Battle of Kings: Outlook vs. Windows Mail

Windows Mail is fundamentally a new application. Although it is easy for people to understand the successor of Outlook Express, even though it is to retain some appearance, but the things that are almost completely different. Microsoft has converted its built-in email client into a Jet database-driven application that is tightly integrated with the operating system so that information and news messages can be used as system files. Even the security of personal identities can be protected with Windows profiles, and powerful Instant Search in Vista is displayed in new mail clients.

Windows Mail leverages new features in Internet Explorer and raises security concerns. Some of the features in Outlook or Internet Explorer are also part of this application, and are even available by default. The powerful "smart screen" (SmartScreen) filter that uses Exchange works inside Windows Mail, making it much more filtering than simple filters, and the latest introduction to the new version of the Internet The Phishing filter in the Explorer can convey the latest security checks in the blacklist maintained by Microsoft.

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Not only is another version of Outlook Express,windows Mail providing more robust features and usability, but it is an initial experience for many users. In this article, we'll explore some of the structural changes to the e-mail client built into Windows Vista, and we'll compare some of the deficiencies in Outlook Express. We will also test how these powerful consolidated security tools make the experience of Windows Mail more secure.

Windows Mail vs. Outlook Express

When Microsoft released Outlook Express in 1997, the user community had undergone an earthquake-level shift, which was the birth of Microsoft's first image-based operating system, Windows 95, earlier. More than two years later, PCs, which were supposed to always be used to complete tedious tasks at work, are now able to get them into homes and dormitories at an exponential rate. The internet is also growing exponentially, and every Windows Editing tool is also considered for family groups. Therefore, Internet Explorer 4.0 in Windows OSR 2.5 has a successor to Internet Mail and news: Outlook Express.

Although Internet Mail and news is a free plug-in client for Internet Explorer 3.0, Outlook Express is bundled with Internet Explorer 4.0. Each user who buys Windows 98 machines after Windows OSR 2.5 and later has access to this application as part of the browser. In fact, Outlook Express is meant to be integrated with this Internet Explorer, which bears the gratitude and scolding of its users.

With the advent of Hypertext Markup Language e-mail, users of Outlook Express face a large number of exposed security vulnerabilities. Because Internet Explorer manages its content and security through the "zoning" of different sites, Outlook Express uses the same approach. Outlook Express uses Internet Explorer to render messages and displays copies of news and messages that Internet Explorer trusts and delivers. Because Internet Explorer usually runs all the code and scripts to give users a smooth browsing experience, Outlook Express will do the same.

In earlier versions of Outlook Express, an executable file could be attached to a message and receive only a harmless picture attachment. To make things worse, the crafty virus designers found that they were able to embed unwanted scripts behind the user's session without the user's knowledge. Because Outlook Express's default action is to automatically open the first message in the Inbox, regardless of the preview pane settings, many viruses can trigger its threat in this way. And, more unfortunately, many of these approaches have been successful.

However, Outlook Express has maintained steady progress. As a messaging application, it is easily favored by families and small office users who manage mail with POP3 and IMAP protocols. Outlook Express has a wizard-driven description that gives free access to new users, configures the software, and quickly provides users with a "vision" experience.

Outlook Express is constantly being improved, and the program starts adding features such as support for multiple messages and user accounts, thus facilitating families that use a single computer. Shortly thereafter, it added support for the LDAP and S/MIME protocols. When Microsoft chose to support applications running on Classic Mac OS (8.1 to 9.x), Mac users found a version that could be downloaded for free to take advantage of these features. From the side of the Mac World, Outlook Express is already an application built into the Microsoft operating system and browser.

Windows Mail is another product of this type. Although it can be fully described as a "version" of Outlook Express and appears to have many similarities to Outlook products, Windows Mail is essentially a different application. Although Outlook Express is bundled with Internet Explorer, Windows Mail is much more integrated with the operating system. That might better differentiate Microsoft from its previous offerings, and not become a "bundle" of antitrust lawsuits. Windows Mail is not a plug-in for Internet Explorer or an extended application, but although it is a relatively stand-alone application, it is now a part of the operating system itself.

Note: For Microsoft, application consolidation such as Outlook Express and Internet Explorer is mixed. Although in the United States, Microsoft's status is like the Hindu holy cow, but the EU claims that Microsoft's "bundled" software is unfair, and it is almost impossible to challenge computer software vendors. Although a version of Windows XP was released with Media Player excluded, the European Union asked the software giant to pay a fine of 613 million dollars.

Database schema

At its core, Windows Mail runs a schema that is completely different from Outlook Express. Outlook Express is displayed directly in the form of a database file, both to the user and to the operating system. In Outlook Express, at least four default folders are created for each identity, and they are:

C:documents and settingslocal settingsapplication dataidentities{guid}microsoftoutlook ExpressFolders.dbx

C:documents and settingslocal settingsapplication dataidentities{guid}microsoftoutlook ExpressOutbox.dbx

C:documents and settingslocal settingsapplication dataidentities{guid}microsoftoutlook ExpressInbox.dbx

C:documents and settingslocal settingsapplication dataidentities{guid}microsoftoutlook ExpressOffline.dbx