I have Windows Vista Home Premium on my laptop and have 2 questions, or to
be precise 1 question and 1 problem.

First the problem: I have sent one email to date which also had an
attachment. When I attempt to look at the email in the Sent box, it is
there and looks fine, showing the paper clip to indicate the attachment and
198KB in the size column. However, when you try to read it, either in the
preview pane or by opening it, the message

"Message cannot be found
The contents of this message cannot be found.
Windows Mail"

is displayed. First attempt and it is apparently lost. Is this a common
problem with Windows Mail or am I missing something?

Now the question: In Outlook Express I always had the contacts displayed
in the bottom left corner and could double click a contact and have a pre
addressed email open ready to type and send. Is there a way to display the
contacts like that in Windows Mail?

--
Keith Willcocks

Try the fix provided here:

Messages may be stuck in the Outbox when you use Windows Mail on a computer
that is running Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941090

The article instructs you to download and install the update appropriate for
your operating system, found here:

Windows Vista, 32-bit versions:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-A86F2B7E39F1

Or,

Windows Vista, 64-bit versions:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...C-BE5ABE3F39B7


As to your Contacts question, no, you can't put the contacts list down in
the left corner anymore...


"Keith Willcocks" <invalid@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eOXxC%23F9HHA.4736@xxxxxx

>I have Windows Vista Home Premium on my laptop and have 2 questions, or to
>be precise 1 question and 1 problem.
>
> First the problem: I have sent one email to date which also had an
> attachment. When I attempt to look at the email in the Sent box, it is
> there and looks fine, showing the paper clip to indicate the attachment
> and 198KB in the size column. However, when you try to read it, either
> in the preview pane or by opening it, the message
>
> "Message cannot be found
> The contents of this message cannot be found.
> Windows Mail"
>
> is displayed. First attempt and it is apparently lost. Is this a
> common problem with Windows Mail or am I missing something?
>
> Now the question: In Outlook Express I always had the contacts
> displayed in the bottom left corner and could double click a contact and
> have a pre addressed email open ready to type and send. Is there a way
> to display the contacts like that in Windows Mail?
>
> --
> Keith Willcocks

But you can use a sidebar gadget (contacts) to do it...works fine.


"Keith Willcocks" <invalid@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eOXxC%23F9HHA.4736@xxxxxx

>I have Windows Vista Home Premium on my laptop and have 2 questions, or to
>be precise 1 question and 1 problem.
>
> First the problem: I have sent one email to date which also had an
> attachment. When I attempt to look at the email in the Sent box, it is
> there and looks fine, showing the paper clip to indicate the attachment
> and 198KB in the size column. However, when you try to read it, either
> in the preview pane or by opening it, the message
>
> "Message cannot be found
> The contents of this message cannot be found.
> Windows Mail"
>
> is displayed. First attempt and it is apparently lost. Is this a
> common problem with Windows Mail or am I missing something?
>
> Now the question: In Outlook Express I always had the contacts
> displayed in the bottom left corner and could double click a contact and
> have a pre addressed email open ready to type and send. Is there a way
> to display the contacts like that in Windows Mail?
>
> --
> Keith Willcocks