Email

As you probably know, it is easy to use Microsoft Outlook as a program, sometimes called an email client, from your home or office to download, compose, and respond to email. Outlook ships as part of the Microsoft Office suite described earlier in this chapter. A stripped-down version, Outlook Express, is available as a free download, if you don't have it already. (You'll usually find Outlook Express pre-installed as part of Microsoft Windows.)

There are also some other email client programs that proponents swear by. For example, you can find out more about Qualcomm's Eudora Email at http://www.eudora.com.

From the viewpoint of the mobile computer user, there aren't any major issues about using an email client when you are on your home ...

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