On Nov 29, 2015 18:34, "George Neuner" <gneuner2@comcast.net> wrote:
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> On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 05:04:42 -0500, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng."
> <apetrie@aspetrie.net> wrote:
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> >"George Neuner" <gneuner2@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >news:kaed5btl92qr4v8ndevlgtv0f28qaaeju7@4ax.com...
> >
> >> My vote for an email client would be Thunderbird. It runs on XP or
> >> higher and you can import Outlook's PST files so as to keep your mail
> >> archives. Importing PST files directly requires Outlook be available
> >> on the same system [there is also a less friendly way to do it via EML
> >> files exported from Outlook where Outlook is not on the same system].
> >>
> >
> >It's a common misconception that MS Outlook Express is compatible with MS
> >Outlook. But in fact the two products are architecturally unrelated.
>
> My understanding was that OE was based on the old (Win9x) Outlook. I
> know it isn't the same as the "enterprise" version.
This is fantastically of topic but no, it was not. OE was based on the old "Internet mail and news". The actual outlook product has always been separate.
/Magnus