OUTLOOK Ø Outlook Express is a news and email client included with 4. 0 through 6. 0 versions of Internet Explorer. Ø It is compatible with both IMAP as well as POP 3 and contains an in-built newsreader. Ø Though it sounds similar to the Microsoft Office Outlook it doesn’t share the same codebase but uses a similar architectural philosophy.
ADVANTAGES OF OUTLOOK EXPRESS 1. With the help of Outlook Express, you can download, read and reply to your mails offline. 2. From a single account, you can access and read all the mails and can even zero down the account through which you want to send a reply. 3. You can also have different users and can hence use Outlook express for a public setting such as a library or a laboratory.
IMPLEMENTING OUTLOOK EXPRESS Ø Start the Outlook Express and then click Accounts from the Tools menu, a window will open up, click Add and then click Mail to access the Internet Connection Wizard. Ø In the Your Name page, enter your name as you want it to appear in your mail. Once done, click next. Ø On the page of the Internet E-mail Address, enter your email address. Once done, click next. Remember, this will be the mail account at which people will contact you or send a return mail.
IMPLEMENTING OUTLOOK EXPRESS Ø Now, one the page of the Internet Mail Logon, enter the email or username, which you generally use to access your email service account. Ø If you don’t want to type your password every time you use Outlook Express check the “Remember Password” box. Ø Once done, click Finish. You are now done and ready to use Outlook Express