
322 Chapter 5 • Microsoft Vista: Windows Mail
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Summary of Exam Objectives
If you were an Outlook Express user, you’re likely as surprised as we are. Typically,
the Microsoft applications related to Office morph and change by degrees. Windows
Mail, however, is a completely different animal from its predecessors, one that is
unique in ways that go beyond mail handling. The GUI aside, Windows Mail has
little in common with Outlook Express. Nearly everything under the hood is either
reengineered or completely new, and this time the application is built with security
in mind.
If you fear that the new API is so different that there is ...