On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 8:47 AM, LarryT <l02tur...@comcast.net> wrote: > Thanks for that evaluation - it's what I needed - your comment above is > pretty accurate about how I feel - I like some of the new features but > dislike others. Win Mail is not all that great IMO - I prefer OE - but it
Enough people complained about Windows Mail that it is no longer available and Windows 7 does not include an integrated email reader. They now have some kind of online based, desktop look client ala Google Gears called Windows Live Mail. You download a front end program that works through Microsoft servers. It does have an "offline" mode so you don't have to be online to open the client side app, but it is not to be confused with Outlook or Windows Mail (which was actually Outlook Express 7 renamed.) However, from what I can understand, instead of a one to one relationship ala setting up an account in OE or Thunderbird or etc then opening that app and having it make a call to the mail server and download your mail, Windows Live Mail sets up a multipoint relationship where you set up the account on the Microsoft server, the Microsoft server downloads your mail from your mail server, then the app makes a call to the Microsoft server to get the mail. > will not run in Vista. W Mail take 1-2 *minutes* when I hit "Reply/Reply > To" before a blank email pops up - something's not right but I cannot figure > out what's wrong. Have turned off most of the startup programs,,,, Oh well The new integrated text editor Windows Mail uses needs more resources than the default editor in either OE 6 or Outlook Professional 2003. With Outlook Pro you can use Microsoft Word as the text editor for writing mail, I don't remember if you can in OE 6 but I'm relatively sure you can *not* change the default editor for Windows Mail. > --- Microsoft strikes again. Isn't that the truth? > LarryT EdB -- "I'm a Night Elf Mohawk!" - Mr. T. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
