14. Outlook ExpressEmail and News
Email is a fast, convenient, and cheap way to exchange written messages and files over the internet. Windows includes Outlook Express to let you send and receive email, as well as read newsgroups (internet discussion forums). You can communicate with anyone who has an email account. Your recipient doesn't have to have Outlook Express to read and reply to your messages; any email program can talk to any other one.You can't use Outlook Express to manage your email with any of the free, web-based mail servicesGmail, Yahoo!, and Excite, for exampleexcept for Hotmail and MSN, both of which belong to Microsoft.Tip
![]() | Don't confuse Outlook Express with Outlook, its bigger brother in the Microsoft Office suite. Outlook is a complex program that manages your email, schedule, meetings, contacts, and more. |
Other Email Programs
A few other (better) email programs are available. Trying an alternative doesn't lock you into it; email programs can import one another's messages and account settings.Eudora (