Yes, but you have to go back through the start/properties menu and
re-establish outlook after you load explore 8. I just ran across that thread
and it fix this issue. If you don't do that, explore doesn't see it as the
default.

"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> Internet Explorer 8 uses Windows' default email application.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Marcus2009 wrote:
> > My OS is XP (up to date), just loaded Explorer 8. Access and defaults
> > doesn't show Office Outlook, so it's set to use my current. I click the
> > "read mail" button and nothing happens. It will pull up Outlook Express when
> > I have it enabled. Is outlook suppose to work via explorer?
>