This mail program now has several features found in MS Outlook and it remains as quick to use as before. Rules, which let you redirect, delete or file away messages are now a touch easier since you can right-click on someone's message and choose what you want to happen. You can flag and colour messages to alert as well as consign junk mail to a folder where it can be regularly wiped away. Outlook Express finds junk mail by looking for text such as 'cash', 'offer' and 'amazing' and it offers levels of control on how severe you want it to be. Similarly, you can 'block' messages from someone and forever consign them to the bin.
Life can be that tough.
Express at last offers a way to send messages to groups of people. It also has an intriguing feature to allow different people to manage their mail independently on the one machine. For instance, one person in the office can use the one program to get their mail and deal with it. When another comes along they simply switch users and see their own set of folders. The speed and lightness of Express, plus the ability to import all your old messages from Outlook proper will win a few converts for sure.