Hi Charlie,

1st question:
I remember in OE we needed to fill out the outgoing and incoming
addresses.

Answer:

How to create a new e-mail profile in Outlook 2003/2007?:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=829918

2nd question:
change my defaul mail handler to Outlook?

Answer:
Have a look on this site on "Workarrounds"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884425/en-us

Maybe it helps.

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"Charles Coda" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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I have always used Outlook Express. I have a new laptop and want to use
Outlook 2007. The laptop has Office 2007.
What do I need to do in Outlook to set Outlook as my default mail handler?
I remember in OE we needed to fill out the outgoing and incoming
addresses. I assume we must do the same for Outlook. Do I fill out the
Outlook Express information and then change my defaul mail handler to
Outlook?

Since I never have set up Outlook from the start I did not want to make a
mistake.
Thanks for the help.

Charlie