USING OUTLOOK EXPRESS

The latest version of MS Outlook Express 2003 is a program with both pros and cons. This powerful program is capable of doing many things that the average computer user has not idea of and in fact, experts believe that no more than 10% of this program's offerings are ever used. Most people believe that MS Outlook Express 2003 compared with earlier versions is incredibly better.

What you will find with Outlook Express is easy installation, faster from contact to emails to notes, a much friendlier to pop3 email, and better organizations. In addition, you will find that Outlook Express can work with a number of excellent plug-ins. Typically, people enjoy the ability to have an all-in-one package for sending and receiving emails, contact information, appointments, and so on.

Okay, we will not look at the other side, the negative aspects that are occasionally heard. For instance, some people complain about email filters and filter rules and not being able to add a personal email. With this feature, updated something like junk mail, filters should be easy but unfortunately, it seems to be a challenging task. Most users agree that the junk mail feature of MS Outlook Express is a big joke. With this, junk mail coming in can only be controlled by adding the sender to the block senders list but the problem is that spammers use multiple email addresses. Then, Outlook Express only advises you of something being junk after it has been opened.

While this might sound like a strange complaint, some people also complaint about MS Outlook Express 2003 having too many security features. What we hear users asking for is ways to enable and disable a variety of features, rather than have Microsoft make an umbrella decision for all users. Finally, the favorite email folder does not seem to be much of hit. In this case, the window is often seen as wasted space.

Although there are some negative opinions regarding this particular program, the majority of users feel the managing tasks along with mail, schedules, and contacts is a huge success. In fact, when looking at 2003 over previous versions, the split window has been considered as one of the top changes. This way, you can organize your folders quickly and easily. You can even organize your mail by today, yesterday, and specific days of the week, as well as past weeks.

What you will find is that Outlook Express 2003 offers a clean interface consistent with Windows XP. The bars are shaded, the calendar has been expanded on, and even the contacts and tasks now have a number of new and improved features. Now being considered a seamless update from the 2002 package, you will likely agree with most people in that while there are a few bumps in the design, Outlook Express is overall a great tool.