whats the diffrence between microsoft outlook and outlook express?

Answer 1

Outlook Express - e-mail, contacts

Outlook - e-mail, contacts, appointments, tasks, Newer versions have a SPAM folder, it is more connected with VB and Office products so you can use the Contacts as a database for Mail or e-mail merge.

But if you want improved invulnerability from viruses, consider using Thunderbird. It's free from http://www.mozilla.com

Answer 2

Hi,
MS Outlook is part of the Microsoft Office Suite, while MS Outlook Express is an intrgral part of Windows (just like Internet Explorer). So, you can think of Outlook Express as a "free" email client, whereas Outlook is available only as an "added" piece of software, either as a part of Office, or as a stand-alone purchase.

Outlook Express is a simple email client, allowing you to connect to a POP and SMTP mail server (such as an ISP, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, etc), but cannot be used as an Exchange Client.

Outlook is much more full featured. It includes calendaring, notes, tasks and contacts in addition to email. It can also be used in a corporate environment as an Exchange Server client, thereby allowing you to share data with other network users.

Hope this gives you some insight as to the differences!

Answer 3

Outlook Express is basically a simpler version of Outlook.

Outlook has many more features than the Express version. Basically they're the same in many respects.

Outlook Express comes from Internet Explorer and Outlook comes from MS Office....I believe. In other words, if you don't have the MS Office software, you don't have Outlook.

If you use IE, then you can chose Outlook Express as the email client if you desire.....but you cannot chose Outlook if you don't have MS Office.

Double has added some excellent links that explain both in detail.....very good Double.

Answer 4

Outlook Express is built for dial-up Internet usage and contains far less features than Microsoft Outlook. Microsoft Outlook is a full-featured email client that contains an address book, calendar, and task list software. Outlook Express is much more basic in that it includes only the ability to work with email and store an address book.

Answer 5

According to Microsoft:

"Outlook and Outlook Express were designed by different programming teams for different audiences with different needs. Outlook Express was developed as part of Internet Explorer with the home user in mind while Outlook was developed as part of Microsoft Office with the corporate user in mind. Outlook Express is a basic Internet mail program that is part of Internet Explorer and Windows. Outlook is a full-featured personal information manager that is available as a part of Microsoft Office and also as a stand-alone program.

Outlook Express handles not only Internet mail but also Internet news, a feature that Outlook does not natively possess. But Outlook has a host of features that Outlook Express does not have, such as a calendar, a task list, a journal, and automatic backup into archive files. The address book in Outlook is a very sophisticated contact management system unlike the simple address book used by Outlook Express. Outlook can be programmed using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) but Outlook Express cannot. Outlook is highly interoperable and so can be used in combination with Word, for example, to perform mail-merge in e-mail or to automate outgoing mail messages. Outlook Express does not interact with other programs in this way except for creating a new mail message when a program requests it.

Outlook also has a very powerful Junk Mail feature which has received high praise and is envied just as highly by many Outlook Express users. In a similar vein, Outlook has message rules for both incoming and outgoing mail, while Outlook Express can only filter incoming. Outlook rules also offer a much wider range of actions than do rules in Outlook Express.
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Outlook has a powerful Junk Mail feature that is the envy of many Outlook Express users.

One important difference applies to network environments, whether an office intranet or a home network. Outlook Express was designed for use on a single computer and so its message store and settings cannot be stored on a server. Outlook however was tailor-made for networks, and so its message store can be on a central server that many machines can access. If you need to access your e-mail from more than one machine on your network, Outlook Express is just not the solution for you."

They also give you a nifty table in one of their links that categorizes differences: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010565781033.aspx

Answer 6

Outlook express is basically an email package that helps to manage, receive and send emails and also keep address books.

Microsoft outlook on the other hand is a more robust and a package with many more features. It is more of a personal management tool with the power to handle emails, multiple address book, task list, journal, calendar, notes, archive features etc. You can check complete comparison at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011169051033.aspx

Answer 7

microsoft outlook is actually related with microsoft office whereas outlook express is not much related to it and also micro. outlook is more featursive than outlook express, it contains junk mail folders and so many....