I think this is a feedreader and podcatcher for Outlook and OE. Has anyone tried it? I was curious because Feedburner made a FeedFlare for it.

Thunderbird has a feed reader incorporated and is a much better email client than Outlook or OE.

I'm sort of stuck with Outlook because my employer uses Microsoft Exchange, and I use it to manage my calendar and contacts too. ...

Ah, I see. I can understand that. In a lucky strike, I had my folk install Thunderbird for me because my email kept timing out after a few seconds and there was nothing they could do. The timeout limit was at its max, so it was very strange. I'm very fond of Thunderbird now though.