Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5

...complain about the services that Microsoft offer; they think that they are too unreliable, are lacking in basic elements of on-line security and are slow and difficult to use. I, however, have always been a great follower of Microsoft, and Outlook Express 5.5 has affirmed my faith in them if ever a computer program has. It might well be true that this is one of the greatest e-mail systems around, certainly one of the best for writing mails and storing ...
...with most Microsoft products, and the cause of the late court-case of Microsoft, it's in a league of its own. There are, quite simply, no other popular e-mail systems that you can compare it to (with the possible exception of Netscape Messenger, although this is hardly a possible competitor). For this reason, Outlook Express continues to attract more users than any other product of its kind, and this, the latest version, is the most popular by far. ...

craigy_baby_2000 06.02.2001 · Read full review
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...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 ...
...annoy me. For a start with email addresses you can add them to the address book by opening the message and from the tools menu you can add to the address book. However it is impossible to add email addresses that are embedded in the actual mail if you are forwarding or replying to a mail. If you are reading a mail you can right click on an embedded email address and add to address book. But there is no option to add all the embedded email addresses ...

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...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 ...
...the power user. As always Microsoft have managed it, with a simple interface hiding a pretty powerful program. First and foremost Outlook Express is there so that you can receive, read and send email. What's good is that it allows your whole family to do this separately and confidentially. A feature called identities allows each user to have their own account, which can be password protected if necessary. This means that when you go online you can ...

real_rob_writer 22.08.2001 · Read full review
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...always given us a classic Microsoft feel to sending an email. Outlook Express 5.5 is bundled along with Internet Explorer 5.5, which you get free with Windows 98. OE 5.5 has yet to change from its predecessor’s design, but in my opinion it never was the design that made OE what it was. As per usual, to use OE 5.5, you must have an ISP that offers email. OE takes it from there and creates an address for you, which ends with the name of your connection ...
...is no different with any of the versions, and you’ll end up with your street address tagging along at the end somewhere. OE 5.5 is a convenient package that doesn’t differ that much from the previous OE, but it still boasts a wide range of ways to help improve the service. OE claims to give you access to some 5000 newsgroups and message boards with a range of different topics to choose from. This is one of the things about OE 5.5 that really makes ...

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The term Outlook Express suggests being able to look at things i.e. e-mails, out of say the internet and at a quick and efficient pace. This is exactly what Outlook Express offers. Being able to read messages off-line is a brilliant way for those of us who have yet to find a cheap server as you pay for such little time on the net: just for sending and receiving e-mails. The default layout is clear and easy to use, although you can tune the layout ...
...look for you. And that's what it's all about, being easy for the customer to read. Take my layout as an example. Tabs for the various folders down the left-hand side of the screen means I can switch between different areas of Outlook Express with ease. Alongside this are my contacts listed in alphabetical order, as you would expect, with all that is required to send your friend an e-mail is a double click on their name and away you go. For sending ...

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...a fairly strong dislike for Microsoft products, more through reputation than personal use admittedly. But, when I finally got sick of Netscape Navigator crapping out on me, I took the plunge and started using Internet Exporer, and with it, Outlook Express. Up 'till now, I'd always used either UNIX or web-based email services; however, with my main account ceasing to support its UNIX mail system, and OE supporting Hotmail, I thought it would be as ...
...be a first for a Microsoft program. It also integrates pretty heavily with Windows and IE5.5, for example you can add buttons to your IE toolbar to automatically access Outlook Express; while it probably works just as well alongside Netscape Navigator or whatever, you wouldn't get quite as heavy a level of integration, which can be either a good or a bad thing depending on how you look at it. All in all, it's about everything you could want from ...

