Windows Mail is fundamentally a new application. Though it is clearly perceived
as a successor to Outlook Express and even maintains some of the look and feel,
beneath the hood nearly everything is different. Microsoft has taken its built-in
mail client and converted it into a JET database-driven application that is so tightly
integrated with the operating system (OS) that messages and news posts are treated
the same way as system files. Even the security of identities has given way to the
Windows profile, and the much-anticipated functionality of Instant Search within ...
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