I can stop it from accessing the net and have already backed up it's databases (I'm not going to lose my email database like happened before), but I like Outlook Express's interface and I already have all it's email rules set up such as automatic notification when I get a sale on my cell phone, automatic email reply to let the customer know the orders received, automatic notification reply if they've forgotten to include the postage.

I'd rather keep using OE if at all possible. I'll reinstall everything first before I use something else.