Microsoft Office Outlook
Screenshot of Outlook 2003.
Maintainer:	Microsoft
Latest release:	2003 Service Pack 2 / October 2003
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Genre:	Personal information manager
License:	Proprietary EULA
Website:	The Official Microsoft Outlook site

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It can be used as a stand-alone application, but can also operate in conjunction with Microsoft Exchange Server to provide enhanced functions for multiple users in an organization, such as shared mailboxes and calendars, public folders and meeting time allocation. Stand-alone is a confusing and misleading term, used to refer to various categories of computer programs, but rarely in a consistent fashion. ... Microsoft Exchange Server is a messaging and collaborative software product developed by Microsoft. ...

Different versions

Versions of Microsoft Outlook include:

• Outlook 97.
• Outlook 98.
• Outlook 2000 (also known as Outlook 9).
• Outlook 2002 (also known as Outlook 10 or Outlook XP).
• Office Outlook 2003 (also known as Outlook 11).

Outlook 98 and Outlook 2000 could be installed in one of two "flavors":

• Internet Mail Only or IMO mode: A lighter application mode with specific emphasis on POP3 accounts and IMAP accounts and including a lightweight Fax application.

• Corporate Workgroup or CW mode: A full MAPI client with specific emphasis on Microsoft Exchange accounts.

Microsoft also released several versions of Outlook for the Apple Macintosh; however, most mail features were disabled after Office 98. After Office 98, Entourage replaced Outlook on Macintosh systems, however in 2001, Microsoft released Outlook 2001 for Mac to allow Classic users to access Exchange servers. Over the past few years, Microsoft has improved Entourage to provide Mac users with a Mac OS X-compatible Exchange client, though it does not have the entire functionality provided by Outlook. Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) is an application layer Internet standard protocol used to retrieve email from a remote server to a local client over a TCP/IP connection. ... The Internet Message Access Protocol (commonly known as IMAP, and previously called Interactive Mail Access Protocol) is an application layer Internet protocol used for accessing email on a remote server from a local client. ... MAPI is an acronym for Messaging Application Programming Interface. ... Microsoft Exchange Server is a collaborative software server from Microsoft, positioned as a rival to the Lotus Notes / Domino server from IBM. The use of Microsoft Exchange is very widespread in large corporations using Microsoft infrastructure solutions. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh, or Mac, line of personal computers is designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... Microsoft Entourage is an email client and personal information manager developed by Microsoft for Mac OS. It is fairly similar to Outlook which Microsoft produce for their Windows platform. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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Security concerns

One of Microsoft's goals is for the e-mail client to be easy to use. However, the embedded automation and lack of security features compared to competitors have been repeatedly exploited by malicious hackers using e-mail viruses. These typically take the form of an e-mail attachment which executes on the user's machine and replicates itself by mass-mailing the user's or Exchange server's address list. Examples of such viruses are the Melissa and Sobig worms. Other programs have exploited Outlook's HTML e-mail capabilities to execute malicious code or confirm that e-mail addresses are valid targets for spam. The notoriety of the worms and other viruses has gained Outlook a reputation as a highly insecure e-mail platform. A hacker is a person who creates and modifies computer software and computer hardware, including computer programming, administration, and security-related items. ... In computer security technology, a virus is a self-replicating/self-reproducing-automation program that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents. ... An email attachment (or e-mail attachment) is a file which is sent along with an e-mail message. ... The Melissa worm, also known as Mailissa, Simpsons, Kwyjibo, or Kwejeebo, is a computer worm that also functions as a macro virus, hence making it a multipartite virus. // History First found on March 26, 1999, Melissa shut down Internet mail systems that got clogged with infected e-mails propogating from... The Sobig Worm was a computer worm that infected millions of Internet-connected, Microsoft Windows computers in August 2003. ... A computer worm is a self-replicating computer program, similar to a computer virus. ... A piece of HTML code with syntax highlighting In computing, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is a markup language designed for the creation of web pages with hypertext and other information to be displayed in a web browser. ... View of a modern spam email, containing an advertising image. ...

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As part of its Trustworthy Computing initiative, Microsoft took corrective steps to fix Outlook's reputation in its latest incarnation, Office Outlook 2003. Among the most publicized security features are that Office Outlook 2003 does not automatically load images in HTML e-mails, and includes a built-in Junk Mail filter^[2]. Service Pack 2 has augmented these features and adds an anti-Phishing filter ^[3]. The base code is also said to be much more secure. Trusted computing (TC) refers to a family of specifications from the controversial TCPA with their stated goal of making computers more secure through the use of dedicated hardware. ... This phishing attempt, disguised as an official email from a (fictional) bank, attempts to trick the banks members into giving away their account information by confirming it at the phishers linked website. ...

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Upcoming releases

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Outlook 2007 has been announced and should be available in late 2006. Features include ^[4]: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Crystal_Clear_app_softwareD.png Summary Crystal Clear icon by Everaldo Coelho and YellowIcon. ...

• A to-do bar added to the Inbox view which shows a snapshot of the user's calendar and tasks list for better time and project management.
• Improved calendar views that display the tasks due below each day on the week view.
• Integrated RSS aggregator

See also

• Comparison of e-mail clients
• Comparison of personal information managers
• List of personal information managers
• Outlook Express
• Outlook Redemption
• Outlook Web Access

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External links

• The Official Microsoft Outlook site
• Slipstick.com — A popular Outlook and Exchange support site
• Microsoft Outlook at FactPlace
• MAPILab: 20+ add-ins for Microsoft Outlook 2000-2003
• Microsoft Outlook Newsgroups
• Importing mails from Mozilla Thunderbird
• Potolook — an extensive package of Outlook plug-ins
• Add-in Express — Outlook COM add-in development on .NET
• Outlook Skype plugin to make phone calls to contacts
• Password Recovery Engine for Outlook A tool to recover Outlook passwords, PST file passwords and Outlook mail passwords.
• Recovery Toolbox Outlook Recovery Toolbox Tool for recovering objects from a damaged or corrupted PST file.
• Recovery Toolbox Password Recovery Toolbox for Outlook Tool for recovering passwords for e-mail accounts or PST files.
• DateDex — Calendar directory, listing global events. Download / Subscribe to calendars in iCalendar format
• ZideLook — Commercial Outook plugin that supports the OpenGroupware.org groupware server.
• Java & Outlook Interoperability: J-Integra for COM -- commercial Java to COM bi-directional bridging tool, that natively/remotely exposes Outlook's COM API functions to Java.

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References

1. ↑  Fortune Magazine interview with Bill Joy
2. ↑  Microsoft Office 2003 editions comparison
3. ↑  Microsoft 'Security at Home' website
4. ↑  Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 product overview