By Rick Broida
(October 5, 2005)

Still using the Web to manage your e-mail accounts? There's a better way: Outlook Express. Windows' built-in mail program can send and retrieve messages from any Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) account--even those that reside on the Web.

Why bother? For starters, Outlook Express supports multiple accounts, so you can manage your Gmail and Hotmail messages under one roof. Plus, it offers more features than most Web-based clients, including a robust address book, mail filters, and message grouping. Best of all, if more than one person wants to use Outlook Express to manage e-mail, you can set up multiple users without having to share an in-box.