According to Microsoft, Windows Live Mail (WLM) is the replacement for WM.
http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas
In addition to WM's capabilities, WLM also has Hotmail access.
Several of WM's bugs have been fixed in the current version of WLM.
Gary VanderMolen
"Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news
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> thanks, what is the difference between WM and WLM? i just got Vista. is it
> included. right now i have wm.
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> "R. C. White" wrote:
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>> Hi, Anna.
>>
>> The spell-check feature has gone through several changes over the past year
>> or two. For one thing, Vista's Windows Mail - and now Windows Live Mail -
>> has its own built-in spell checker, so it no longer uses the one in Word.
>>
>> Now I'm using WLM (beta version 12.0.1184); it immediately highlights and
>> underscores (in red) any word that it does not recognize, as soon as I press
>> the space bar to end the word. As before, I can control the spell-checker's
>> behavior by clicking Tools | Options | Spelling. (I've been using WLM for
>> only a couple of weeks and already am forgetting the details of how WM did
>> it.)
>>
>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>> rc@grandecom.net
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>> (Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
>>
>> "Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:93BD9823-1E98-499C-9ACA-378D4B9AE085@microsoft.com...
>> > how do i get my emails to be edited by word as i type? couldn't find the
>> > option under tools.
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