| Outlook Express or MS Outlook email clients | | | | any other standards-based communication |
| are generally used by home users and business | | | | system that supports Messaging Application |
| users who need reliability, easy access, | | | | Programming Interface (MAPI), including voice |
| email, newsgroup, notes, meeting, and | | | | mail. Outlook is based on Internet standards |
| journals etc functionalities with their | | | | and supports today's most important e-mail, |
| emails. Most of the users find the email | | | | news, and directory standards, including |
| clients easy and reliable to use because of | | | | LDAP, MHTML, NNTP, MIME, and S/MIME, |
| their user friendly usage patterns. | | | | vCalendar, vCard, iCalendar, and provides |
| | | | full support for HTML mails. |
| Generally Outlook Express is used by home | | | | |
| users and MS Outlook is used by business | | | | MS Outlook provides same migratory options |
| users. The following article illustrates | | | | like Outlook express and enables its users to |
| usage of both the email clients and their | | | | transfer messages from Microsoft Mail, |
| advantage perspectives with their respective | | | | Microsoft Schedule+ 1.0, Microsoft Schedule+ |
| users. | | | | 7.0, Lotus Organizer, NetManage ECCO, |
| | | | Starfish SideKick, Symantec ACT, as well as |
| Outlook Express: | | | | synchronization with leading Personal Digital |
| | | | Assistants (PDAs), such as the 3Com Palm |
| Outlook Express comes embedded with MS IE | | | | Pilot. |
| 4.x, MS IE 5.x, MS Windows 98 operating | | | | |
| system, MS Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | | | | Best email client for you - Outlook Express |
| OS, MS Windows 2000 OS and MS Office 98 for | | | | or MS Outlook |
| Macintosh. Outlook Express email program | | | | |
| proves beneficial for home users who can | | | | There may be times when you have to decide |
| access their emails by dialing to an Internet | | | | between MS Outlook and Outlook Express email |
| service provider (ISP). | | | | clients. Which one to choose? Which email |
| | | | client will be good for you with its features |
| Outlook Express works effectively with any | | | | and functions? |
| Internet standard system - Simple Mail | | | | |
| Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Post Office | | | | First of all check need and scope of using a |
| Protocol 3 (POP3), and Internet Mail Access | | | | particular email client. |
| Protocol (IMAP) and provides full support to | | | | |
| e-mail standards and news such as Lightweight | | | | 1. What do you expect from your email client? |
| Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), | | | | |
| Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension | | | | 2. What all features it should have? |
| Hypertext Markup Language (MHTML), Hypertext | | | | |
| Markup Language (HTML), Secure/Multipurpose | | | | 3. Purpose of using the email client? |
| Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) and Network | | | | |
| News Transfer Protocol (NNTP). | | | | Select Outlook Express, if |
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| Ability of Outlook express to send and | | | | •You need a simple email program to |
| receive emails of multiple email accounts | | | | send and receive emails. |
| proves advantageous and the migration tools | | | | |
| enables to import address book, emails from | | | | •You are a home user and do not require |
| Eudora, Netscape, Microsoft Exchange Server, | | | | to manage meetings, schedules etc. |
| the Windows Inbox, and Outlook easies the | | | | |
| task of managing and organizing email | | | | •You need only Internet e-mail and |
| messages. | | | | newsgroup functionality (for versions of |
| | | | Windows later than Microsoft Windows 95, |
| Outlook express provides full support to html | | | | versions of Windows earlier than Microsoft |
| settings with which you can customize your | | | | Windows 95, Macintosh, and UNIX platforms) |
| messages with backgrounds and graphics. | | | | |
| Built-in stationary designs enable you to | | | | •You work on Office 98 for Macintosh, |
| compose your mail messages with attractive | | | | and you want to take advantage of the |
| designs, mainly required for special | | | | integration of Outlook Express with the |
| occasions like birthdays, meetings, parties, | | | | version of Office suite. |
| announcements etc. | | | | |
| | | | Select MS Outlook, if |
| MS Outlook: | | | | |
| | | | •You need advanced Internet |
| MS Outlook is the stand-alone application | | | | standards-based e-mail and discussion group |
| integrated in MS Office and Exchange Servers. | | | | functionality. |
| Outlook provides integration and performance | | | | |
| with IE 5.5 completely integrated with | | | | •You need integrated personal |
| calendar, contact addresses, drafts, meeting | | | | calendars, group scheduling, task, and |
| scheduling, and notes etc makes MS Outlook | | | | contact management. |
| perfect email client for business users. | | | | |
| | | | •You need integrated e-mail and |
| Organization and filtration of email messages | | | | calendaring, cross-platform clients for |
| makes it easy to work with MS Office | | | | versions of Windows later than Microsoft |
| applications, which help in communicating and | | | | Windows 95, versions of Windows earlier than |
| sharing of emails effectively. | | | | Microsoft Windows 95, and Macintosh |
| | | | platforms. |
| When working with exchange servers, Outlook | | | | |
| provides enhanced internet connectivity, | | | | •You work on Office 97, Office 2000, |
| workgroup information sharing and workflow | | | | Office XP or Exchange Server and want to take |
| communications, public folders, forms, and | | | | advantage of the integration of Outlook with |
| group scheduling. | | | | this version of the Office suite, and the |
| | | | integration with Exchange Server. |
| Outlook is designed for use with the Internet | | | | •You require communication and |
| (SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4), Exchange Server, or | | | | coordination with your staff. |