As the OP was regarding Outlook Express I think calendaring may be a little bit distracting :o). I also think Chandler, Evolution and Kontact ( full blown PIMs) may be over the top. Kmail ( the mail component of Kontact ) can be run separately.
Thunderbird/Icedove seems to have become a de-facto standard these days. Claws Mail ( http://www.claws-mail.org ) is another alternative. I've not used it but it seems quite stable and in theory ticks all the boxes.
A good light alternative to Outlook is claws-mail. His size is approximately 2 MB, so it is lighter in comparison with Thunderbird (30 MB) and it's very good!
Of course, Thunderbird has extra functionality that you'll not find in claws-mail, however if you don't require these it's a good choice!
I'm using claws-mail without problems since one year ago.
Thunderbird
The best Open-Source alternative to Outlook Express is Thunderbird. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
There is also a new project called Chandler. Be warned, it is still in beta. http://chandler.osafoundation.org
More resources can be found at OSS Watch. http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/emailclients.xml
Chandler
Outlook Express != Outlook
As the OP was regarding Outlook Express I think calendaring may be a little bit distracting :o). I also think Chandler, Evolution and Kontact ( full blown PIMs) may be over the top. Kmail ( the mail component of Kontact ) can be run separately.
Thunderbird/Icedove seems to have become a de-facto standard these days. Claws Mail ( http://www.claws-mail.org ) is another alternative. I've not used it but it seems quite stable and in theory ticks all the boxes.
Evolution
Evolution is a very good alternative, especially if you use Linux and GNOME. It supposedly runs on Windows, but I don't know how well.
http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/
In case you want to run it on Windows:
http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/
Thanksyou very much
I will look for this softwares. Many thanks
KN
claws-mail
A good light alternative to Outlook is claws-mail. His size is approximately 2 MB, so it is lighter in comparison with Thunderbird (30 MB) and it's very good!
Of course, Thunderbird has extra functionality that you'll not find in claws-mail, however if you don't require these it's a good choice!
I'm using claws-mail without problems since one year ago.