outlook express on windows vista

Is it possible to download and install Outlook Express on a Vista computer?
I do not have Vista yet but would like to use my old email program, Outlook
Express, on my new Vista machine when it arrives.

"Stephen Larivee" <> wrote:

>Is it possible to download and install Outlook Express on a Vista computer?
>I do not have Vista yet but would like to use my old email program, Outlook
>Express, on my new Vista machine when it arrives.

Impossible. With Vista you get Windows Mail.

Richie Hardwick

"Richie Hardwick" <> wrote in message
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> "Stephen Larivee" <> wrote:
>
> >Is it possible to download and install Outlook Express on a Vista
computer?
> >I do not have Vista yet but would like to use my old email program,
Outlook
> >Express, on my new Vista machine when it arrives.
>
> Impossible. With Vista you get Windows Mail.
>
> Richie Hardwick


Which is basically just Outlook Express with a new name

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:31:58 -0500, "Stephen Larivee"
<> wrote:

> Is it possible to download and install Outlook Express on a Vista computer?


No.


> I do not have Vista yet but would like to use my old email program, Outlook
> Express, on my new Vista machine when it arrives.


Vista comes with the program "Windows Mail," Windows Mail is
essentially nothing more than a new version of Outlook Express, with a
new name.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Just about, except for the loss of identies.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"philo" <> wrote in message
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> "Richie Hardwick" <> wrote in message
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>> "Stephen Larivee" <> wrote:
>>
>> >Is it possible to download and install Outlook Express on a Vista
> computer?
>> >I do not have Vista yet but would like to use my old email program,
> Outlook
>> >Express, on my new Vista machine when it arrives.
>>
>> Impossible. With Vista you get Windows Mail.
>>
>> Richie Hardwick
>
>
> Which is basically just Outlook Express with a new name
>
>

"Stephen Larivee" <> wrote:

>Is it possible to download and install Outlook Express on a Vista computer?
>I do not have Vista yet but would like to use my old email program, Outlook
>Express, on my new Vista machine when it arrives.

I forgot to menion: check out Windows LIVE Mail. It's the next
generation of Windows Mail/OE.

Richie Hardwick

Thanks for all the responses. I guess I will have to say goodbye to OE and
try Mail.
Thanks again.

"Richie Hardwick" <> wrote in message
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> "Stephen Larivee" <> wrote:
>
>>Is it possible to download and install Outlook Express on a Vista
>>computer?
>>I do not have Vista yet but would like to use my old email program,
>>Outlook
>>Express, on my new Vista machine when it arrives.
>
> I forgot to menion: check out Windows LIVE Mail. It's the next
> generation of Windows Mail/OE.
>
> Richie Hardwick

If you have hotmail accounts you will lose the ability to access them with
Mail. You can solve that by installing Windows Live Mail which accesses
hotmail.

"Stephen Larivee" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks for all the responses. I guess I will have to say goodbye to OE
> and try Mail.
> Thanks again.
>
> "Richie Hardwick" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> "Stephen Larivee" <> wrote:
>>
>>>Is it possible to download and install Outlook Express on a Vista
>>>computer?
>>>I do not have Vista yet but would like to use my old email program,
>>>Outlook
>>>Express, on my new Vista machine when it arrives.
>>
>> I forgot to menion: check out Windows LIVE Mail. It's the next
>> generation of Windows Mail/OE.
>>
>> Richie Hardwick
>

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
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> Just about, except for the loss of identies.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Which is something I miss. In XP Pro I have separate
mutually exclusive identities for email and usenet, to
prevent inadertently exposing my email address to
the newsgroups. I did that once and had to change
my email address to escape the onslaught of spam.

"Ian D" <> wrote in message
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> Which is something I miss. In XP Pro I have separate
> mutually exclusive identities for email and usenet, to
> prevent inadertently exposing my email address to
> the newsgroups.

Why bother? When you set up the newsgroup account just use the
munged/throwaway email address....