Outlook Express 5.5 Reviews

I'll say right from the start that I've never been a big fan of the MSIE range of software. It does not, however, necessarily follow that Outlook Express will get a trashing here. On the contrary, I think that it's an excellent piece of software - for experienced Microsoft product users. E-mail and newsgroups have come a long ...  Read the complete review

I have many e-mail box and I don't like to visit the website to read my e-mails, insert username and password, click to each message... Outlook express can download all my messages in few seconds and I can read all e-mail I'm interested. You have only to configure your accounts, and when you are connected Outlook download the ...  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. ...  Read the complete review

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, ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

You'd do so much better trying out other software before deciding on this one. - Advantages: Quite user-friendly, Integrated mail and news - Disadvantages: Disobeys loads of standards, Hugely bloated programme, Relatively slow

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 ...  Read the complete review

I have read most of the opinions on MS Outlook and have to say that they do not reflect the true potential of this piece of software. With due respect to the other opinion writers, I believe those who find Outlook bad are those who do not have the knowledge to use it effectively. Outlook express (5.5) is a versatile piece of ...  Read the complete review

YAM2 the e-mail client that I used to use on the Amiga was so straightforward to use that I dreaded having to use Outlook Express on my new PC. I had heard so many tales about how naff it was and unnecessarily complicated and how Eudora was miles better but being pre-installed I was left with little option but to try to get to grips with it. ...  Read the complete review