Editing Outlook Express (section)

{{Short description|Microsoft e-mail client software}}
{{About|the discontinued Windows component|the personal information manager included in the Microsoft Office suite|Microsoft Outlook}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Outlook Express
| logo = Outlook Express XP Icon.png
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| screenshot =  Outlook Express XP.png
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| caption = Screenshot of Outlook Express in [[Windows XP]]
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| developer = [[Microsoft]]
| released = {{Start date and age|1996|08|13|df=yes/no}}
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| operating system = [[Windows 3.x]]—[[Windows XP]]/[[Windows Server 2003]]<br />[[Mac System 7]]—[[Mac OS 9]]
| platform = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[classic Mac OS]]
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| genre = [[Email client]], [[Newsreader (Usenet)|newsreader]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
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'''Outlook Express''', formerly known as '''Microsoft Internet Mail and News''', is a discontinued [[email client|email]] and [[news client]] included with [[Internet Explorer]] versions [[Internet Explorer 3.0|3.0]] to [[Internet Explorer 6.0|6.0]]. As such, it was bundled with several versions of [[Microsoft Windows]], from [[Windows 98]] to [[Windows Server 2003]], and was available for [[Windows 3.x]], [[Windows NT 3.51]], [[Windows 95]], [[Mac System 7]], [[Mac OS 8]], and [[Mac OS 9]]. In [[Windows Vista]], Outlook Express was superseded by [[Windows Mail]].

Outlook Express is a different application from [[Microsoft Outlook]]. The two programs do not share a common codebase, but they do share a common architectural philosophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2419492|title=Outlook Express and Outlook|date=September 28, 2010|website=Support|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127235326/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2419492|archive-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref> The similar names lead many people to conclude incorrectly that Outlook Express is a stripped-down version of Microsoft Outlook. Outlook Express uses the [[Windows Address Book]] to store contact information and integrates tightly with it.