Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (2009) Proprietary database without access interface, your emails are locked in proprietary database - this makes it difficult to export data (EML / ESE / JetBlue format)Īll modern Windows (and future Windows), Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Proprietary database with access interface (API) (EML / ESE / JetBlue format)
Undocumented (closed source) proprietary database with access interface (API) (DBX format) Public domain database formats (your email data belongs to you), all formats are documented in the help (SQLite/MBX format) More features missing, ribbons, unintuitive, takes more time for the former Outlook Express user to get used toĬomprehensive set of rules and actions, easy to use Simple, but some features missing like identities FeatureĮasy to use, very similar to Outlook Express The table is based on user comments and our technical research. This table shows some of similarities and differences between OE Classic, Outlook Express, Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail. How does OE Classic compare to Outlook Express, Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail? Your data always belongs to you as it is stored in a public-domain format and there are no storage size limits. The ultimate goal of OE Classic is to be an easy to use, fast, small and secure program with lots of power features and yet, easy to use for a beginner. OE Classic is an email and Usenet reader designed to be a perfect replacement for Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail and even Mozilla Thunderbird. Click here for more details.OE Classic - Replacement for Outlook Express Update: Microsoft has since altered its stance on the future of Outlook Express. Future releases will only be made available as part of the Windows platform. In May, Microsoft revealed that it was no longer planning to release standalone versions of Internet Explorer, which includes the Outlook Express functionality. The currently-in-beta Outlook 2003 client has much lower bandwidth requirements, he said. "The great majority of people used Outlook Express because they weren't on a LAN environment, and Outlook was just too fat for them." "IMAP is just not a very rich protocol," Steve Conn, Exchange Server product manager, told ZDNet Australia during the company's Tech Ed conference. Microsoft executives are hoping those users will now switch to the full-blown Outlook client (and pay for an Office licence in the process).
While Outlook Express has always been most popular with individual consumers, many business users have also utilised it, in part because it is part of its default Windows install. That's where we're putting the emphasis in terms of new investment and new development work." It is consumer email in an early iteration, and our investment in the consumer space is now focused around Hotmail and MSN. "The technology doesn't go away, but no new work is being done. " just sits where it is," said Dan Leach, lead product manager for Microsoft's information worker product management group. It might be the world's most widely distributed email client, but Microsoft has confirmed that it has no intention of further developing Outlook Express.