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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5918933" data-attributes="member: 8835">Outlook express is pretty much the same as Office Outlook, except they turn off some features like binding to an Exchange server.So the directions for one should be mostly the same for the other.&nbsp; Furthermore, anything you can do in Express, you can probably do in the Office edition, so you should be fine in following the directions give that you HAVE the more powerful version.failing that, assuming the old PC is still working, forward the emails in Outlook to her new address in MSN.You can also export your contacts in Outlook and import them into MSN.In any event, welcome her to the 21st century.&nbsp; Friends do not let friends use email addresses from AOL, Yahoo, or their ISP.&nbsp; Nor do they let them use fat-clients like Outlook.&nbsp; By learning to browse her email at a major web-mail provider she avoids issues with changing ISPs and avoids issues with changing machines.I jest a bit with my extremeness, but there are countless advantages to using HotMail or gMail.&nbsp; I always see complications arise when I meet users who pop their mail with Outlook and get a new PC, or are using their ISP's free email address and then want to fire their ISP.&nbsp; I've had my hotmail and gmail address for about as long as those services have been open to the public.&nbsp; They don't carry the stigma of dial-up user as AOL or the hacker-spammer victimness of Yahoo (which is also a dying company).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5918933, member: 8835"] Outlook express is pretty much the same as Office Outlook, except they turn off some features like binding to an Exchange server. So the directions for one should be mostly the same for the other. Furthermore, anything you can do in Express, you can probably do in the Office edition, so you should be fine in following the directions give that you HAVE the more powerful version. failing that, assuming the old PC is still working, forward the emails in Outlook to her new address in MSN. You can also export your contacts in Outlook and import them into MSN. In any event, welcome her to the 21st century. Friends do not let friends use email addresses from AOL, Yahoo, or their ISP. Nor do they let them use fat-clients like Outlook. By learning to browse her email at a major web-mail provider she avoids issues with changing ISPs and avoids issues with changing machines. I jest a bit with my extremeness, but there are countless advantages to using HotMail or gMail. I always see complications arise when I meet users who pop their mail with Outlook and get a new PC, or are using their ISP's free email address and then want to fire their ISP. I've had my hotmail and gmail address for about as long as those services have been open to the public. They don't carry the stigma of dial-up user as AOL or the hacker-spammer victimness of Yahoo (which is also a dying company). [/QUOTE]

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