[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 04-01-2010 17:49, JF Mezei wrote:
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>> Outlook Express?  Maybe it's not properly called "native" but it ships
>> with Windows.
>
> Not anymore. Neither Vista nor that Windows 7 contraption have Outlook
> Express. They have something called "Windows Mail".

Windows Mail is just a new name for Outlook Express.

Ditto with Windows Live Mail.

 >                                                    Windows Mail is
 > *supposed* to be able to access outlook mail stores (.PST files), but
 > lacks 2 DLLs to do so, so you need to install the full Outlook to get
 > thsoe 2 DLLs so that Windows Mail can open the .PST files.

To read files from Outlook you will probably need Outlook
installed. Not so surprisingly.

Arne