If you don't need to access a Hotmail account, there is no
compelling need to switch from OE to WLM. I had no choice,
having only Vista on my computers.
--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
"a3dvm" <a3dvm@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:81804A41-0BA7-48F6-9513-A619CA781E59@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Thanks Gary, I'll give that a try.
> Though I have to confess a short while ago I openend OE again, and found it
> so easy to use with just one inbox and one sent mail folder - and no
> extraneous clutter of uneccesary accounts.
> I'll try your method, but I'm leaning toward going back to OE, as the only
> benefit of the aesthetically pleasing gui, doesn't outweigh the downsides for
> me.
> At least WLM it's not as bad as AOL!
> a3dvm
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
> Quote:
>> During the beta testing phase, we repeatedly asked the developers
>> to give us an alternate OE-like combined folders view, but the
>> only response was to use QuickView folders.
>>
>> I have 10 POP accounts, and for neatness and manageability
>> I keep them collapsed to one line each. I do all my reading and
>> deleting from the QuickView folders, which I have organized as
>> follows: Unread e-mail, All inbox, All sent items, All junk e-mail.
>> I seldom have to go into the individual account folders anymore.
>> About once a week I go to the individual Deleted Items folders
>> and empty them.
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
>>
>>
>> "a3dvm" <a3dvm@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:8735F135-BE71-4051-8AC4-4EC3F418ABE4@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > Thanks for the reply Ron, but had tried that.
>> > With all the QuickView items (except the first mandatory one) unchecked -
>> > you still get to see all the accounts you have, and they are all actively
>> > receiving / sending / requiring deletion of mail. This just makes 5 times the
>> > work for my 5 accounts.
>> > And as I can't seem to turn off auto checking (subject of another post) I'm
>> > downloading spam that MailWasher should be trapping first.
>> > a3dvm.
>> >
>> > "Ron Sommer" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Quick views already combines all of the accounts into one view.
>> >> Right click on Quick views, select Quick views.
>> >> --
>> >> Ronald Sommer
>> >>
>> >> "a3dvm" <a3dvm@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:65722DD0-F025-46C5-8208-5700042A5EC6@xxxxxx
>> >> > 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.
>> >>
>> >>
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