ANSWERS

1. Office 97

Outlook 97 was released in January 1997. It replaced earlier programs such as Microsoft Mail and Schedule+.

2. Hotmail

Microsoft paid a reported $400 million for Hotmail, which had been founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith.

3. It was US Independence Day, symbolising "freedom" from internet service providers' email accounts

4. HTML (it was styled "HoTMaiL")

5. 2012

6. .pst (Personal Storage Table)

7. Outlook Express

8. Entourage

9. Microsoft Exchange (Exchange Server or Exchange Online)

10. Automatic Replies

11. Focused Inbox

12. Recall This Message

Recall only works in limited circumstances, typically when both people use Microsoft Exchange in the same organisation and the email has not yet been read.

13. Albuquerque (New Mexico)

14. Redmond

15. Clippit

16. Start Me Up

17. LinkedIn

18. Skype

19. Satya Nadella

20. Activision Blizzard