Windows Mail

[Badger]

I recently bought a netbook with XP pre-installed and it came with Windows
Mail as the email client rather than Outlook Express.
I have no beef about that in general terms except for one minor annoyance.
If I receive an email in html rather than plain text I have to manually
alter the view to html. Is there any way to set the default in Windows Mail
to html as it was in OE?
TIA
Badger

 

[Bruce Hagen]

I recently bought a netbook with XP pre-installed and it came with Windows
Mail as the email client rather than Outlook Express.
I have no beef about that in general terms except for one minor annoyance.
If I receive an email in html rather than plain text I have to manually
alter the view to html. Is there any way to set the default in Windows
Mail
to html as it was in OE?
TIA
Badger

I /believe/ it is the same as OE. Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Read all
messages in plain text.

If that is not the answer, then:

Windows Vista Mail Newsgroup.

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail

On the Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...t.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

You may have purchased a netbook that had Windows Mail (not Windows LIVE
Mail) as the default Mail Client but it's Vista, not WinXP.
--
Windows Mail-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

 

[TaurArian]

Badger wrote:
:: I recently bought a netbook with XP pre-installed and it came with
:: Windows Mail as the email client rather than Outlook Express.
:: I have no beef about that in general terms except for one minor
:: annoyance. If I receive an email in html rather than plain text I
:: have to manually alter the view to html. Is there any way to set the
:: default in Windows Mail to html as it was in OE?
:: TIA
:: Badger


Working with Windows Mail (Vista)
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/00e419ef-fee2-472c-ad02-b14331571a521033.mspx

Perhaps you're using Windows Live Mail -
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/4b30d3d6-abe2-46d1-a5fd-4a1ba786a1381033.mspx

FYI
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/search.aspx?=&qu=windows+live+mail
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[Badger]

I recently bought a netbook with XP pre-installed and it came with Windows
Mail as the email client rather than Outlook Express.
I have no beef about that in general terms except for one minor annoyance.
If I receive an email in html rather than plain text I have to manually
alter the view to html. Is there any way to set the default in Windows Mail
to html as it was in OE?
TIA
Badger

It's OK - I'm an idiot. You can all stop worrying about my "problem"
Badger