America Online to Integrate Microsoft Outlook Express E-Mail Technology
Agreement Will Allow AOL Members to Use Rich, Customizable HTML
DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1997-- AOL Networks, the Internet online service division of America Online Inc. (NYSE: AOL - news) Monday announced that AOL will integrate Microsoft's Outlook Expresso e-mail technologies, including Dynamic HTML, into AOL's existing e-mail client.
This email functionality will become available to many AOL users in the first half of 1998.
This agreement will enable AOL members using Windows to use Outlook Express to read and compose email on the AOL service, and give AOL members access to Microsoft's advanced e-mail functionality.
Microsoft Outlook Express' technologies will allow AOL members to communicate using MIME HTML, the Internet standard which allows a user to send and receive HTML content, including graphics and other media.
With over 20 million e-mail messages sent through AOL daily, AOL e-mail is the most popular e-mail product in cyberspace as well as the easiest to use. AOL plans to offer Microsoft Outlook Express capability to its members as part of its efforts to continually upgrade members' e-mail experience.
Microsoft Outlook Express is a full Internet-standards based e-mail client that lets users send and receive live Web pages, including active hyperlinks, directly from the browser.
Besides the rich HTML capabilities, the Outlook Express technology offers powerful mail management features that sort, organize and filter incoming mail and an expanded Internet Address Book which allows users to find others on the Internet.
''At AOL, our goal is to bring our users the best online experience and the most advanced services available on the Internet,'' said Bob Pittman, president and CEO of AOL Networks.
''Microsoft's Outlook Express e-mail technology was a logical choice for AOL, incorporating easy to use HTML technology with great features and functionality, into our members' e-mail experience.''
''AOL members who are looking to use more advanced e-mail features will be able to use Microsoft Outlook Express' industry-leading technology,'' said Brad Chase, vice president, application and Internet client group at Microsoft Corp [Nasdaq:MSFT - news].
''AOL's use of our enhanced e-mail features prove that Outlook Express offers users the most complete and personalized functionality available today.''
America Online Inc., based in Dulles, is the world's leading Internet online service, with 10 million members worldwide.
AOL, founded in 1985, offers its subscribers a wide variety of interactive services including electronic mail, Instant Message features, entertainment, reference, financial information, computing support, interactive magazines and newspapers, as well as easy access to all the services of the Internet.
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