And say hello to “Windows Mail,” to be included in Windows Vista.
Finally! Microsoft will be renaming the basic email program included with Windows and Internet Explorer. The name “Outlook Express” has caused much confusion because of its similarity to “Microsoft Outlook,” Microsoft’s personal information manager, which also includes email capabilities.
The truth is that “Outlook” and “Outlook Express” are two completely different programs, even though they both email. Outlook Express even has a cool feature not found in the hundred-dollar Outlook 2003 or the open-source Mozilla Thunderbird program – OE can edit the HTML source of an email message.
Windows Mail will also be using the standard “eml” format instead of the proprietary “dbx” format.