JimThorley 06.02.2001 · Read full review
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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 software that allows the user to manage multiple email accounts within one screen. It allows the user to download their email ...
...to read and prepare replies offline. Outlook offers a wide range of other benefits including; extensive mail filters and message rules, comprehensive automatic organisation of mail into different folders, auto-responses, signatures, HTML and text only email, the list goes on. Outlook also has the facility to read and post to multiple newsgroups. This is very useful too. Outlook works extremely well with hotmail accounts and functions only with ...

darrenloud 26.01.2001 · Read full review
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...with Windows by the hated Microsoft makes it a target of crackers (hackers). Microsoft’s programs are written, largely, in Visual Basic and most of them happily use VBScript. In many ways, this is good, but this also makes them prone to VBScript viri. I imagine you have heard about the “ I Love You “ virus. There are, if you’re picky, some other downsides to Outlook Express that are not related to its security holes. Outlook Express does not thread ...

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Beware when you install IE5.5 - Outlook Express is also updated. Unknown to users though is that MS have eliminated the facility to use commas in names - it is only treated as a name separator. Also note that the automatic find facility picks the closest on the fly, so you can find your email going to lots of people who didn't expect to hear from you. Other than that, I see few benefits to warrant the need to upgrade - unless you're into multi-media ...

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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. I have Outlook Express 5.50 and at first it did seem alien compared to YAM2. But there were similarities ...
...realised that the woeful tales that I had heard, if they were true, had to apply to previous versions. Express is a bit complicated to a newcomer but if you persevere it soon becomes familiar. I practiced using it by send e-mails to myself with and without attachments, as html etc. Like its browser counterpart, Express has clearly marked menus and icons that do what is necessary. Obviously I haven’t explored the whole programme but so far ...

jimbuck 06.02.2001 (27.10.2001) · Read full review
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Review of Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5

the new version of microsoft outlook 5.0 as arrived and it is lloking good, it has new features enough for any webmaster to use at their own pleasure. it has many features includng net meeting, mutipull users, paswords on emails, many different stationary including the option to take the background from web pages and use it as a stationary. Microsoft also give yuo the option to create your own rules for incoming emails, this option includes moving ...

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The many difference between this version and the previous version 5.0 is the enhanced security features written into the code of the program. If you have upgrade your Internet Browser to 5.5 you will need to upgrade to this version to the e-mail links in webpages to get Outlook Express to open and enable you to write an e-mail. Also if you don't upgrade you can get a problem that Outlook Express won't print with Internet Explorer 5.5 install as ...
...only known to Micrsoft for this to work. In term of layout and use the program looks just the same as the previous version and if you have backed up your address book it will work no problem with this version. I would always disable the preview pane by going to View then selecting Layout... then take the tick out beside Show Preview Pane the click Apply then OK. This is just in case a virus manages to sneak past your antivirus software it won't ...

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...who cringe when the name Microsoft is mentioned and curse at them every time you get one of those annoying blue screens (symbolising the imminent death of your computer, for the third time in an hour). But Outlook Express isn't actually that bad! Outlook Express is the free e-mail client, which ships with Internet Explorer (in this case IE 5.5), much like the e-mail clients you would get with Netscape. Outlook Express has features such as a fully ...
...because it comes with every Microsoft OS and the majority of ISP’s today supply Internet Explorer with it. Internet Explorer along with Outlook Express opens then world of the internet to the general public, it is an easy to use, easy to install (as it is done automatically), easy to set-up (again done automatically with ISP software). ...

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...it comes bundled with other software when you buy your computer, a first timer like me can plead ignorance to other programmes and alternatives. All in all apart from the age old problem of most microsoft software there is a distinct lack manuals or help in learning to use outlook. ...

poolboy 11.06.2001 · Read full review
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I received a copy of this with my ISP’s cd so I loaded it on to give it a go and I found that it was the worst designed program that I have ever run on my measly excuse for a computer. I couldn’t set up my account to go through outlook express yet all my friends could. I rang the customer support line, and after a wait in 30 minute queue I was told that they couldn’t fix the problem and that this was the first problem of this kind ...

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