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Microsoft Stops Development Of Outlook Express

Posted by simoniker on from the looking-out-on-code-freeze dept.

Jman314 writes "According to a ZDNet story, Microsoft will cease development of their Outlook Express email client. "The technology doesn't go away, but no new work is being done. It is consumer email in an early iteration, and our investment in the consumer space is now focused around Hotmail and MSN. That's where we're putting the emphasis in terms of new investment and new development work." says Dan Leach, lead product manager for Microsoft's information worker product management group. Microsoft's alternatives include, not surprisingly, the full version of Outlook."

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  1. Re:Good news for Evolution! by jpmkm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think he means play ketchup.

  2. Re:(signature reply) by Pharmboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    R: I'll pay you $6
    D: I'll pay you $10, but I need $5 of that in taxes
    Who helps the poor?
    You left out part of it. It should be "I'll pay you $10, but I need $5 of that in taxes which will cover basic healthcare and help improve your local schools."

    I think you made a typo: It should be:

    R: I'll pay you $6
    D: I'll pay you $10, but I need $5 of that in taxes which will cover basic healthcare and help improve local schools for people who won't get jobs, or are here illegally.
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  3. Jobs? by yerricde · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    D: I'll pay you $10, but I need $5 of that in taxes which will cover basic healthcare and help improve local schools for people who won't get jobs, or are here illegally.

    People who "won't" get jobs? What about people like myself who have a four-year degree but get turned down everywhere but food service??

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    Will I retire or break 10K?
  4. OT: Mailbox Consolidation? by bucky0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, while we're on they topic of mailboxes and such, I was wondering if anyone had a question to my problem.

    I have 3 POP3 accounts, and I'd like to have them all accesable by one IMAP account(i'm back and forth between school and I'd like access to my messages anywhere). I'm using cyrus+procmail+postfix to try and get them to all go neatly into their own subfolders, but it doesn't work. It downloads from the POP boxes ok, but somehow, it's not making it's way to the IMAP box...

    Anyone know a solution or something? All of the HOWTO's i've read are a bit vague, and don't work (althouh it's equally possible that I'm an idiot).

    Thanks-

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    -Bucky
  5. Re:Good news for Evolution! by Phroggy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Don't you think it would be better if they wrote straight forward apps for everyone so you didn't need wizards in the first place?

    Thank God for Apple.

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