Outlook Express: Difference between revisions

Outlook Express 6.0 was released in 2001 and bundled with [[Internet Explorer 6]] and [[Windows XP]]. It is the last version of Outlook Express as Microsoft ceased active development of the program after the release of Windows XP in 2001.

Outlook Express 7.0 was seen in pre-release builds of Windows Longhorn (Vista), which would indicate that Windows Vista was to have Outlook in the final RTM build. However, with the development reset of Longhorn, Outlook Express 7.0, along with the WinFS feature heavily needed for it were both scrapped and replaced with Outlook Express 6, which became enhanced in later builds and then evolved into Windows Mail. It features a similar layout to Outlook Express 6. You can find Windows Mail in Windows 7 pre-releases, though being intentionally broken in later builds. Later, it was completely scrapped from Windows 7 and instead, it was moved to the Windows Live Essentials suite, being enhanced with various features (most notably the integration in other Windows Live services), and became [[Windows Live Mail]]. Windows Mail should not be confused with the modern Windows Mail app that is present on Windows 8 and later versions.