Hi anybody,

Just kind of wondering: Is this Outlook that lots of folks are using an application or client local to your computer or is it a web-based on-line mail system? Where can I find out more about it and how to set it up?

Thanks lots.

Howard

Howard,

It can be either. I'm sure if you google it there will be
plenty of sites with info. Current version is Outlook 2016
which runs on a local PC or the subscription based version,
Office 365 which I believe runs from the Cloud and can be
downloaded to run locally as well. The latter is
subscription based. Often Outlook is packaged with MS Office
but can be purchases as a standalone application. List can
correct me if any of the above is not correct or misleading.

Al

Outlook comes with the Microsoft Office Suite.

Best from,

Carolyn

Yes, while I said it was a part of the suite, it makes sense
that it could be purchased separately.

Best from,

Carolyn

Howard,

As Alan said, Outlook the application is part of the Office suite, I haven't seen it as a stand-alone purchase for Windows, but that doesn't mean it isn't available. If you have no need for any of the other Office applications (Primarily Word and Excel), but the suite also includes Powerpoint, Publisher (inaccessible), the Access database, OneNote and more then you might want to consider a free email client like Thunderbird. I find that the Office 365 subscriptions offered by Microsoft are the way to go. For $99 a year you get Office 365 Home which allows you to download and install the full Office 2016 suite on up to 5 computers so if you have family who use it this can all be under this subscription. The subscription also includes 1 TB of OneDrive storage and 60 mintes of Skype calling to landlines and mobiles to many countries around the world. If you buy 1 Tb of Dropbox storage alone it is I think that much so I think the Office 365 subscription is a great deal.
I think there is also an individual subscription for $59.99 a year which gives you all the same as above but just for 1 user/1 computer.

Regards,
Sieghard