a3dvm

Just upped to Windows Live Mail from longtime Outlook Express use.
I use 5 mail addresses, so have 5 accounts showing in the left hand pane
before I get to even see my storage folders. (yes, I moved them up and they
slid down next time opened - is that a bug?)
Then I have emails coming in to each account, sent emails from each account,
and I can't find anything quickly, and I'm getting confused where things end
up.
I've set up message rules to copy all incoming mail to the Storage Folders
inbox so I have a 'One Stop Shop' for emails.
But I still have to manually drag or copy sent mail to Sent Items, and
delete all the originals from the individual accounts. What a pain!

What I would like is basically what I had in Outlook Express - 1 set of
inbox, Outbox, and Sent messages. (plus a few of my own for specific items)
Nice and simple where I know where everything is and do things once! I'd like
to delete all the separate account stuff and just have messages go in to the
storage folders - is that possible? It looks to me that doing that will
simply delete the accounts altogether - and that's not what I want.
I know Outlook Express is old and boring to look at, while Windows Live Mail
is very attractive - but unless someone can help me with an answer to these
issues, think I'll migrate back again.
Thanks.