Both Outlook 2003 and 2007 work well in Vista.
Given your resistance to change, better try Outlook 2003 first. ;-)
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
"Peter Keep" <kflying@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23U7Fbq9dIHA.288@xxxxxx
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>I have been using Outlook for 10 years - not Express, though I have provided technical support to Express users.
>
> Just recently got my first version of Vista and it's mail program - it sucks. Can't use a previous .pst file, it lacks features
> that were in Express, and won't even keep keep text formats set from line to line (as in fonts, <insert> off/on, bold or
> italicize, etc.)
>
> It's terribly slow,
>
> Given how badly Vista mail performs (based against how well Outlook 97 and 2000 did!) anyone out there have a 3rd party
> recommendation for a mail program that has the feature set and workability that Outlook 2000 has? I'd try the newer versions of
> Outlook except now I can't trust MS to preserve features and reliability.