>in my experience, the problem is that OE mangles the message too much. I disagree... but don't take my word for it... double check this yourself...
When you are viewing a message in Outlook Express, if you "right click" on the message, click "properties" from the drop-down, click the "details" tab, and then click the "message source" button, a text window comes up which contains EXACTLY the same thing as the text file on the server before being downloaded into Outlook Express. Also, if you drag-N-drop a file out of Outlook into the file system and then open that file up in a text editor, again, you get EXACTLY what was on the server. In fact, it is the full version of Outlook which mangles things... you get a boatload of crap when you try these same things in the full version of Outlook. However, as I understand it, Outlook contains a functional and accessible API whereas Outlook Express does NOT. I think that is the difference and why these things are easier for Outlook than for Outlook Express. But I also have heard of some third party DLLs which provide an API for Outlook Express to give it an accessible API much like Outlook since this is not provide by Microsoft. Let me know if I'm wrong about any of this. I hope this helps! --Rob McEwen
