Windows Messaging, initially called ''

Microsoft Exchange Client Microsoft Exchange Server is a mail server and calendaring server developed by Microsoft. It runs exclusively on Windows Server operating systems. The first version was called Exchange Server 4.0, to position it as the successor to the related ...

'', is an

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that was included with

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(beginning with OSR2)- 98 and

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. In Windows 98, it was not installed by default, but was available as a separate program in the setup CD. It is incompatible with Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP and later versions.

History

Microsoft Exchange gained wide usage with the release of Windows 95, as this was the only mail client that came bundled with it. In 1996, it was renamed to Windows Messaging, because of the upcoming release of

Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft Exchange Server is a mail server and calendaring server developed by Microsoft. It runs exclusively on Windows Server operating systems. The first version was called Exchange Server 4.0, to position it as the successor to the related ...

, and continued to be included throughout later releases of Windows up until the initial release of Windows 98, which by then included Outlook Express 4.0 as the default mail client. The Windows Messaging email client had two branches of successors: * In software bundled with Windows itself, these were Internet Mail and News in Windows 95 (and bundled with

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), which was succeeded by Outlook Express 4.0 in Windows 98 (bundled with

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in Windows 95) and throughout newer Windows systems. These did not use the .pst file type. *

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became the professional-grade and more direct successor of MS Exchange Client, which still uses the .pst file type.

Microsoft Fax

Microsoft Fax, also called

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Fax (AWF), is the fax component to provide Send-and-Receive Fax capability; sent and received faxes were stored in the same .pst file as other messages, first attempt of

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by Microsoft; also the ability to act as

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, which is not available in later versions of Windows until

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What is the Microsoft Exchange client?
{{Windows Components Internet Explorer add-ons Windows email clients Discontinued Windows components Windows 95 Windows 98

History

Microsoft Fax

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