signatures, flag messages, print contents and so on. Additionally you can ...  Read the complete review