[WinPartners] Outlook Express Release Announcement

[Deb Bowser]

Date: Thursday, August 25, 2005
To:  Members of the MIT Community: itpartners at mit.edu, 
winpartners at mit.edu, sw-release-announce at mit.edu, ed-tech at mit.edu
From: Software Release Team <swrt at mit.edu>
Subj: Outlook Express Release Announcement
Cc:  is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, it-lead at mit.edu

Good afternoon,

Information Services and Technology is pleased to announce support 
and documentation for Outlook Express, the default e-mail program 
installed with Windows XP Professional.  The current version of 
Outlook Express supported by IS&T is Outlook Express 6.

IS&T recommends that users of Eudora for Windows with Post Office 
Protocol (POP) moving to the Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP), 
consider switching to Outlook Express.

Outlook Express has been found to provide a more consistent user 
experience than Eudora configured to use IMAP.

IS&T recommends that new students, faculty, and staff using Windows 
XP Professional, configure Outlook Express to access their e-mail.

Notable Features of Outlook Express
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- Support for migrating Eudora mailboxes and address books to Outlook Express.

- The ability to receive mail from multiple e-mail accounts

- Supports SMTP authentication

- SSL for receiving and sending mail

- Supports LDAP ( Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, an Internet 
protocol that e-mail and other programs use to look up information 
from a server.)

How to Obtain
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Outlook Express is installed by default on machines running Windows 
XP Professional.

As with all e-mail clients, users are encouraged to remain 
"up-to-date" with all security patches and versions. Outlook Express 
can be updated by using the MIT Windows Automatic Update Service 
(WAUS) <http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/windows/updates/> by 
configuring Windows Update on your machine, or by visiting the 
Microsoft update site:
<http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us>. 
Note, users must be running Internet Explorer to obtain updates from the site.

Known Issues
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Outlook Express is unable to support Kerberos authentication; POP 
support for Outlook Express is not available

Rules creation does not apply to IMAP or HTTP accounts by default

Outlook Express can not be configured to use MITs Tech Time.


Getting Help
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The Outlook Express at MIT page is located at:
<http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=684>

The Computing Help Desk will provide full support for users of Outlook Express.

If you have a question or need assistance, please contact the 
Computing Help Desk at computing-help at mit.edu or x3-1101.

Respectfully,
The Outlook Express Release Team

   April Barton
   Deb Bowser
   Bill Brids
   Heather Anne Harrison
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sent on behalf of
Bill Brids
IS&T Client Support Services
Computing Help Desk
Outlook Express Product Release Coordinator