Re: Windows Live Mail, OE, Outlook, Are they the brothers or twins?

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On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 20:38:33 +0800, "smith" <@discussion.com> wrote:

I found that they are too similar to each other, but if they are that way,
why Microsoft would like to develop an identical one?


Windows Mail is essentially just the newest version of Outlook
Express. They both come as part of the operating system. Windows Mail
is the version that ships with Vista.

Outlook is another thing entirely. It is not free/part of the
operating system, but is for sale, either separately or as part of
Microsoft Office.

They also have very different feature sets. Outlook Express/Windows
Mail is an E-mail Client and newsreader. Outlook is a full-featured
Personal Information Manager, and also does E-mail. They overlap in
only a single area: E-mail.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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