<VV> Tech Question - outlook express (no corvair)

Tue Jun 22 01:20:15 EDT 2010

I'm a big computer guru but really into hardware much more than software. 
As I recall "outlook express" was discontinued after XP.  Vista features 
"Windows Mail" which is what I am using to type this very message.

Windows mail is nearly identical in form and function to Outlook Express 
except that you can't have "Multliple Identities" on one user account with 
different email addresses anymore... I dont use multiple emails but I think 
if you do you just add however many addresses and they essentially share one 
inbox.  You can of course create "rules" that will divide messages into 
different subfolders.. as I have set up for any message with <VV> in the 
subject line to go to my virtual vairs inbox.

I find windows mail to be excellent, it's so similar in appearance and 
layout to old Outlook Express that you will forget the differences after the 
first couple times you use it... it is more secure, and it has lots of nice 
easy to use features that are fairly self explanatory... the "rules" 
function that sorts emails into different inbox folders or junks them etc. 
is wonderfully easy to use and effective...  I think that is the biggest 
improvement for the basic user by far.

If you have multiple different people using the computer...  just have them 
each have a separate windows user account.  Windows Mail settings are 
specific to the windows "user account" logged on,  so if your wife logs on 
as herself instead of you and clicks on windows mail she gets her inbox 
instead of yours etc.  It works really well.

On that note I'm going to chime in with my thoughts on the various windows 
versions.  Contrary to what the mindless masses will tell you Vista is 
currently a fantastic operating system.. probably the best mainstream OS on 
the market right now.  Vista suffered from growing pains in its first year 
or two, and also earned a bad rep from people "upgrading" to it on computers 
that were not powerful enough to run it well or reliably....  With the 
release of Vista SP1 Vista became quite good, and with the release of SP2 it 
became fantastic.

Windows 7 is shaping up nicely (and much more quickly than vista did) and it 
pretty darn good...  already a reasonable alternative to Vista.  As of my 
last check 7 still hadn't quite caught Vista on the performance front 
(making best use of resources for 3d applications etc.), and still had more 
glitches to work out than Vista still has.. but that's just because it's 
still fairly new.

To all those people who still stubbornly stick with XP....  If it aint broke 
don't fix it applies here.. however...   XP is full of security holes even 
with all the updates AND contrary to popular belief no longer outperforms 
Vista sind SP2, so the only reason to stick with XP is to save the cost of 
an upgrade, or because people hate change!  They did move things around too 
much with Vista... took longer to adapt to it than it usually takes to go 
from one Windows version to the next.. which was a mistake that contributed 
to it's poor reception by the public.  Once you get used to it I do find it 
to be a much nicer layout.. but it drove me nuts for about a month when I 
learned it had overtaken XP in terms of gaming performance and finally 
started using it.

Ray R.

PS- if anyone here decides to buy a new computer, or has problems with their 
computer being really slow, viruses or popups, or "crashing" please message 
me, I might be able to save you a lot of money with some good advice. 
Computer sales are a real racket, I would know I used to sell them.  Also 
with newer computers there is often a VERY EASY way to fix your computer 
extremely easily if you just make some easy preparations ahead of time.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Swiatowy" <gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Tech Question - non Corvair

> According to my son, who installed windows 7 on a computer for me.
> No, there is not a version of Outlook express for windows 7.
> That is intentional due to Outlook Express being susceptible to virus
> infiltration.
>
> That said, he proceeded to install outlook express anyways using a 
> "custom"
> installation and our old XP disc.
>
> I am using Windows 7, with the old version of Outlook Express.
>
> Gary Swiatowy
>
>
>
> From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: <VV> Tech Question - non Corvair
>
> Is there a version of Outlook Express to use with Windows 7?
>
> I got a netbook computer that I want to use in Iowa (starting tomorrow). 
> I
> typically use my browser to preview my inbox and spam folders and then 
> just
> pull in the emails to OE that I actually want to see (and possibly keep on
> the hard drive)  I can't seem to find a location to safely download OE to
> the Windows 7 computer.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Later, JR
>
>
>
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