Outlook Express is a very old and now discontinued software, which might not work on your operating system! It will only work on Windows XP! We recommend you as a free and very good alternative. .Outlook Express for Windows 7-8.1-10 (x86-x64 Bit).
OE Classic nails the classic Outlook Express look and feel as intended. All that's missing now is the 'You've Got Mail' sound clip! Oh, and a spam filter. OE ClassicFeatures: Easy to use user interface (similar to Outlook Express), carefully tweaked over the years for simplicity and efficiency; Fast startup.
ARE YOU IN A PANIC??!! but don’t freak out since it’s all going to be ok. Around 30% of the Windows pc’s in the world are still running XP. Let that sink in for a moment. People and businesses are still using a Microsoft product that went up for sale 13 years ago. Eek. This is to serve as a fair warning about the fact that Outlook Express, and XP in general, is about to go away. In fact, Microsoft has created one of the single most awesomely valuable and exciting bug hunts ever, if you are a hacker that is.
What many people don’t realize is that Windows XP, Explorer, and Outlook Express will no longer be supported as of April 8th, 2014. So what does this mean in plain English? Basically, if there is a flaw that someone discovers in the operating system (and these still do pop up regularly) Microsoft will not fix them. Here are some common questions our clients have asked us or thoughts they’ve expressed.
Questions and Answers
“Ok, it’s stable enough for me.”
Dangerous thinking. This thinking. Every single bug from now until forever will not be patched, no matter what. When a hacker finds a hole in Microsoft security, they know that it will not be patched or protected against. So effectively they have the keys to your digital kingdom. 9 times out of 10 our clients don’t know that their computer is being exploited.
“I’ve been using Explorer for years and I’m happy with it.”
True, but then so are a whole lot of hackers. Explorer for XP hasn’t been updated in a very long time and you aren’t able to install the latest versions of Explorer from Microsoft since they quit supporting XP. So what are your options? Install Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. They are free and can do leaps and bounds more than Explorer can, and best of all, they are frequently updated for security. The neat thing is when you install either program, it will automatically import all your passwords, login id info, favorites, etc from Explorer. So, very little pain and it’s free.
“I’m not worried, they’ll extend support for Windows XP since it’s so popular.”
Again, dangerous thinking. Microsoft has extended support numerous times for XP since they announced it was going to be cancelled a few years ago. In fact, 2009 represents the first time that Microsoft attempted to fully end support for XP. Let that sink in, they’ve been trying to finally kill off XP support for over 5 years. It costs Microsoft a lot of time and money to support XP and every OS that has followed. It’s in their interest to quit supporting the OS and force people onto newer systems.
“I’ll just pay for support. This is a money grab I bet.”
Nope. You don’t have that kind of money. The Dutch Government is coughing up millions of dollars, well Euros but you get the idea, to support just 30 or 40,000 XP machines they still have. Large organizations including school districts have extensive instillations of XP machines that are quite old and are not up to snuff when it comes to running Windows 7, much less Windows 8.1. So, these organizations have to play chicken with hackers and that is usually a game you do not win.
“I’ve got Microsoft Security Essentials, I’m safe.”
I hate being a broken record but nope, they aren’t updating MSE (Microsoft’s free anti malware and antivirus software) either as of April 9th.
We do recommend AVG AntiVirus (Free Edition). It’s a nice piece of software and it’s free. Just beware when you are installing to not install any of the extras.
“I’ve still got my install cd, I can always fix it if something breaks.”
Seriously, we got this comment. Yes, if something breaks or you get hacked, you can always install XP again. Microsoft did extend the ability to install/reinstall XP, for the time being. So, if you do something that causes you to reinstall XP, you can do that and you will be able to download all the service packs and updates, but only until April 8th, 2014. After that, the updates won’t update.
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“I use Outlook Express, is that going away?”
Yes and no. Outlook Express is not going away per se but it is no longer being supported or patched at all. Outlook Express was the first email program a lot of people cut their teeth on. However, it’s not longer going to be supported. So should you use it and have a problem with your database being corrupted or someone finds a flaw, you are just toast.
“Outlook Express is going to be cancelled and I’m going to loose all my mail!”
Not exactly. Outlook Express won’t be supported any more but it isn’t going to disappear. Still, RIGHT NOW is the time to switch email clients either to Outlook or one of the free email services like Gmail. Most services offer handy tools to import your mail and contacts from Outlook Express.
“So what the heck do I do?!”
Best question of all. Thank you for asking it. First off, make sure you have run the Microsoft updates RIGHT NOW! Then, seriously check into updating your computer’s operating system. First off, it may very well not be able to run Windows 8.1, the latest operating system from Microsoft. But, that’s ok. Microsoft still fully supports Windows 7 and Windows 7 supports the majority of any computers still alive that can run XP. You may have to do some digging, but it is worth it since you really need to get it done ASAP.
