Comcast does support Windows Mail, which uses identical settings
as WLM:



http://help.comcast.net/content/faq/...-sending-email

Comcast recently switched to a different news server: newsgroups.comcast.net
See http://www.comcast.com/Customers/Faq...s.ashx?Id=2768

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Ritter 197" <Ritter197@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:CL6dnUWX1IfH1xzVnZ2dnUVZ_r_inZ2d@xxxxxx

> Comcast does not support WLM, but only Outlook Express.> What are the
> correct settings for Newsgroups from Comcast and WLM?

What is better? Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail? For OS Windows XP?

"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eU6uiUU6IHA.3512@xxxxxx

> Comcast does support Windows Mail, which uses identical settings
> as WLM:
>
> http://help.comcast.net/content/faq/...-sending-email
>
> Comcast recently switched to a different news server:
> newsgroups.comcast.net
> See http://www.comcast.com/Customers/Faq...s.ashx?Id=2768
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "Ritter 197" <Ritter197@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:CL6dnUWX1IfH1xzVnZ2dnUVZ_r_inZ2d@xxxxxx

>> Comcast does not support WLM, but only Outlook Express.> What are the
>> correct settings for Newsgroups from Comcast and WLM?

Windows XP includes Outlook Express by default. Vista includes Windows
Mail by default.

You cannot have Outlook Express with Vista. Similarly, you cannot use
Windows Mail with Windows XP.

The Windows Live Mail program is a new mail client, which can be
installed on Win XP or Vista systems.

You are running Win XP, so you have a choice between Outlook Express OR
Windows Live Mail as your default mail client - OR you could install a
third party mail client.

Outlook Express has been around for many years. It isn't perfect.
However, most of the bugs have been eradicated and it works well with
POP3/SMTP mail servers. It also works with HTTP servers - although
Hotmail gave notice that users would not be able to use OE in
conjunction with its HTTP servers after 30 June 2008. Hotmail have
postponed that decision for the time being - but it may be reintroduced
at a later date.

Windows Live Mail is a relatively new program, which has been heralded
as the successor to Outlook Express (for Win XP) and Windows Mail (for
Vista). It is clear from this newsgroup that not all of the bugs have
been identified or eradicated.

So which is best? That is a matter of opinion. If you are running Win
XP and do not require access to the Hotmail HTTP mail server, I would be
inclined to stick with Outlook Express - particularly if OE works OK
with Comcast and WLMail doesn't (even though the account settings should
be identical).

If you require access to the Hotmail HTTP mail server, you may have no
alternative but to move to Windows Live Mail - sooner or later.



"Ritter 197" <Ritter197@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C40F2838-54FE-4B79-B52D-816F81CDA112@xxxxxx

> What is better? Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail? For OS Windows XP?
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eU6uiUU6IHA.3512@xxxxxx

>> Comcast does support Windows Mail, which uses identical settings
>> as WLM:
>>
>> http://help.comcast.net/content/faq/...-sending-email
>>
>> Comcast recently switched to a different news server:
>> newsgroups.comcast.net
>> See http://www.comcast.com/Customers/Faq...s.ashx?Id=2768
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "Ritter 197" <Ritter197@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:CL6dnUWX1IfH1xzVnZ2dnUVZ_r_inZ2d@xxxxxx

>>> Comcast does not support WLM, but only Outlook Express.> What are
>>> the
>>> correct settings for Newsgroups from Comcast and WLM?

>

Yes, what happened there?

Why did they back off from the 30 June 2008 date, after having announced it?

DSH

"Bob Lucas" <bob@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:g5vlvs$7kn$1@xxxxxx

> Outlook Express has been around for many years. It isn't perfect.
> However, most of the bugs have been eradicated and it works well with
> POP3/SMTP mail servers. It also works with HTTP servers - although
> Hotmail gave notice that users would not be able to use OE in conjunction
> with its HTTP servers after 30 June 2008. Hotmail have postponed that
> decision for the time being - but it may be reintroduced at a later date.

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:28:52 -0400, Ritter 197 wrote:

> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eU6uiUU6IHA.3512@xxxxxx

>> "Ritter 197" <Ritter197@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:CL6dnUWX1IfH1xzVnZ2dnUVZ_r_inZ2d@xxxxxx

>>> Comcast does not support WLM, but only Outlook Express.> What are the
>>> correct settings for Newsgroups from Comcast and WLM?

>> Comcast does support Windows Mail, which uses identical settings
>> as WLM:
>>
>> http://help.comcast.net/content/faq/...-sending-email
>>
>> Comcast recently switched to a different news server:
>> newsgroups.comcast.net
>> See http://www.comcast.com/Customers/Faq...s.ashx?Id=2768

> What is better? Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail? For OS Windows XP?

