>>It was a big surprise to me to find that Outlook still requires Outlook Express to be installed.
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>>After I installed Outlook, I remove Outlook express. Then, when I started Outlook, it gave me a message stating that I need Outlook Express. Now, what is that? Why do I need two mailers on my system?
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>The only reasoning I could possibly find is that Outlook uses Outlook Express for News. But that is stupid.

It is. Imagine if we would have to install FoxPro Windows in order to run Visual FoxPro.