"Don" <d.burnette@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uTSaZ1HeIHA.4728@xxxxxx
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> Hey gang,
>
> Installed Vista Ultimate 64 bit over the weekend, dual booting with my XP
> Pro install, so far I am finding myself liking it more and more.
>
> I have set up newsgroups in windows mail, and email access. I really like
> some of the features of windows mail versus the older Outlook Express,
> especially the calendar feature, and the spellcheck included. I use
> Outlook 2002 ( from Office XP ) on my XP Pro install, mainly for the
> calendar feature, so was pleased to see this included in windows mail. Not
> going to try to install Office XP on my Vista, as I understand there would
> be issues with that. I think what I have with Windows Mail though, will
> serve me ok.
Outlook 2002 will run under Vista, but with a few problems.
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> I see where another program, Windows Live Mail is available as well. I
> checked on the link I found, and really did not see a lot about it. What
> is the general consensus here, is the Windows Live Mail program much
> better than the included windows mail program? I don't really understand
> what the differences are here.
One difference is that, unlike Windows Mail, it can connect to mail
servers using the HTTP protocol, such as Hotmail. Also, it has a separate
set of mail folders for each email account you have. Microsoft is putting
more effort into improving it than for Windows Mail. If you want to find
more Windows Live Mail users, look in newsgroup:
microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop
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> Secondly, as far as the Microsoft newsgroups, I am using the Microsoft
> Communities server at this time to connect to them. It keeps prompting me
> to sign in to have access to community features. I presume this is the old
> passport login, never really used mine for anything but I was able to sign
> in with it - not really sure what this does for me, any real benefits to
> signing in? If it is mainly to have something like Messenger running, I am
> really not into that, have no real need for that at this time.
>
> Thanks for any tips,
>
>
>
> --
> Don
>
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