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From: bob on 27 Dec 2009 19:26 In article <hh1at9022qm(a)news3.newsguy.com>, DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net says... > > From: "bob" <nottooslow42(a)yahoo.com> > > | In article <7p1tgpF519U1(a)mid.individual.net>, MikeE(a)ster.invalid says... > > >> POKO wrote: > >> > Santa is putting a Dell Windows7 desktop under my semi-literate computer > >> > user brother's christmas tree. He uses Outlook on his XP box and loves > >> > it as he posts a lot of mail (newslettters, etc). Any recommendations on > >> > a good client? Sorry..saw something here a while ago but didn't clue in, > > >> Some people misspeak when they say Outlook. > > >> Outlook OL is a mapi messaging client for MS Office suite. OL is not > >> Outlook Express OE which is not a mapi client and does both mail and > >> news. Most people who use 'some kind of' Outlook are using OE not OL. > >> They are very different; and one would 'replace' OL differently than > >> one would replace OE. > > | Mike, > > | That is not quite correct. OL is also a POP client. I've had various > | versions of OL installed on my XP box since XP was released and only > | used it as a POP client for email. > > | Bob > > You are both right. However, MAPI doesn't have anything to do with a POP or IMAP email > client iot is a message programming interface like VIM. David, You are correct. I must have been having a Christmas-induced brain cramp :-) Bob |