What is Outlook Express?
{{Infobox Windows component | name = Outlook Express | type = Email client, News client | included_with = [[Windows 98]], [[Windows Me]], [[Windows 2000]], [[Windows XP]], [[Windows Server 2003]] | replaced_by = [[Windows Mail]] | related_components = [[Internet Explorer]] }}'''Microsoft Outlook Express''', also known as '''Microsoft Internet Mail and News''', is an [[email]] [[computer program|program]] and [[newsreader]] program made by [[Microsoft]]. It is a free version of [[Outlook]], also made by Microsoft. Microsoft's Outlook Express was discontinued in 2006 with the release of its new operating system, [[Windows Vista]], which has [[Windows Mail]] instead. ==Problems== Outlook Express needs a [[database]] to work, sometimes this database gets damaged when there are too many emails or when the database gets compacted. Compaction is needed when its size gets too large to handle well. Also, sometimes emails or attachments are infected with viruses. ==Other websites== *[http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/outlook-express Moving emails from Outlook Express to Windows 8.1] - Microsoft, the company that created Outlook Express, tells how to move your old emails to a new version of Windows *[http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/tips/internet/outlook_express_help.php Outlook Express Help - Tips and Tricks] - How to use Outlook Express * [http://outlookexpress-thunderbird-dbx.7xl.org UnDBX] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409061427/http://outlookexpress-thunderbird-dbx.7xl.org/ |date=2020-04-09 }} online - an open-source program that lets you save easily emails from a damaged database. The very complicated [[source code]] is at [http://sourceforge.net/projects/undbx sourceforge.net] {{Tech-stub}} [[Category:Microsoft software]] [[Category:E-mail]]