For Windows XP: You already have MS Outlook Express, a component of MS
Internet Explorer 6. You can't install Windows Mail on a Windows XP
computer.

For use with Comcast, the email settings for Windows Live Mail (which will
work on a Windows XP computer) are the same as for MS Outlook Express, and
pretty much in the same menu locations.

There are some significant differences between Windows Live Mail and MS
Outlook Express; if you are an adventurer, who likes to try new things,
there are aspects of WLM which recommend it over MSOE. If you are a
stubborn, set in your ways kind of guy who *HATES* changes, stick with MSOE.

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

http://emailsupport.spaces.live.com/...708!5745.entry

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"D. Spencer Hines" <panther@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ePTmvrp6IHA.2064@xxxxxx

> Yes, what happened there?
>
> Why did they back off from the 30 June 2008 date, after having
> announced it?
>
> DSH
>
> "Bob Lucas" <bob@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:g5vlvs$7kn$1@xxxxxx
>

>> Outlook Express has been around for many years. It isn't perfect.
>> However, most of the bugs have been eradicated and it works well
>> with POP3/SMTP mail servers. It also works with HTTP servers -
>> although Hotmail gave notice that users would not be able to use OE
>> in conjunction with its HTTP servers after 30 June 2008. Hotmail
>> have postponed that decision for the time being - but it may be
>> reintroduced at a later date.

>
>
>

Thanks
--
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor

"Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#Ekjx9s6IHA.1080@xxxxxx

> http://emailsupport.spaces.live.com/...708!5745.entry
>
> Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
>
> "D. Spencer Hines" <panther@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ePTmvrp6IHA.2064@xxxxxx

>> Yes, what happened there?
>>
>> Why did they back off from the 30 June 2008 date, after having announced
>> it?
>>
>> DSH
>>
>> "Bob Lucas" <bob@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:g5vlvs$7kn$1@xxxxxx
>>

>>> Outlook Express has been around for many years. It isn't perfect.
>>> However, most of the bugs have been eradicated and it works well with
>>> POP3/SMTP mail servers. It also works with HTTP servers - although
>>> Hotmail gave notice that users would not be able to use OE in
>>> conjunction with its HTTP servers after 30 June 2008. Hotmail have
>>> postponed that decision for the time being - but it may be reintroduced
>>> at a later date.

Thanks for the excellent explanation.


"Bob Lucas" <bob@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:g5vlvs$7kn$1@xxxxxx

> Windows XP includes Outlook Express by default. Vista includes Windows
> Mail by default.
>
> You cannot have Outlook Express with Vista. Similarly, you cannot use
> Windows Mail with Windows XP.
>
> The Windows Live Mail program is a new mail client, which can be installed
> on Win XP or Vista systems.
>
> You are running Win XP, so you have a choice between Outlook Express OR
> Windows Live Mail as your default mail client - OR you could install a
> third party mail client.
>
> Outlook Express has been around for many years. It isn't perfect.
> However, most of the bugs have been eradicated and it works well with
> POP3/SMTP mail servers. It also works with HTTP servers - although
> Hotmail gave notice that users would not be able to use OE in conjunction
> with its HTTP servers after 30 June 2008. Hotmail have postponed that
> decision for the time being - but it may be reintroduced at a later date.
>
> Windows Live Mail is a relatively new program, which has been heralded as
> the successor to Outlook Express (for Win XP) and Windows Mail (for
> Vista). It is clear from this newsgroup that not all of the bugs have
> been identified or eradicated.
>
> So which is best? That is a matter of opinion. If you are running Win XP
> and do not require access to the Hotmail HTTP mail server, I would be
> inclined to stick with Outlook Express - particularly if OE works OK with
> Comcast and WLMail doesn't (even though the account settings should be
> identical).
>
> If you require access to the Hotmail HTTP mail server, you may have no
> alternative but to move to Windows Live Mail - sooner or later.
>
>
>
> "Ritter 197" <Ritter197@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:C40F2838-54FE-4B79-B52D-816F81CDA112@xxxxxx

>> What is better? Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail? For OS Windows XP?
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:eU6uiUU6IHA.3512@xxxxxx

>>> Comcast does support Windows Mail, which uses identical settings
>>> as WLM:
>>>
>>> http://help.comcast.net/content/faq/...-sending-email
>>>
>>> Comcast recently switched to a different news server:
>>> newsgroups.comcast.net
>>> See http://www.comcast.com/Customers/Faq...s.ashx?Id=2768
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>>>
>>>
>>> "Ritter 197" <Ritter197@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:CL6dnUWX1IfH1xzVnZ2dnUVZ_r_inZ2d@xxxxxx
>>>> Comcast does not support WLM, but only Outlook Express.> What are the
>>>> correct settings for Newsgroups from Comcast and WLM?

>>

>
>