Microsoft Exchange Client
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Microsoft Exchange Client was a multi-purpose messaging product useful for managing e-mail. It was the native and bundled client for Microsoft Exchange Server
up to version 5.0, later superseded by Microsoft Outlook
.
The original Windows 95
"Inbox" client also used MAPI
and was called "Microsoft Exchange". A stripped down version of the Exchange Client that does not have support for Exchange Server was released as Windows Messaging
when Exchange Server was released to avoid confusion and later vanished as part of Windows 98 and later. That was because of the move to email standards such as SMTP
, IMAP
, and POP3
, all of which Outlook Express
supports better than Windows Messaging.
Exchange Client was replaced by Microsoft Outlook, which was part of Microsoft Office 97
and later. Outlook 97 had different versions (latest is 8.04, a part of Office 97 SR-2), and these were released as part of both Office 97 Service Releases and new Exchange versions. When Outlook 97 was released, Exchange Client 5.0 was still in development and to be later released as part of Exchange Server 5.0, primarily because Outlook was not available for platforms other than Microsoft Windows
yet. Later, in Exchange Server 5.5, Exchange Client was removed and Outlook made the only Exchange client. As part of Exchange Server 5.5, Outlook was released for other platforms.
Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products...
up to version 5.0, later superseded by Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite...
.
The original Windows 95
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...
"Inbox" client also used MAPI
Messaging Application Programming Interface
Messaging Application Programming Interface is a messaging architecture and a Component Object Model based API for Microsoft Windows. MAPI allows client programmes to become messaging-enabled, -aware, or -based by calling MAPI subsystem routines that interface with certain messaging servers...
and was called "Microsoft Exchange". A stripped down version of the Exchange Client that does not have support for Exchange Server was released as Windows Messaging
Windows Messaging
Windows Messaging, initially called Microsoft Exchange, is an e-mail client that was included with Windows 95 , 98 and Windows NT 4.0.In Windows 98, it is not installed by default, but available as a separate program in the setup CD....
when Exchange Server was released to avoid confusion and later vanished as part of Windows 98 and later. That was because of the move to email standards such as SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is an Internet standard for electronic mail transmission across Internet Protocol networks. SMTP was first defined by RFC 821 , and last updated by RFC 5321 which includes the extended SMTP additions, and is the protocol in widespread use today...
, IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol
Internet message access protocol is one of the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval, the other being the Post Office Protocol...
, and POP3
Post Office Protocol
In computing, the Post Office Protocol is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. POP and IMAP are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval. Virtually all modern...
, all of which Outlook Express
Outlook Express
Outlook Express is an email and news client that is included with Internet Explorer versions 4.0 through 6.0. As such, it is also bundled with several versions of Microsoft Windows, from Windows 98 to Windows Server 2003, and is available for Windows 3.x, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 95 and Mac OS 9...
supports better than Windows Messaging.
Exchange Client was replaced by Microsoft Outlook, which was part of Microsoft Office 97
Microsoft Office 97
Microsoft Office 97 was a major milestone release of Microsoft Office, which included hundreds of new features and improvements, introduced "Command Bars", a paradigm in which menus and toolbars were made more similar in capability and visual design featured natural language systems and...
and later. Outlook 97 had different versions (latest is 8.04, a part of Office 97 SR-2), and these were released as part of both Office 97 Service Releases and new Exchange versions. When Outlook 97 was released, Exchange Client 5.0 was still in development and to be later released as part of Exchange Server 5.0, primarily because Outlook was not available for platforms other than Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
yet. Later, in Exchange Server 5.5, Exchange Client was removed and Outlook made the only Exchange client. As part of Exchange Server 5.5, Outlook was released for other platforms.
See also
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