>Outlook Express is, at best, a bubblegum and bailing wire email tool and newsgroup reader.

HEEEEYYYY. I like Outlook Express. Yes, I have and have used Outlook, and it is fine if you need all that stuff. But I don't. OE is NOT bubblegum and bailing wire if you have ever used any other third party email packages (Notes, Pegasus). Compared with others, it's fast, efficient and intuitive.