Microsoft Office includes Outlook. However, Outlook Express is much faster and simpler. If you have Vista you certainly can download and install Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail. You also have a lot of other options (incredimail, in example)

And, you don't have to do anything with Microsoft, everything is setup in your own desktop

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