Using WM and WLM at the same time

[bcab17]

I just got my first Vista pc, and I'm making the transition from Outlook
Express to WM. I have been using three email addresses (accounts),
Verizon.net (POP3 - default) for a mix of business and personal, my
employer's server (POP3) for business only, and msn.com (HTTP) for
everything else.

Outlook Express handles them all flawlessly, bringing the two POP3 accounts
into the main Inbox, and bringing the HTTP account into it's own Inbox.

Now I see that WM does not do HTTP. So I'm using WM for the two POP3
accounts, and I've downloaded WLM to use for the HTTP account. Does using
two different email programs like this make any sense? I would much prefer
to use only one email program. I thought WLM would "do it all", but when I
added the Verizon.net account to it the existing messages did not appear. Do
I have to import them from WM some how?

What are the advantages/disadvantages between these two programs?
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[Janter]

Excellent question. I have been reading and scratching my head in the same
quandary. I hope some one comes up to give a nice explanation and/or directs
us to a reference that addresses this matter.

bcab, sorry I'm of no help. Just wanted to point out that there is more than
one looking for answers to that
question.

Janter

 

[Guest]

I just got my first Vista pc, and I'm making the transition from Outlook
Express to WM. I have been using three email addresses (accounts),
Verizon.net (POP3 - default) for a mix of business and personal, my
employer's server (POP3) for business only, and msn.com (HTTP) for
everything else.

Outlook Express handles them all flawlessly, bringing the two POP3
accounts into the main Inbox, and bringing the HTTP account into it's own
Inbox.

Now I see that WM does not do HTTP. So I'm using WM for the two POP3
accounts, and I've downloaded WLM to use for the HTTP account. Does using
two different email programs like this make any sense? I would much prefer
to use only one email program. I thought WLM would "do it all", but when I
added the Verizon.net account to it the existing messages did not appear.
Do I have to import them from WM some how?

What are the advantages/disadvantages between these two programs?

If you got Windows Live Mail, instead of Windows Live Messenger,
it should handle both. You may have to tell it to import from Windows
Mail, though.

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

The main differences are that Windows Live Mail can handle HTTP
protocol accounts, and Windows Mail cannot, and Windows Live
Mail maintains a separate set of local folders for each email account
but Windows Mail uses only one set of local folders for all email
accounts. Windows Live Mail should be able to handle any account
Windows Mail can, though.

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

I just got my first Vista pc, and I'm making the transition from Outlook
Express to WM. I have been using three email addresses (accounts),
Verizon.net (POP3 - default) for a mix of business and personal, my
employer's server (POP3) for business only, and msn.com (HTTP) for
everything else.

Outlook Express handles them all flawlessly, bringing the two POP3
accounts into the main Inbox, and bringing the HTTP account into it's own
Inbox.

Now I see that WM does not do HTTP. So I'm using WM for the two POP3
accounts, and I've downloaded WLM to use for the HTTP account. Does using
two different email programs like this make any sense? I would much prefer
to use only one email program. I thought WLM would "do it all", but when I
added the Verizon.net account to it the existing messages did not appear.
Do I have to import them from WM some how?

What are the advantages/disadvantages between these two programs?

It certainly makes sense to me. As long as you do not have the same account
listed in both programs they will not interfere with each other.

The only caution is that only one can be the default mail program so you
will need two different icons to open them. Luckily, they have different
icons. I say luckily because I can not credit Microsoft for doing that on
purpose.

Personally, I don't like Windows Live Mail, but I do use it for Windows Live
Hotmail and a POP3 account that only gets spam.