How Can I Link Windows Live Mail With My MSN Account?

[Josh]

I just bought a PC with Vista as the OS. When trying to set up Windows Live
Mail, it will not allow me to use my msn.com mail address (http not allowed).
How can I make Live Mail function?

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Windows Live Mail will accommodate that msn.com address, but
Windows Mail does not. Windows Mail is what comes with Vista.
Windows Live Mail requires a download and install:

http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

 

[Josh]

Thanks I ended up figuring it out, but the most confusing part was that for
some insane reason windows mail was set as the default on the desktop, I
found windows live mail under the all programs section and then proceded to
acommodate the msn email. This was very confusing, escpecially because
windows mail is inferior to windows live mail. Why would it be set as the
default if I had the suprior version all along? Do I even need to keep
windows mail on my computer? Are they tied into 1 another or can I delete the
application all togther?

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

You cannot uninstall Windows Mail since it is part of Vista. Just
ignore it and let it lie dormant.

Typically the last email program you install will grab the defaults,
but sometimes that fails, in which case you have to change the
default program manually.

Welcome to Windows Live Mail! Questions concerning that program
should be posted in its own newsgroup:

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...dg=microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop