Function

• Outlook Express allows for the sending, receiving and storing of emails on your system. In this way, it functions as a sort of center for managing your emails.
  
  

Features

• Outlook Express has the capabilities of managing more than one email account. It also allows you to organize your drafted and received emails into separate folders.
  
  

Considerations

• Microsoft no longer develops Outlook Express, as it was replaced by Windows Live Mail with the release of Windows Vista. Windows Live Mail is similar to Outlook Express and is often considered a newer release of the program despite its different name.
  
  

Online Differences

• Outlook Express differs from online email services, such as GMail and Yahoo, in that you can compose and manage emails without being connected to the Internet. The composed emails are stored in your system until you connect to the Internet to send them.
  
  

Outlook Differences

• Outlook Express differs from Outlook in that it is easier to set up, is free and is used to read emails and newsgroups only. Outlook, also an email manager, is used as an information manager as well and includes a calendar and a task and contact manager.