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Explorer II

Mar 19, 2017

OUTLOOK 2007 End of support coming in OCT 2017

I have been an OUTLOOK Email guy from day one. In my case case that goes back many years haha...

I resisted doing the MS OFFICE 365 monthly/yearly subscription and kept my MS 2007 OFFICE and OUTLOOK for my new WIN 10 computer upgrades etc...

Looks like options not all that great on what to do here... I can purchase OUTLOOK 2013 or 2016 just for the email and take off the MS OFFICE 2007 package which I really don't use much anyway... Would be nice to have it tho...

Reading the reviews from the MS site has alot of complaints for the MS standalone OUTLOOK 2016...

Then my daughter said why not use the MAIL feature in WIN 10... Been playing with that the past few days and it does work but it sure is a very simple EMAIL program... Nothing like the OUTLOOK email programs at all... It also doesn't receive the same emails that OUTLOOK does for some reason... I compared the two programs this morning and see that WIN 10 missed a few...

I'm wondering what others in this situation has done...

I really hate to get into the $99 a year for subscriptions to MS365. MS OUTLOOK 2016 is good thru 2028 I think I read somewhere. I just got an UPDATE yesterday for my MS 2007 Office and outlook online from MS...

I see several places on the internet where you can purchase MS OFFICE and OUTLOOK for 2016 with KEY they say but who knows who you are buying from haha... Even CNET is getting dangerous here sometimes...

I also have four or five computers here as well... A minimum of two would be needed here with MS OUTLOOK on them... I like to have several mail folders for my various subjects and also have been keeping company related sales emails with new electronic items for two years before deleting... Would like to continue doing this...

Surely something out there to duplicate some of this... MS OUTLOOK 2016 from AMAZON for $109 and will be good until 2028... I would lose my MS OFFICE package however... MS365 subscription for their office including OUTLOOK is $99 a years or $9.99 a month subscription...

Always something else to get you hard earned money...

Roy Ken

14 Replies

fj12ryder
Explorer III
Mar 19, 2017
^^^^^^That's what I was thinking. Support may be ending, but that doesn't necessarily mean you have to stop using it. Support ended for Microsoft Money program quite a few years ago, but I still use it because it does what I want and does it well. When it stops working I'll probably have to move on but so far so good.
accsys
Explorer
Mar 19, 2017
I will just keep using my Office 2007. Support may be ending but the program will still work, just not receive updates. We just received a Service Pack 3 update last week and should be pretty well up to date. All of my mail goes through Gmail first and I use POP3 to access it on Outlook. I will rely on Gmail, my anti-virus and malware programs to keep me safe.
RoyB
Explorer II
Mar 19, 2017
NCWriter wrote:

I've evolved to Google for contacts and calendar over the years. So I may - reluctantly - just give up on Outlook and save emails by topics in the Gmail folder system.

I just might have to do the same here... I'd rather spend the $100 a year on battery replacements haha...

Roy Ken
NCWriter
Explorer
Mar 19, 2017
This subject is very interesting to me also. I've been using Outlook for years and like organizing the folders, searching, and just the way it appears on the screen.

Recently my Outlook conked out after a restart, and I had to re-do the account settings. Discovered that Google considers Outlook and other "desktop mail clients" to be lacking in "modern security standards." To continue using it, I had to allow "access for less secure apps." It could only be set up with POP3 rather than the more mobile-friendly IMAP.

I've evolved to Google for contacts and calendar over the years. So I may - reluctantly - just give up on Outlook and save emails by topics in the Gmail folder system.

I like my desktop computer for writing projects and organizing my documents when we're at home but find that I use the tablet and phone now vastly more for email and net surfing, at home as well as while traveling.