Question OE vs Outlook
 

I have OE and am used to it (for many years now), but my computer man is
recommending/suggesting that I switch to Outlook, says it's more stable.
I'd appreciate any input.

Question OE vs Outlook
 

Differences between Outlook Express and MS Outlook:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...tlookvsoe.mspx
And:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;257824

Everyone with Windows has OE, but not Outlook. An Outlook newsgroup will be
able to give you much better information.

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.General
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....configuration
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...k.installation
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.Contacts
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.Calendaring
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.outlook.Fax
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.interop
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.printing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...Program_AddIns
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....program_forms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.Program_VBA
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ThirdPartyUtil
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Joy" wrote in message
...
I have OE and am used to it (for many years now), but my computer man is
recommending/suggesting that I switch to Outlook, says it's more stable.
I'd appreciate any input.

Question OE vs Outlook
 

Whether or not Outlook or Outlook Express is more stable is a matter of
opinion. Unless you would like to use Outlook's many other features, I
can see no reason to switch. For the typical home user, Outlook is overkill.

---
Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Joy wrote:
I have OE and am used to it (for many years now), but my computer man is
recommending/suggesting that I switch to Outlook, says it's more stable.
I'd appreciate any input.

Question OE vs Outlook
 

"Joy" wrote in message
...
I have OE and am used to it (for many years now), but my computer man is
recommending/suggesting that I switch to Outlook, says it's more stable.
I'd appreciate any input.

Outlook is less likely to lose your messages, but it is not free. If you
use OE on WinXP SP2 with ALL updates, not just the critical ones, it will
back up your messages every time you compact the folders. Yours is not
completely up to date.

Compacting of folders is necessary or they will become corrupted or else so
large that they can no longer be used. Deleting a message does not reclaim
the space. The message is marked as deleted but is still there until the
folder is compacted. That is why programs such as DBXtract work.

If a user closes compacting while compacting is in progress data loss will
probably occur.

Open OE and close it and let it compact the messages. After doing this it
won't ask again until you have closed OE 100 times.

If you have WinXP SP2 you will want this update:
There are two articles, KB918766 and KB918651, but the latter is not
currently available. The download link is
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

It places the backup in Recycled, overwriting any earlier backup of the
sane folder(s). To use it, copy it to the store folder, delete the one you
want to replace and then rename the BAK file to DBX. (It's a bit more
complicated if the messed up DBX file isn't there or contains messages that
are hew that you want to keep.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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