Are there any plans to update outlook express 6 for XP users? I am
especially interested in any plans to add a spam filter.
Thanks for any help!

There will never be any new features for OE. Since Vista is using a new mail
client, OE is dead in the water. As long as operating systems that use OE
are supported, OE will continue to get security and bug updates, but that's
it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Camron" wrote in message
...
Are there any plans to update outlook express 6 for XP users? I am
especially interested in any plans to add a spam filter.
Thanks for any help!

Thanks for your help Bruce!
Another question though...Will XP users be able to use the new mail client
that is coming out with Vista? Or are we "stuck" with outlook express?

Camron


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

There will never be any new features for OE. Since Vista is using a new mail
client, OE is dead in the water. As long as operating systems that use OE
are supported, OE will continue to get security and bug updates, but that's
it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Camron" wrote in message
...
Are there any plans to update outlook express 6 for XP users? I am
especially interested in any plans to add a spam filter.
Thanks for any help!

Camron wrote:
Thanks for your help Bruce!
Another question though...Will XP users be able to use the new mail client
that is coming out with Vista? Or are we "stuck" with outlook express?

Camron

Stuck, unless, of course, you are open to other programs such as Pegasus
Mail or Thunderbird.

Alias


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

There will never be any new features for OE. Since Vista is using a new mail
client, OE is dead in the water. As long as operating systems that use OE
are supported, OE will continue to get security and bug updates, but that's
it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Camron" wrote in message
...
Are there any plans to update outlook express 6 for XP users? I am
especially interested in any plans to add a spam filter.
Thanks for any help!

Windows Mail will only be available in Vista. There will be a program called
Windows Live Mail desktop that will be available for XP users, but I don't
see anyone jumping up and down about this e-mail client. So, you are
basically "stuck" with OE as far as MS products are concerned. There is MS
Outlook, but you have to pay for it and it depends on having OE to work.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Camron" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your help Bruce!
Another question though...Will XP users be able to use the new mail client
that is coming out with Vista? Or are we "stuck" with outlook express?

Camron


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

There will never be any new features for OE. Since Vista is using a new
mail
client, OE is dead in the water. As long as operating systems that use OE
are supported, OE will continue to get security and bug updates, but
that's
it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Camron" wrote in message
...
Are there any plans to update outlook express 6 for XP users? I am
especially interested in any plans to add a spam filter.
Thanks for any help!

Thunderbird won't work with hotmail accounts, well not that i know of
anyways. Take care.

Alias wrote:
Camron wrote:
Thanks for your help Bruce!
Another question though...Will XP users be able to use the new mail
client that is coming out with Vista? Or are we "stuck" with
outlook express?
Camron

Stuck, unless, of course, you are open to other programs such as
Pegasus Mail or Thunderbird.

Alias


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

There will never be any new features for OE. Since Vista is using a
new mail client, OE is dead in the water. As long as operating
systems that use OE are supported, OE will continue to get security
and bug updates, but that's it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Camron" wrote in message
...
Are there any plans to update outlook express 6 for XP users? I am
especially interested in any plans to add a spam filter.
Thanks for any help!

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marrie wrote:
Thunderbird won't work with hotmail accounts, well not that i know of
anyways. Take care.

*Anything* (that does POP) will work with Hotmail accounts (and most
other webmail services for that matter): FreePOPs [1] is your friend.

FYI, I use YPOPs! [2], which is similar to FreePOPs, but is Yahoo-only.

[1] http://freepops.sourceforge.net

[2] http://yahoopops.sourceforge.net

You will need to buy anti-spam filter program from Norton/Symantec
McCaffee etc etc. Norton Works for me just fine but hotmail has got its
own spam filter and when you download your messages using pop3 settings,
the filters are effective.

I have a few free hotmail accounts that still work using OE, and spam
filters are effective in OE as they are in hotmail account itself.





Camron wrote:

Are there any plans to update outlook express 6 for XP users? I am
especially interested in any plans to add a spam filter.
Thanks for any help!

Frank Slootweg wrote:

[Subject: changed.]

marrie wrote:
Thunderbird won't work with hotmail accounts, well not that i know of
anyways. Take care.

*Anything* (that does POP) will work with Hotmail accounts (and most
other webmail services for that matter): FreePOPs [1] is your friend.



If you are using FREE hotmail service then you can only use MS email
clients - such as OE or OL. You seem to be quite sure when you say:

"Anything* (that does POP) will work with Hotmail accounts (and most
other webmail services for that matter)"

Have you tried using other email clients to download messages from FREE
hotmail account? When I say FREE hotmail account, I mean old accounts
which were set to use OE or OL to download messages before the charging
came into force.

I have tried using Netscape but it didn't work.

Other free accounts you can use a

http://www.aim.com
http://www.yahoo.co.uk

Yahoo.co.uk is an english version that allows you to use OE or OL or for
that matter anything to download and post messages. Same with aim.com
(aol free service).

marrie wrote:
Thunderbird won't work with hotmail accounts, well not that i know of
anyways. Take care.

I wouldn't know. I don't do Hotmail. I don't like the way it sets itself
up in OE so I am sure I wouldn't care for it in any other email program.

Alias

Alias wrote:
Camron wrote:
Thanks for your help Bruce!
Another question though...Will XP users be able to use the new mail
client that is coming out with Vista? Or are we "stuck" with
outlook express?
Camron
Stuck, unless, of course, you are open to other programs such as
Pegasus Mail or Thunderbird.

Alias

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

There will never be any new features for OE. Since Vista is using a
new mail client, OE is dead in the water. As long as operating
systems that use OE are supported, OE will continue to get security
and bug updates, but that's it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Camron" wrote in message
...
Are there any plans to update outlook express 6 for XP users? I am
especially interested in any plans to add a spam filter.
Thanks for any help!