Outlook express is the sibling of Outlook 2003. Outlook express is a boiled down version of outlook 2003. Outlook 2003 has much more functionality ! Jose - KK4JZX -----Original Message----- From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Marthouse Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 9:38 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: off topic Hi Gang, When I upgraded from xp to windows8 I found that there wasn't an equivalent to Outlook Express. The good news was that I had a copy of Microsoft Office 2003 and installed it. Outlook 2003 is the older sibling to Outlook Express and is contained in Office 2003. The program for the most part as far as E-Mail functionality works %95 how Express does. Outlook has a whole bunch of other office programs that I for the most part don't use. All this software works fine in the Windows8 environment. I was in addition able to find a program called Classic Shell. This will restore an XP like format to the start menus etc. No ribbons, no things moving around, and no windows8 annoyances despite the fact that I am using the Windows8 operating system. Dave Marthouse N2AAM [log in to unmask]