Hopefully we’ve answered some questions and concerns you have about the cancellation of Windows XP and Outlook Express by Microsoft. While we are NOT pc techs – we know a lot of our clients do use PCs. We highly recommend securing your computers and always having a system in place for backing up your files. If you need further help we suggest reading a few more articles:
http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/4776/64/
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/04/make-the-switch-from-windows-xp/
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IMAP is a protocol for accessing emails (different than the POP protocol), which allows you to sync emails across multiple devices (e.g. PC, tablet, smartphone, webmail). When email is accessed on a particular device (for example, a smartphone), the next time you open OE Classic on your PC, it will register all the changes you did on the phone (e.g. deleted emails, new emails, flagged emails, etc.). The opposite also works - all the changes done in OE Classic will be shown on other devices as well. In order to work, IMAP requires permanent and stable Internet connection. Adding IMAP does not mean that POP is getting removed. You can choose which protocol you would prefer to use (assuming your email server supports both of them) when configuring an account using the OE Classic account wizard.
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Here is a summary of what OE Classic can do, using the IMAP protocol:- Synchronize messages across multiple devices (e.g. desktop PC, laptop PC, smartphone, tablet, webmail...). Deleting a message, flagging it, marking it as read - such changes will be shown on every device accessing the same mailbox and of course in OE Classic as well.
- Messages are stored on the IMAP server (in the 'cloud'), meaning, if emails are lost on your computer (e.g. by a disk failure), the email messages are backed up on the server, so by adding the IMAP account again in OE Classic, you will be able to access your emails again.
- Messages are cached locally (on your disk), once they are opened the first time, so opening them is faster if they are unchanged on the server
- OE Classic flagging is compatible with iPhone/macOS Mail app – so it supports multicolored flags (red, green, yellow, blue etc.). These flags color coding is identical the iPhone/macOS Mail app, and possibly some other IMAP-capable applications as well.
- OE Classic is also compatible with non-standard (but commonly used) IMAP flags like $Forwarded and $MDNSent (labeling a message as forwarded and message delivery notification sent mark)
- OE Classic uses an atomic move to folder operation (MOVE extension) as supported by modern IMAP servers like Gmail.com or Outlook.com. On older servers move operation is a 3-step operation (a combination of the COPY, STORE, and EXPUNGE commands) and if interrupted between steps, for example by a network being disconnected, a bad WIFI etc., it can leave messages 'hanging' between two folders, unlike with MOVE which either completes the operation entirely, or does not, thus being called called an atomic operation (from the Greek word 'atomos' meaning 'uncuttable').
- OE Classic can detect incorrectly expunged messages (flagged as deleted but not expunged from a folder) – these messages will be shown with strikethrough text in OE Classic and can be either viewed or completely deleted.
- Multiple IMAP email accounts are shown separately, each in its own container (like a folder), having separated Inbox/Sent/Deleted/Draft/Junk folders for each account
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And you can expect even more goodies in the future updates.
This version also features new storage file format to make room for some of the new features. Files are automatically upgraded so you don't have to care about that. But if you had a backup of your data created in older version, please update the backup as the old backup won't be compatible with the newer file format.
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Full list of features in OE Classic 3.0 follows:
New features
- IMAP support!
- Junk Email - a new local folder used by Blocked Senders list (instead of Deleted Items) and for future purposes
- Popup menu item - Empty 'Junk Email' Folder
- Additional options in the Folder Properties window - Local File and Synchronize (for IMAP folders)
- New localization files - Russian, Serbian (Latin)
- Improved localization files - Greek, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil)
- Condensed POP logging to improve download speed
- Rewritten parts of the POP retrieval code to improve download speed
- Progress bar precision improved for POP operations
- Huge speed increase (2000%) of the downloaded header list (used in IMAP and message decoder)
- Internal HTTPS to secure all program-to-website communication (even on older Windows)
- SMTP port 587 is now the default port in the Account Wizard/Account Properties (instead of 25)
- Accounts window can be resized (size is saved)
- Color icons for the folder list right click menu
- Improved and faster logging
- Improved accessibility - View/Sort-By in the main menu(s), Help/Contact window, Message/Folder Properties window
- More accurate Outlook Express 6 import
- Compact All now also compacts all DB files (Folders, AddressBook, Identity, Newsgroups)
- Username/Password used for updates are now called Name/License key (or License info)
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- Outlook Express 6 import used an old folder name is the folder was renamed so the imported folder structure had different names than expected
- HTML zoom value (Options/Read) did not reflect the saved value
- Fixed a number of character encoding issues related to loading HTML (displaying a blank message, switching Message Editor Edit/Source/Preview tabs)
- Selecting another folder no longer aborts download (or sending) of emails
- Identity Manager was always using English regardless of the selected program language
- Search tool wasn't case-insensitive for international characters
- Message download was started twice for IMAP/NNTP when navigating to a new message using the Message Viewer window
- From/Reply-To/To/Cc/Bcc/Subject headers were encoded using KOI8-R instead of UTF-8 for some system settings
- Updated SSL/TLS libraries with the latest bug/security fixes (v1.0.2t)
- Updated built-in SQLite with the latest bug fixes (v3.30.1.0)