Windows Mail

[SpaceCadet]

Hello...someone has told me recently that this program is a 'part' of the
Vista operating system..is that true?

If a computer says that you have a number of Identities..what does that
mean? I can not be sure that I created them in the past..but could I be
wrong? If I have a password for such a thing but do not remember..is there a
way I can get it back?

Can you tell me for sure if the windowsmail program I have is a client email
program on my 'server' or would it be called 'the host'? I have an internet
connection..would the ISP computer be called the server and the computer
called the client?

What does a Windows account connected with WindowsMail mean? Does that mean
that I have a 'hotmail' account on a 'server' computer somewhere and then I
would use the WinMail program to connect with or 'import' any email messages
contained within the 'hotmail' account? Or is the program itself its own
'server' which contains email accounts which do not have to import email
messages from anywhere?

Thanks for reading this email. Any and all answers are welcome and will be
used.
Bye
SC

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Windows Mail, AKA WinMail is part of Vista like Outlook was a part of XP
and earlier versions.

More than one identity means more than one account, and or address.

Windows Mail is an e-mail client. Your server is what you see after the @
sign in your address.

If you don't know if you have a Hotmail account, I'm not even going there.

 

[Sam Hobbs]

Did you really mean to say that Outlook is a part of XP? You probably meant
to say that Outlook Express was part of XP. Actually, in earlier versions of
Windows. OE was part of IE and they had to be installed separately. Back
then, IE also had a copy of Front Page Express. Microsoft must say that IE
is part of Windows for legal reasons, but IE was definitely installed
separately and OE was part of that.

I thought that Windows Mail does not support identities so the concept of
identities is not relevant to Windows Mail.

Windows Mail, AKA WinMail is part of Vista like Outlook was a part of XP
and earlier versions.

More than one identity means more than one account, and or address.

Windows Mail is an e-mail client. Your server is what you see after the @
sign in your address.

If you don't know if you have a Hotmail account, I'm not even going there.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

Hello...someone has told me recently that this program is a 'part' of the
Vista operating system..is that true?

If a computer says that you have a number of Identities..what does that
mean? I can not be sure that I created them in the past..but could I be
wrong? If I have a password for such a thing but do not remember..is
there a
way I can get it back?

Can you tell me for sure if the windowsmail program I have is a client
email
program on my 'server' or would it be called 'the host'? I have an
internet
connection..would the ISP computer be called the server and the computer
called the client?

What does a Windows account connected with WindowsMail mean? Does that
mean
that I have a 'hotmail' account on a 'server' computer somewhere and then
I
would use the WinMail program to connect with or 'import' any email
messages
contained within the 'hotmail' account? Or is the program itself its own
'server' which contains email accounts which do not have to import email
messages from anywhere?

Thanks for reading this email. Any and all answers are welcome and will
be
used.
Bye
SC

 

[Sam Hobbs]

If you can explain why you need answers to your questions then you are more
likely to get help. Note that questions about your ISP are best answered by
your ISP. If your computer is an ISP computer and you don't know for sure
that it is, then your ISP business will fail miserably and you will owe a
lot of money. So you better hope that your computer is not an ISP computer.

Yes, Windows Mail is definitely an email client. If your computer is a
server, then there is an administrator of the server than you need to get
answers from. If there is no administrator then there is no server. Think of
email servers as being the phone company except for email instead of
telephones.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Yes that was a typo. OE6 was a part of IE6 and they came bundled with XP.

WinMail doesn't allow separate identities. I /think/ the OP just found
some old address someplace.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

Did you really mean to say that Outlook is a part of XP? You probably
meant to say that Outlook Express was part of XP. Actually, in earlier
versions of Windows. OE was part of IE and they had to be installed
separately. Back then, IE also had a copy of Front Page Express.
Microsoft must say that IE is part of Windows for legal reasons, but IE
was definitely installed separately and OE was part of that.

I thought that Windows Mail does not support identities so the concept
of identities is not relevant to Windows Mail.

Windows Mail, AKA WinMail is part of Vista like Outlook was a part of
XP and earlier versions.

More than one identity means more than one account, and or address.

Windows Mail is an e-mail client. Your server is what you see after the
@ sign in your address.

If you don't know if you have a Hotmail account, I'm not even going
there.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

Hello...someone has told me recently that this program is a 'part' of
the
Vista operating system..is that true?

If a computer says that you have a number of Identities..what does
that
mean? I can not be sure that I created them in the past..but could I
be
wrong? If I have a password for such a thing but do not remember..is
there a
way I can get it back?

Can you tell me for sure if the windowsmail program I have is a client
email
program on my 'server' or would it be called 'the host'? I have an
internet
connection..would the ISP computer be called the server and the
computer
called the client?

What does a Windows account connected with WindowsMail mean? Does that
mean
that I have a 'hotmail' account on a 'server' computer somewhere and
then I
would use the WinMail program to connect with or 'import' any email
messages
contained within the 'hotmail' account? Or is the program itself its
own
'server' which contains email accounts which do not have to import
email
messages from anywhere?

Thanks for reading this email. Any and all answers are welcome and
will be
used.
Bye
SC