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Buford T. Justice
True, but that is not what you said. You said you knew of no requirements
to use Microsoft online services in which case I corrected you.
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"Gary VanderMolen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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to use Microsoft online services in which case I corrected you.
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"Gary VanderMolen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> None of those are required to run WLM.
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> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
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> "Buford T. Justice" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Hotmail, Messenger, Calendar, etc. Those are Microsoft online services.
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> How so? I'm not aware of that requirement.
>>>
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>>> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
>>>
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>>> "Buford T. Justice" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>> Except for having a Windows Live ID. Usually by having an @msn.com or
>>>> @hotmail.com or @live.com e-mail address.
>>>>
>>>> BT
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>>>> "Gary VanderMolen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>>> Whoever wrote that obviously hasn't tried WLM.
>>>>> There is no requirement to try or use any of Microsoft's
>>>>> online services.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Daze N. Knights" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%[email protected]
>>>>>>I have a second question regarding WLM. What do you think about the
>>>>>>following opinion of WLM quoted from another newsgroup?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "It's a trick to get you to use Microsoft's online services. Don't
>>>>>> buy into it. If you do, you're only furthering their goal of getting
>>>>>> everybody to use thin clients and to pay fees for online programs
>>>>>> instead of having them installed on your computer."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Daze N. Knights wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi, Michael:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for your latest impressions regarding WLM. Although I use
>>>>>>> Thunderbird for both e-mail and newsgroups, and expect to continue
>>>>>>> doing so since I'm perfectly happy with my own current setup, I
>>>>>>> would nevertheless be interested in trying out WLM to see what I
>>>>>>> think of it. Are there any complications involved in downloading and
>>>>>>> installing WLM that I should be aware of? It doesn't, for instance,
>>>>>>> automatically take over as the default e-mail client or newsreader,
>>>>>>> does it?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Daze
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> MICHAEL wrote:
>>>>>>>> I've been a rather vocal critic of WLM and more so
>>>>>>>> with Vista's Windows Mail. I still would not recommend
>>>>>>>> WM, but WLM has made some definite improvements.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Since I typically use Outlook for email, my biggest use
>>>>>>>> for WLM is newsgroups. The overall performance has
>>>>>>>> improved dramatically. Thank you. I've been using
>>>>>>>> Thunderbird, but I may switch back to WLM.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just one thing, for now, I sure do wish there was an easy
>>>>>>>> way to collapse the header bar like in Thunderbird... that's
>>>>>>>> a big chunk of screen space taken up that could be devoted
>>>>>>>> to the message I'm reading. Is there a way to get rid of it or
>>>>>>>> make it smaller?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Michael
>>>>