Vista - Windows Live Mail

What is this Windows Live stuff? Is it strictly an online application or
can it be used offline like regular Windows Mail?
What is the difference between Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail?

Windows Live Hotmail is online... all others are programs that run on your
PC.

Here's a brief comparison, which I posted a few weeks ago....

Windows Live Mail is the newer program, and replaces Windows Mail which
comes with Vista.
Both are email programs and newsreaders.

WLM has an integrated calendar which synchs with your online Live/Hotmail
calendar.
WLM can access Hotmail/Live/MSN http email accounts, which WM cannot.
WLM can synch your contacts with the online Windows Live Hotmail, if you
sign in with a Live ID.
WLM can access RSS feeds.
WLM can auto-complete typed in email addresses from the Contacts, WM only
remembers 29 typed-in addresses.
WLM has separate Inbox, Drafts, Sent items, Junk email and Deleted items
folders for each email account. WM dumps all email into one Inbox.
WLM has 37 spell check languages, WM has 4.

WM can let you view the source code when composing a message, WLM cannot.
WM has not been updated since Vista was released.

WLM and WM can now both access Hotmail POP3 accounts, since MSFT has added
that service.

No one seems to like the pale colors, lack of highlighting, and lack of
toolbar icons in the current version of WLM.
Hopefully, MSFT makes some changes in the next release.




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Windows 7 RC
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
http://download.live.com/wlmail

"Eric" <someone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#A7RPgc6JHA.4404@xxxxxx

With a few exceptions, Windows Live Mail can do everything that
Windows Mail can do, plus the former has a lot of extras like
real-time spell checking. The user interface is different, which may
take getting used to. The best way to discover the differences is
to try it out. I've been running both programs simultaneously for
the past 28 months.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Eric" <someone@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23A7RPgc6JHA.4404@xxxxxx