Solve : Outlook Expess is all new to me?

Against my better judgement, took the plunge this evening and installed IE8, and it actually downloaded and worked ok!
No real problems so far, it seems a bit slower to load than IE7, and it deleted the "link" folder from my favourites, but hey ho!
What's that envelope icon on the toolbar l thought? Pressed it and whoosh, all my emails that l view using my ISP have now been transferred to Outlook Express.
Now it's ok for all of you out there, (call me old fashioned), but l've never used OE in my life, although it's installed on my PC. l've just viewed / sent emails via my ISP which is what l have been used to.
However, OE looks quite good and the printng of an email is so much easier, albeit that it says l have 270 emails in my inbox which will take me a good few hours to ponder over.
Right then, emails are sent to my ISP (France Telecom - Orange) and FT have their own built in virus detection and blacklist detection (free) so l do not receive any junk mail.
It is an amazing bit of kit and really works, as l have not received junk mail for NEARLY a year now!
Now with this OE thingy, it pulls all of my mail from my ISP. So will these be covered (by my ISP from viruses before they are "pulled" by OE), or do l need something else in between the starting up of OE and the "pulling" of my emails to check for viruses?
Does this make sense and can you see what l am getting at?
Regards

PS   Maybe l will be asking for help in OE in the FUTURE, but in the meantime, where are all these emails kept in OE (folder wise)?
It's not Outlook Express, it's Windows Mail.

I'll locate the default DIRECTORY for you.

EDIT

By default, this storage folder is placed on the C drive, under your username in the AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail directory. If you want to move the folder to a different location, follow these steps:

1. Click Tools and select Options.
2. Select the Advanced tab.
3. In the Maintenance and Troubleshooting section, click the Maintenance button.
4. In the Maintenance dialog box, click the Store Folder button.
5. In the Store Location dialog box, click the CHANGE button.
6. Browse to the desired location and click OK.
7. Click OK to close the Store Location dialog box.
8. Click Close to close the Maintenance dialog box.
9. Click OK to close the Options dialog box.
First of all, thanks for the quick response Quantos, it's really appreciated.
The bad news is you haven't answered my question at all!
The only thing that l can agree upon, which l'm sorry l forgot about, is that OE doesn't technically exist in IE8. However, my icon says OE, it works, so that is what l am sticking with.
So, an interim mail checker and where are the emails stored?
Regards Quote

The bad news is you haven't answered my question at all!

I apologize, I did read through your original post again though.  If I understand correctly you are concerned about virus'.
That is something that we all need to be on guard against, and is an excellent concern.

If that is the e-mail program that you wish to use, then feel free to use it.  E-mail programs do not take care of virus or malware protection on their own.  I would suggest using MalwareBytes as an anti-malware program, and for anti-virus programs I use Avast.  MalwareBytes is free for consumer use and so is Avast, but you do need to register Avast for a registration key.  The registration is free and painless.  I would also recommend getting a firewall program.  I use ZoneAlarm. Quote from: Quantos on June 26, 2009, 04:34:51 PM

It's not Outlook Express, it's Windows Mail.

With Windows XP, the email program is Outlook Express.  With Windows Vista, the email program is Windows Mail.Thanks soybean.  I refuse to update my XP machine to IE 8, I had assumed it would be typical.Wow, due a "glitch" l seem to have two posts RUNNING, the other one can be closed/deleted.
Right, let's start again, and perhaps l should have stated in the first place that l have XP SP3 with the now talked about IE8.
Believe it or not, Outlook Express is completely new to me and looks quite good. So l will say again................
Now with this OE thingy, it pulls all of my mail from my ISP. So will these be covered (by my ISP from viruses before they are "pulled" by OE), or do l need something else in between the starting up of OE and the "pulling" of my emails to check for viruses? I've heard of a program called Mailwasher but is this necessary?
Does this make sense and can you see what l am getting at?
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So will these be covered (by my ISP from viruses before they are "pulled" by OE), or do l need something else in between the starting up of OE and the "pulling" of my emails to check for viruses

NEVER rely on an outside solution.  ALWAYS have malware and virus protection on your own system.  If their system fails then Murphy's Law dictates that you will recieve something that is infected.

For Outlook Express a sample path for the storage is...
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{F24BA81B-66ED-469E-BF60-51E078FFF968}\Microsoft\Outlook Express Thunderbird.Thanks everyone (l think)?
Have got all the good virus/spyware/malware detectors running, so no problem there (l hope)!
Quite liking Outlook Express (sorry Windows Mail?), having never used it before, and l think l'll also stick with IE8 for the time being to at least give it a chance.
It does seem a tad slower than IE7, which for me isn't a major problem, but at least l know l can change to either Firefox or even Thunderbird (as Patio suggested) if l get any problems in the future.
Thanks again, your comments are really appeciated, and l know that if l get stuck, for whatever reason and however trivial, there's someone on these boards to help out and solve the problem.
Regards  Quote from: willythecat on June 27, 2009, 03:56:01 AM

Quite liking Outlook Express (sorry Windows Mail?),

Again, Windows Mail is part of Windows Vista; it does not work with Windows XP.  So, it's not really an option with Windows XP. 

Quote from: willythecat on June 27, 2009, 03:56:01 AM

l think l'll also stick with IE8 for the time being to at least give it a chance.
It does seem a tad slower than IE7, which for me isn't a major problem, but at least l know l can change to either Firefox or even Thunderbird (as Patio suggested) if l get any problems in the future.

You seem to be putting Firefox and Thunderbird in the same category.  Firefox is a web browser, an alternative to IE.  Thunderbird is an email client, an alternative to OE.  Thunderbird has a following of fervent supporters, so, no doubt, it's a very good email client.  I use OE, have used it for years, and probably will continue using it on my Win XP system.

Quote from: willythecat on June 26, 2009, 06:13:42 PM

Now with this OE thingy, it pulls all of my mail from my ISP. So will these be covered (by my ISP from viruses before they are "pulled" by OE), or do l need something else in between the starting up of OE and the "pulling" of my emails to check for viruses?

You later said:
Quote from: willythecat on June 27, 2009, 03:56:01 AM

Have got all the good virus/spyware/malware detectors running, so no problem there (l hope)!

So, you've got your email protected if you have a good anti-virus program installed.