I am thinking of updating to Vista from Windows XP, and would like to
know if Vista Mail filtering provided any improvement on Outlook Express.

In particular can filtering be done on news header fields like

X-Complaints-To:
NNTP-Posting-Host:

Any help would be appreciated.



Laurie

Based on my experience, hang on to Outlook Express for as long as you
can. Windows Mail (what you refer to as Vista Mail) is very different
in the way it handles contacts. The Outlook Express address book has
been replaced with an awkward to use contact list with a bevy of funky
features added that are not needed by many users. Example: Do you need
a picture of your email contact?

Also, if you get Vista, be prepared to deal with many other issues
related to downloaded software (utility software and other types) that
worked flawlessly under XP but will not work the same, if at all, under
Vista. In some cases, the original developer is no longer supporting
the software, so you will have to do some things differently, if at
all. It goes on and on.

If you are busy trying to keep up with your activities and you depend
heavily on your computer, protect your sanity and stick with XP for as
long as possible. Vista will buy you a whole bunch of headaches, added
cost, and new features of questionable benefit. Hasta la vista, Vista!


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The best advice you can get from people who have encountered upgrading to
Vista is to keep your sanity and stay away, FAR, FAR away from Vista. It
will drive you absolutely insane trying to make things work. For example it
took me 3 days trying to import my Outlook Express contacts to Vista. Still
can't get the messages to import no matter what I try and I've tried them
all.

Wish someone would have warned me.
Al



"golferwalt" <golferwalt.33wjnc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Based on my experience, hang on to Outlook Express for as long as you
> can. Windows Mail (what you refer to as Vista Mail) is very different
> in the way it handles contacts. The Outlook Express address book has
> been replaced with an awkward to use contact list with a bevy of funky
> features added that are not needed by many users. Example: Do you need
> a picture of your email contact?
>
> Also, if you get Vista, be prepared to deal with many other issues
> related to downloaded software (utility software and other types) that
> worked flawlessly under XP but will not work the same, if at all, under
> Vista. In some cases, the original developer is no longer supporting
> the software, so you will have to do some things differently, if at
> all. It goes on and on.
>
> If you are busy trying to keep up with your activities and you depend
> heavily on your computer, protect your sanity and stick with XP for as
> long as possible. Vista will buy you a whole bunch of headaches, added
> cost, and new features of questionable benefit. Hasta la vista, Vista!
>
>
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Have you tried these instructions for importing the messages?

<http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/email/import-dbx-files-outlook-express-windows-mail-vista-86458.html>

<http://www.vista4beginners.com/Migrate-from-Outlook-Express-to-Windows-Mail>

After you copy the files to a directory on your new computer, but before
you import then into Windows Mail, make sure the copies are read-write
instead of readonly. Since you already have the contacts, you do not
need to bring along the .wab file.

"Al " <captal1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23RrjH1eYIHA.5416@xxxxxx

> The best advice you can get from people who have encountered upgrading to
> Vista is to keep your sanity and stay away, FAR, FAR away from Vista. It
> will drive you absolutely insane trying to make things work. For example
> it took me 3 days trying to import my Outlook Express contacts to Vista.
> Still can't get the messages to import no matter what I try and I've tried
> them all.
>
> Wish someone would have warned me.
> Al
>
>
>
> "golferwalt" <golferwalt.33wjnc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:golferwalt.33wjnc@xxxxxx

>>
>> Based on my experience, hang on to Outlook Express for as long as you
>> can. Windows Mail (what you refer to as Vista Mail) is very different
>> in the way it handles contacts. The Outlook Express address book has
>> been replaced with an awkward to use contact list with a bevy of funky
>> features added that are not needed by many users. Example: Do you need
>> a picture of your email contact?
>>
>> Also, if you get Vista, be prepared to deal with many other issues
>> related to downloaded software (utility software and other types) that
>> worked flawlessly under XP but will not work the same, if at all, under
>> Vista. In some cases, the original developer is no longer supporting
>> the software, so you will have to do some things differently, if at
>> all. It goes on and on.
>>
>> If you are busy trying to keep up with your activities and you depend
>> heavily on your computer, protect your sanity and stick with XP for as
>> long as possible. Vista will buy you a whole bunch of headaches, added
>> cost, and new features of questionable benefit. Hasta la vista, Vista!
>>
>>
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>> golferwalt
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>> View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=902431
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