"Orlin Toribio" <orlin@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:...
> Ugh! Great! Now I have to go on google.com!!
> Outlook Express is not going away. O...What? Outlook Express is Going
> away??!?? But is my default e-mail program! Please, Microsoft!
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> "h johnson" <hjohnson4097@optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:OqjFJxZsIHA.3604@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
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>> "Bubey" <catlov@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:u4VJWtMrIHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> You're so sweet PA Bear. I think you've been
>>> around as long as I have.
>>> I'm just getting older and haven't been keeping up
>>> with the current
>>> trends since I retired. Somedays I really feel
>>> like a newbie.
>>> P.S....What does YW stand for ?
>>>
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> message
>>> news:%23vv1IhCrIHA.5068@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> YW, Bubey, and thanks very much for posting your
>>> OE question in an OE
>>> newsgroup this time around. <wink>
>>>
>>> Bubey wrote:
>>>> I just read the first nine posts from the link
>>>> PA
>>>> Bear provided.
>>>> Why would one want to switch and have all those
>>>> problems, and
>>>> run the risk of losing important user created
>>>> folders. I'm sticking with
>>>> Outlook Express and using Outlook for Calendar
>>>> purposes only.
>>>> Thanks for the link PA Bear.
>>>>
>>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote
>>>> in
>>>> message
>>>> news:%23FAxJu7qIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> Related:
>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop/browse_frm/thread/34274a7a8122ddc4
>>>>
>>>> Ron Sommer wrote:
>>>>> Each email account will have an Inbox, Sent
>>>>> items, Deleted items, Drafts,
>>>>> and Junk email folder.
>>>>> WLM won't give you a choice, it will import all
>>>>> email and newsgroup
>>>>> accounts.
>>>>> I fairly sure that the newsgroup messages will
>>>>> not import.
>>>>> OE user created folders will be placed under
>>>>> Storage folders.
>>>>> I had to open Contacts and import addresses.
>>>>> Some addresses were
>>>>> duplicated
>>>>> and some did not have a display name.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Larry" <reply@group.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:eentqh0qIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Michael, does WLM import OE6 folders,
>>>>>> messages,
>>>>>> address book, settings,
>>>>>> newsgroups etc directly and easily?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Larry
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Michael Santovec"
>>>>>> <michael_santovec@prodigy.net> wrote in
>>>>>> message
>>>>>> news:OLQzTDzqIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> There is no mail program with IE7.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Microsoft's new preferred free mail client is
>>>>>> called Windows Live Mail
>>>>>> (WLM). It's available for XP SP2+ and Vista.
>>>>>> It provides access to all
>>>>>> Hotmail accounts, as well as POP3, IMAP and
>>>>>> NNTP.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Windows Live Mail Overview
>>>>>> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Outlook Express isn't dead, but it's on life
>>>>>> support. Microsoft will
>>>>>> continue to provide security fixes as long as
>>>>>> they do for XP. There
>>>>>> might be an occasional minor fix, but no
>>>>>> further development is being
>>>>>> done on OE.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But as long as you are happy with the
>>>>>> non-Hotmail parts of OE (POP3,
>>>>>> IMAP, NNTP, Address book) as they are now,
>>>>>> those will all continue to
>>>>>> work indefinitely. None of it is dependent on
>>>>>> what Microsoft does.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike -
>>>>>> http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Bubey" <catlov@earthlink.net> wrote in
>>>>>> message
>>>>>> news:uy765cxqIHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Thanks guys for the info. I read it on the
>>>>>>> net
>>>>>>> after I got the info
>>>>>>> that the grandfathered Hotmail accounts would
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> to use Mail 7,
>>>>>>> I think that's what they call it...the one
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> comes with IE7. But
>>>>>>> there was info that both Hotmail and OE was
>>>>>>> going
>>>>>>> away. Makes
>>>>>>> sense as Outlook is old too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Bubey" <catlov@earthlink.net> wrote in
>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>> news:O9%23ikpsqIHA.1228@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Since Outlook Express is going away (?) so I
>>>>>>> heard
>>>>>>> can I get some recommendation for a new mail
>>>>>>> program
>>>>>>> that is similar? I have tried Outlook but it
>>>>>>> doesn't give
>>>>>>> the flexibility for multiple folders and with
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> main folder.
>>>>>>> Thanks !
>>>
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