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'''Outlook Express''' | '''Outlook Express''' is an e-mail and news client, originally released as Microsoft Internet Mail and News with [[Internet Explorer 3]] in mid-1996. With the release of [[Internet Explorer 4]], the program was improved and renamed to Outlook Express - it was included with Windows under that name since [[Windows 98]]. It was also available for [[Windows 3.1x]], [[Windows 95]], [[Windows NT 3.5x#Windows NT 3.51|Windows NT 3.51]], and [[Windows NT 4.0]]. It was discontinued in favor of [[Windows Mail]] found in [[Windows Vista]], which was itself then replaced with Windows Live Mail with the release of [[Windows 7]], and later with a new modern app in [[Windows 8]], [[Windows 8.1|8.1]], [[Windows 10|10]] and [[Windows 11|11]]. | ||
People often confuse it with Microsoft Outlook, a similar program bundled with Microsoft Office since [[Office 97]], and hence think Outlook Express is a stripped-down version of Microsoft Outlook. However, that is not the case as the two programs | People often confuse it with Microsoft Outlook, a similar program bundled with Microsoft Office since [[Office 97]], and hence think Outlook Express is a stripped-down version of Microsoft Outlook. However, that is not the case as the two programs do not share a common codebase. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== Pre-release === | === Pre-release === | ||
An early version of Microsoft Internet Mail and News, codenamed "Athena PIM" is included in [[Windows Nashville build 999]]. | An early version of Microsoft Internet Mail and News, codenamed "Athena PIM" is included in [[Windows Nashville build 999]]. |