Windows Mail & Windows Live mail

[denmarfl]

Microsoft has away to confuse users. Originally I was using Microsoft
Outlook Express as my mail client. Then Microsoft advised users to update to
Windows Mail since they no longer supported Outlook Express..so I did. Now
Microsoft is directing users to install Microsoft LIVE Mail????

What is the difference between Microsoft Mail (which I am running) and
Microsoft LIVE Mail....and, why would a user run LIVE over MAIL?

I finally realized how to Uninstall LIVE mail.....which I did, but How would
you Uninstall Windows MAIL.....it is not shown in Program and features and
should I decide to Run LIVE mail I surely don't need both...I guess??

 

[Dave]

Some differences between Windows Mail (WM) and Windows Live Mail (WLM):

Windows Live Mail is the newer program, and replaces Windows Mail which
comes with Vista (and won't be updated).
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.

Use WLM if you want to check spelling as you type.

 

[CWLee]

No one seems to like the ... lack of
toolbar icons in the current version of WLM.

I LIKE that feature. Being able to read English, I don't
need icons to tell me what a button is for. In fact, the
lack of icons is probably the main reason I'm going to try
WLM. I don't like what I hear/read about the color
theme/style, but I haven't actually seen a screen yet
presenting WLM, so I can't be sure I won't like it.

 

[Sam Hobbs]

You say "Microsoft advised users to update to Windows Mail", but that is
incorrect. Windows Mail is provided with Vista and is not available
separately. So you did not download Windows Mail for any reason; you
switched to Windows Mail when you switched to Vista.

You cannot "Uninstall Windows MAIL" but you can stop using it.