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Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook since Outlook 2003) is a personal information manager from Microsoft, and is part of the Microsoft Office suite. more...
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Although often used mainly as an e-mail application, it also provides a calendar, task and contact management, note taking, and a journal.
It can be used as a stand-alone application, but can also operate in conjunction with Microsoft Exchange Server to provide enhanced functions for multiple users in an organization, such as shared mailboxes and calendars, public folders and meeting time allocation.
Different versions
Outlook replaced Microsoft's previous scheduling and mail program, Schedule+ and Exchange Client.
Versions of Microsoft Outlook include:
Outlook for MS-DOS (bundled with Exchange Server 5.5);
Outlook for Macintosh (bundled with Exchange Server 5.5);
Outlook 97 (released January 16, 1997, also bundled with Exchange Server 5.5);
Outlook 98 (released June 21, 1998);
Outlook 2000 (also known as "Outlook 9", released June 7, 1999);
Outlook 2002 (also known as "Outlook 10" or "Outlook XP", released May 31, 2001);
Office Outlook 2003 (also known as "Outlook 11", released October 21, 2003);
Office Outlook 2007 (released to manufacturing on Nov. 30, 2006, also known as "Outlook 12");
(release dates for U.S. product launches)
Outlook 98 and Outlook 2000 could be installed in one of two configurations:
Internet Mail Only or IMO mode: A lighter application mode with specific emphasis on POP3 accounts and IMAP accounts and including a lightweight Fax application.;
Corporate Workgroup or CW mode: A full MAPI client with specific emphasis on Microsoft Exchange accounts.;
Microsoft also released several versions of Outlook for the Apple Macintosh; however, most mail features were disabled after Office 98. After Office 98, Entourage replaced Outlook on Macintosh systems, although in 2001 Microsoft released Outlook 2001 for Mac to allow Classic users to access Exchange servers. Over the past few years, Microsoft has improved Entourage to provide Mac users with a Mac OS X-compatible Exchange client, though it does not have the entire functionality provided by Outlook.
Outlook Express is a slimmed-down e-mail, newsgroup, and contact management application that Microsoft makes available at no charge, in conjunction with the Internet Explorer web browser. Other than the similar name there is no connection between the two products and they originate from different divisions of Microsoft. While both offer access to POP3 and IMAP4 e-mail accounts, only Outlook offers client access (MAPI) to Microsoft Exchange. Outlook Express is replaced with Windows Mail in Windows Vista.
Security concerns
One of Microsoft's goals is for the e-mail client to be easy to use. However, the embedded automation and lack of security features compared to competitors have been repeatedly exploited by malicious hackers using e-mail viruses. These typically take the form of an e-mail attachment which executes on the user's machine and replicates itself by mass-mailing the user's or Exchange server's address list. Examples of such viruses are the Melissa and Sobig worms. Other programs have exploited Outlook's HTML e-mail capabilities to execute malicious code or confirm that e-mail addresses are valid targets for spam. The notoriety of the worms and other viruses has gained Outlook a reputation as a highly insecure e-mail platform.
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