I switched because of an e-mail I recevied from MicroSoft advising me of a
change in Outlook Express that would cause issues with how Hot Mail accounts
were interacting with Outlook Express. Also, I thought it would kind of cool
to begin using the calendaring functions within Outlook. Do you know
anything about the below note from Microsoft and if there are other work
arounds available? Live Mail is not available to me as my broad band
relationship is "MSN with Verizon". I did not want to get caught with no
e-mail as of June 30th...

Once again - I really appreciate your responses.

Jim

I pasted some of the note below:

Dear Microsoft Outlook Express customer,

Thank you for using Microsoft® Outlook® Express. Our information indicates
that you use Outlook Express to access a Windows Live™ Hotmail® e-mail
account via a protocol called DAV (Distributed Authoring and Versioning
protocol). DAV, like POP3 or IMAP, is the way that a mail client communicates
with a web-based mail server.

As a valued customer, we want to provide advanced notice that as of June 30,
2008, Microsoft is disabling the DAV protocol and you will no longer be able
to access your Hotmail Inbox via Outlook Express. As an alternative, we
recommend that you download Windows Live Mail, a free desktop e-mail client
that has the familiarity of Outlook Express and much more. This next
generation of free e-mail software will allow you to easily manage multiple
e-mail accounts—including Windows Live Hotmail, plus other e-mail accounts
that support POP3/IMAP. Better yet, Windows Live Mail integrates well with
other Windows Live services, and downloads in minutes. After you provide your
user name and password, you will automatically be linked to your Hotmail
account, providing continued access to your email and contacts.

We encourage you to download Windows Live Mail at
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview.



"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Jim wrote:

I'm not sure I understand. If a picture is viewable in Outlook
Express on a note that was forwarded from someone but not viewable in
Outlook, is the problem security setting related or is it related to
the fact that Outlook does not allow the viewing of these pictures?

The latter.

The picture was not attached but was "IN" the e-mail body.

No, it was attached. Had it been embedded, you would have seen it in the
body.

I've never had an issue before and I'm beginning to think that
Outlook is not the direction I want to go with my e-mail program.

Outlook and Outlook Express are unrelated, despite the similarity in their
names. The do not have the same behavior in many area. If you do not need
calendaring, task management, the ability to store notes to yourself, or the
ability to send the same message to a number of people, one person at a
time, then Outlook Express may be all you need. What was your reason for
switching in the first place?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]