New Features in Windows 2000 Outlook Express 5.0

With the development of the network and the birth of various information media, there are more and more ways and means for people to exchange information. However, due to the high cost of communication today, people’s life rhythm is increasing. Accelerating, low-cost and convenient e-mail exchange of information is still one of the most important ways of information exchange.

The Outlook Express built in Windows 2000 is an e-mail management software with complete functions and convenient use. It realizes online communication on the desktop, whether it is exchanging emails with colleagues and friends. , or join the news group to exchange ideas and information, Outlook Express will become the most effective assistant.

Outlook Express 5 is an email and news program that can be used to send and receive mail, participate in Internet newsgroups, and even send HTML pages by email. Users can also import contacts and address books from other mail programs, even without having to open Outlook Express 5.

Outlook Express 5 has been further refined and developed in terms of functionality, and has many new features compared to previous versions. These new features make Outlook Express 5 more powerful and easier to use. The following is a brief introduction to the new features of Outlook Express 5:

Multi-user ID and signature

The Identity Manager can create corresponding profiles for different users. These profiles can be shared in applications such as Outlook Express 5 and the Windows Address Book.

Users can create useful text or files into countless signatures, each of which can be associated with one or more email or news accounts to help determine the authenticity of the email.

Support for Hotmail Accounts

The new version of Outlook Express 5 can be used to read Hotmail messages and manage Hotmail inboxes and folders. However, the dialog for setting up an account may be in English and may not fully support email in certain languages ​​when the user accesses the account from a web browser.

Offline Support and Mail Synchronization

In Outlook Express, news and IMAP folders can be downloaded and read offline. Some operations performed by the user in an offline state, such as sending an email, moving an email in the same IMAP account, etc., are implemented when the connection is re-connected, thereby implementing the mail synchronization function.

Contact Pane and Enhanced Mail Rules

A contact pane has been added below the folder list in the main window of Outlook Express 5, and the user is in the main window of Outlook Express. Can see the contacts in the Windows Address Book and can manage them.

Outlook Express5 enhances the mail rules, supports more conditions and operations, greatly enhances the management of user mail, and reduces the mail processing time of users. In addition, Outlook Express 5 provides newsgroup rules to block the download of too many newsgroup articles.

Secure Mail and Integrated Phone Dialer

Outlook Express 5 secures emails with digital IDs (Certificates), which automatically find digital certificates installed on your computer and place them Associated with a mail account and automatically add a digital certificate that someone else sends to the user to the Windows Address Book.

With the phone dialer installed in the system, users can easily make calls to contacts in the Windows Address Book.

IMAP Drafts and Sent Items

Outlook Express 5 can store messages in compose in a server-based Drafts folder and leave a copy of the sent messages in IMAP In a "sent mail" folder on the server.

Whether you subscribe to a newsgroup or not, users can customize the IMAP folder to be shown or hidden in the folder list for viewing.