I don't need to spend any time in the OE newsgroups to know
dang well that OE has worked just fine throughout the years for me.
It wasn't a perfect product, but not much is. One thing is for sure,
Windows Mail is a disappointment to me.... I hope it does not continue
to stay that way.
-Michael
"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
news:u9BxuKAOHHA.5000@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> You should both spend some time in the Outlook Express newsgroups. The mail store in OE was
> the cause of many problems. The mail store in Windows Mail is more robust and also a more
> standard way of storing email and newsgroup posts. It definitely has teething problems but
> there is more room for future development with Windows Mail than with OE. It will be easier
> for 3rd party developers to work with the email store and it is easier to recover individual
> emails from a corrupted store. As Windows mail is updated it should improve. I do agree that
> at present it is slower than OE, especially if you use it as a newsreader and like to keep
> thousands of posts. I'm prepared to live with this for now as I know the potential is there
> for WM to be better than OE was.
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>
>
> "Danny" <me@there.com> wrote in message news:2otqh.65314$n36.12964@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net...
>>
>> "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net> wrote in message
>> news:uT37ig%23NHHA.4604@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>> Appreciate the reply, but it seems to be formulated from the basis that OE was faulty. For
>>>> me it was not, in any way, shape or form.
>>>
>>> I agree. While I have used Outlook for years as my email client, OE has
>>> performed very well for handling newsgroups. I don't see or "feel" any
>>> improvement in WinMail. In fact, it seems very much like a buggy beta.
>>> I have been quite disappointed with the performance of Windows Mail.
>>
>> Buggy beta is spot on. I have also just discovered they've dispensed with the address book
>> in favour of a button bringing up 'contacts'.
>> This program is a shambles, frankly. And I defragged my drive and found it didn't help speed
>> Mail up.
>