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jraph

Why would MS develop two mail clients? Seems like a PITA. Developing one must be painful enough.

What purpose / user target do they both have?

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- Outlook (forever-...)

- Windows Messaging (95-98?)

- Outlook Express (XP)

- Windows Mail (Vista)

- Windows Live Mail (7?)

- Outlook Web App (?)

- Windows 8 Mail (Metro)

- Windows 10 Mail (UWP)

- Outlook ("New Outlook")

- another one I missed?

> - another one I missed?

Taking into account that they just released the "NewTeams", which is the same crap like the old one, i would say, yes. /s

I remember getting a prompt some months back or perhaps even a year or so back that default mail app is being deprecated and new outlook will replace it. So it’s possible its development has already stopped and they’re now focusing on only one client. I also doubt it’s a full fledged outlook app bundled with Office and could be more like outlook express of yore.

> So it’s possible its development has already stopped and they’re now focusing on only one client.

There are 2 Outlooks: one standalone and one who needs a browser.

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