Quote: This issue is already known and we have logged it as a bug for future
consideration. -- tanja

Quote: It's just not normal for an email client to have a login. -- Gary
VanderMolen



A bug?? Not normal?? ... You guys and gals must be joking! ... WLM, like OE,
requires password protection. "Take into future consideration" the fact that
we don't want to play with User Accounts, as it's "just not normal" to have
to do that every time we want to step away from the computer.

I think that MS's philosophy is that multiple users should use multiple
login accounts. I don't know if this is a problem, because I am the only
user of this computer.

You can easily lock your login with a screensaver, or by merely pressing
Winkey-L before you step away.
I have no need for a password on WM/WLM, and I don't use the one available
on Thunderbird.


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http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

"Austin" <Austin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:47240B82-458E-495D-91CA-CA16FF66C336@xxxxxx

> Quote: This issue is already known and we have logged it as a bug for
> future
> consideration. -- tanja
>
> Quote: It's just not normal for an email client to have a login. -- Gary
> VanderMolen
>
> A bug?? Not normal?? ... You guys and gals must be joking! ... WLM, like
> OE,
> requires password protection. "Take into future consideration" the fact
> that
> we don't want to play with User Accounts, as it's "just not normal" to
> have
> to do that every time we want to step away from the computer.

Just a few comments:
(1) You are posting to a thread started on 20 June last year, with the
latest post before yours dated 10 November. There are not many readers who
will be able to assign any context to your comments, particularly since you
have deleted all foregoing messages apart from a couple of quotes. Tanja's
remark is not even archived on Google, and we can speculate on the reason
why.
(2) I cannot imagine any scenario where having to enter a password to launch
an email client would be required. It takes just as long as it does to enter
a password into a Windows user account. If you lock your account when
leaving your machine unattended, the client can still be running, so saving
the start-up delay when you return.
(3) Are you saying that you always close down your email client "every time
you want to step away from the computer?" If not, how does OE's password
protection help?
(4) You can only have one instance of WLMail per user, so users sharing a
Windows account will always have access to each others' email, just as they
have access to each others' private letters, IM history, browsing history
and intimate photos.
(5) WLMail stores messages as plain text files easily opened and read in
Notepad.

Now, press the Windows key + L. (Don't worry, it won't break anything.)
....

Welcome back. Was that too painful? Time consuming?
--
Noel

"Austin" <Austin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:47240B82-458E-495D-91CA-CA16FF66C336@xxxxxx

> Quote: This issue is already known and we have logged it as a bug for
> future
> consideration. -- tanja
>
> Quote: It's just not normal for an email client to have a login. -- Gary
> VanderMolen
>
> A bug?? Not normal?? ... You guys and gals must be joking! ... WLM, like
> OE,
> requires password protection. "Take into future consideration" the fact
> that
> we don't want to play with User Accounts, as it's "just not normal" to
> have
> to do that every time we want to step away from the computer.

On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:59:01 -0800, Austin wrote:

> ...OE, requires password protection...

MSOE has never *required* password protection. I have multiple Identities on
two computers (one running Windows ME, the other running Windows MCE 2005),
and neither *requires* a password to switch Identities.

> WLM...requires password protection...

I set up WLM on one computer, and never activated a Windows Live account of
any kind. On that computer WLM does not *require* password protection.

I have no email client which *requires* password protection, though I have a
number which can be set up with password protection as an option.

None of the clients with optional password protection affords actual
protection against even casual inspection of the files. At best, they
prevent unauthorized users from accessing the account to send email.

If you need protection of data, you need to use LUAs, with password
protection on them.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum