Outlook has gone out of the window quite literally with windows vista and has now been replaced by a program called Windows Mail. I use this program myself to download and read the emails from this site and in this post and I’m going to give you some details on why windows mail is now the standard with windows vista.
Firstly to access Windows Mail go to:
Start (the little round button in the bottom left).
You may see it right there in the window that opens if not then click All Programs, and then click Windows Mail.
Whats new with Windows Mail and why should i choose to use it over Outlook Express, what are the new features?
Windows Mail is the the successor to Outlook Express, people like to stay up to date with software so they don’t fall behind. Windows Mail will replace Outlook Express and become the default in time as more and more people start to move to Windows Vista, this will of course take time because alot of people are still using Windows XP and alot of companies out there are still using Windows 2000!!
There is Also Windows Live Mail is the new version of Windows Mail, However this post is about Windows Mail and I am yet to have any experience with Windows Live Mail
One of the best new features that windows mail brings that will benefit the home user is the junk mail filtering (Spam) which will over time learn to be smarter based on your habits, meaning that it will learn from you what is more likely to be spam and start to act based on your past habits. This program is called Bayesian Spam Filtering.
Why we are on the subject of spam there has also been a phishing filter put in place to protect you from from websites that have been identified as being malicious.
They are some of the just some of the more important points that will affect you as a standard home user, if you want to know what the more advanced and technical new features are take a look at Windows Mail Wikipedia
The main goal of this post was to make users aware that Outlook Express is not installed on Windows Vista and what you can use to take its place, both them points have been covered above. If you have any questions leave a comment 
