Outlook Express vs. Microsoft Office Outlook

Did a seach but could not find the answer I was looking for.

I currently use Outlook Express for mail. I just loaded Office Pro 2003 and it has Microsoft Office Outlook....

What is the difference?

What do you prefer?

Thanks for any and all replies.

 

Outlook Express is just an e-mail client/newsreader; were as Outlook is an integrated application that contains an email client, calendar, task manager, and address book. I don't like either application all that much; however Outlook is better if you want something more than just an email client. If you can be persuaded Mozilla Thunderbird, IMO, is a much better email client.

[EDIT] Halo's explanation is much simpler.

 

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011169051033.aspx

Tried, Halo's link, didn't work for me.

 

The differences listed above are perfect. I *prefer* Outlook because of its detailed address book and the calendar -If you wouldn't use these features then you'd probably be more than happy with Outlook Express.
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Yeah, yeah!

 

Thanks guys. I'm just simply looking for an e-mail client at home. I'm going to keep using OE. I use Lotus Notes at work.

 

I refuse to use Thunderbird until the idiot devs make a mailbox export function. It's like the assume their users never want to backup their mail or access their old mailbox from a different mail program or need to transfer their mailbox to a new system.

I still think their solution for "I need to get my Thunderbird mail into Outlook" is to dril down into the profile directory, manually copy the files relating to *one* of your mail folders to a temp dir, rename the extention, import them into Eudora, and then Export them into Outlook format. Then do that for every folder in every account you have. Yeah, that's a good way to show users how FOSS can make easy to use and powerful software that cometes with proprietary software: make nigh proprietary mailbox formats!

The sheer stupidity of leaving out this vital feature has caused me to boycott Thunderbird entirely.

 

Outlook and Outlook Express don't export to other mail formats either. Well OE will export to Exchange.

 

Yeah, but they export to something. Thunderbird doesn't even do that. Their only solution is to copy data files from the profile directory.