Chapter 2. Outlook Overview and Startup

Overview of Outlook 17

How Outlook Stores Data 28

Understanding Messaging Protocols and Standards 32

Security Provisions in Outlook 36

Options for Starting Outlook 39

THIS chapter provides an overview of Microsoft Outlook 2010 to help you learn not only how Outlook 2010 works but also how it stores data. If you are relatively new to Outlook, this chapter will give you a quick overview of what it can do, what types of email accounts you can manage with Outlook, and how Outlook stores your data.

This chapter also explains the different options that you have for connecting to email servers through Outlook 2010 and the protocols—Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) and Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), for example—that ...

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