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1996 - 2008
Outlook Express
“Outlook Express brought email and newsgroups into the familiar Windows and Internet Explorer environment.”
- Birth year
- 1996
- Shutdown year
- 2008
- Lifespan
- 12 years
- Peak era
- Company
- Microsoft
- Category
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What Was It?
Outlook Express brought email and newsgroups into the familiar Windows and Internet Explorer environment. For many households it was the visible home of an address supplied by an internet provider.
Its retirement marks the end of a distinct lightweight client, separate from Microsoft's larger Outlook product despite the shared name.
The Story
- 1996 The product era documented here begins in 1996. Outlook Express brought email and newsgroups into the familiar Windows and Internet Explorer environment.
- 2008 The original Outlook Express offering was retired or transitioned out of its standalone form in 2008.
How It Died
The original Outlook Express offering was retired or transitioned out of its standalone form in 2008.
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