I am not very familiar with Outlook. A friend is upgrading her computer,
she currently runs a laptop with XP, an old version of Office, Outlook
something for calender, and OE for mail, she's asked me to help. The new
system, a chunky desktop, has Vista Business edition and Office 2007 Business.

I know we can't have OE on vista, and I understand that the Vista mail
client (Windows Mail) has a somewhat limited future.

My impression has always been that the reason people used OE rather than
Outlook was that the latter mandated access to an Exchange server.

Is this still the case with Outlook 2007, and is there a summary I can read
of Outlook features that require and do not require access to an Exchange
and/or Sharepoint server?

I had in mind to use the Windows Live Mail client in place of OE, and the
calendar that comes with Vista business for calendering, however the notice I
received today about the Outlook 2007 Connect beta has made we wonder
whether we can just use Outlook 2007 - we initially require POP mail account
access, but with option of adding delta synch and IMAP later.

Your collective wisdom will be much appreciated

No version of Outlook 'requires' exchange

The simplest method of transfering data IMO, on the old PC export OE msgs to
Outlook. Then in Outlook import the address book.
Check in Outlook that all the mail / Contacts are there.
Then with Outlook closed copy its data file to the Vista PC, copy it to
Documents in Vista.

Set up Outlook 2007 with a pop mail configeration - not exchange - and
create a new data file.
Then in Outlook, File>Open>Data File.......browse to your copied data file.
Copy data as required from the old set of Personal Folders (Data File) to
the new - drag & drop, though in your case if your origonal OE didnt have
rules set up you could use File>Import.
(Generally, an Import/Export of a data file loses rules)

See below for some reading.
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olexpr.asp

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Thanks a lot

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