Windows Desktop Email Client Primer Tutorial
Here we have a tutorial that uses Windows Desktop Email Client applications Microsoft Outlook (of Microsoft Office suite) and Outlook Express to serve a Gmail (of Google) email account. This desktop approach is an alternative to the webmail approach using a web browser as presented in tutorial Gmail Email Invitation Primer Tutorial. Personally I like to use the webmail approach, but there are good features of the desktop email client software, as you can imagine there would be, given the access desktop email clients have to the underlying operating system.
Read about Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook in two Wikipedia excerpts below:
Outlook Express is an email and news client that is included with Internet Explorer versions 4.0 through 6.0. As such, it is also bundled with several versions of Microsoft Windows, from Windows 98 to Windows Server 2003, and is available for Windows 3.x, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 95 and Mac OS 9. In Windows Vista, Outlook Express was superseded by Windows Mail, then again by Windows Live Mail as separate software. Microsoft Outlook (previously Microsoft Entourage), sold as part of Microsoft Office for Macintosh, has replaced the Macintosh version.
Outlook Express is a different application from Microsoft Outlook. The two programs do not share a common codebase, but do share a common architectural philosophy. The similar names lead many people to conclude incorrectly that Outlook Express is a stripped-down version of Microsoft Outlook. Outlook Express uses the Windows Address Book to store contact information and integrates tightly with it. On Windows XP, it also integrates with Windows Messenger.
Outlook Express information from Wikipedia here and above.
Outlook Express information from Microsoft here.
Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. The current version is Microsoft Office Outlook 2013 for Windows and Microsoft Office Outlook 2011 for Mac.
Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note taking, a journal and web browsing.
It can be used as a stand-alone application, or can work with Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SharePoint Server for multiple users in an organization, such as shared mailboxes and calendars, Exchange public folders, SharePoint lists and meeting schedules. There are third-party add-on applications that integrate Outlook with devices such as BlackBerry mobile phones and with other software such as Office and Skype internet communication. Developers can also create their own custom software that works with Outlook and Office components using Microsoft Visual Studio.[2] In addition, Windows Mobile devices can synchronize almost all Outlook data to Outlook Mobile.
Microsoft Outlook information from Wikipedia here and above.
Microsoft Outlook (of Microsoft Office suite) home page here at Microsoft.
Enjoy this tutorial which is presented in two parts for Outlook Express and then Microsoft Outlook respectively.
One important concept with email setups is the choice between POP3 and IMAP methods of checking email, and you can read more about this here. Gmail supports both. Other things that might come into play are your firewall arrangements (regarding your software and ingoing and outgoing ports used) and your virus protection arrangements.
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