Email has been around for years and over those years, the number of popular email services hasn’t changed much. Gmail is easily the most popular service at present and there are lots of smaller email services that exist to fill a certain niche.
Unlike email services, email clients tend to come and go fairly often. Some fade into obscurity, some become obsolete, some are rebranded, while others are discontinued in favor of other apps.
Microsoft is fairly notorious for discontinuing some of its more loved/successful apps in favor of new, less stable ones. Lots of its discontinued apps are still loved and sought by users. Windows Live Mail is one such example.
Windows Live Mail was a part of Windows Live Essentials. It included incredible apps like the Movie Maker and the Live Writer which was, hands down, one of the most popular desktop publishing apps at one point.
Windows Live Essentials was available for Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. While the apps in it are no longer actively developed, you can still install the Windows Live Mail app.
- Download Windows Live Essentials from Archive.org. You can download via torrent or your browser.
- Run the file to install the app.
- Select the ‘Select programs to install’ option.
- Uncheck all apps you do not want to install. Make sure Mail is checked.
- Click Install.
- Open Windows Live Mail.
- Configure an email account to start using it.
Limitations
Windows Live Mail was essentially meant to work with Microsoft’s email service i.e., a Live or Outlook account. Since the app is no longer being developed, and Outlook continues to be actively developed, the two can no longer work together.
If you like the Windows Live Mail app simply as an email client though, you can use it to configure other email services e.g., a Gmail account and it will work just fine.
Other email services will have to be set up as IMAP and/or POP accounts. Most email services support this and it shouldn’t be a problem connecting them however, Windows Live Mail may need some help getting the correct server address and port numbers.
Conclusion
Windows Live Mail is dead and there is no resurrecting it. Microsoft has a free email client on Windows 10 and it has Outlook. Between the two, there isn’t space for Windows Live Mail to continue to exist. We should point out that while Windows Live Mail is great, using an outdated email client may not be the best, most secure way to manage email.
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Windows Live Mail & Mdash; is a free mail client from Microsoft that replaces Windows Mail, which was distributed with Windows Vista. It is able to receive mail from the server, distribute messages to folders, create new messages in the built-in editor and send them to recipients.
Immediately after startup the account wizard opens, POP3 and IMAP protocols for inbound mail and SMTP for outbound mail are supported, and it is also possible to read newsgroups via NNTP and RSS feeds. After setting up your account, the program is ready to download mail from your email and save it to disk. Messages received can be categorized into folders; in Live Mail they are called Selections, and in this respect everything is standard: inbound, outbound, drafts and other messages can be grouped by topic and created as your own groups. The interface is designed in the style of Microsoft office utilities, the window of working with e-mails is similar to Outlook, and the mail editor in MS Word.
Windows Live Mail offers an intuitive interface, powerful search features, and efficient email organization with folder categorization for enhanced productivity.
The program supports spam filtering with the help of Microsoft SmartScreen utility, and you can connect external antivirus modules to protect against malicious programs. It is also possible to protect the account data and has a built-in phishing filter.
In addition to the basic functionality, the application has a powerful calendar scheduler where you can assign upcoming events, meetings, events and other events for any day or month, after which the left part of the window will display the current and future events.
This email client is included in the Windows Essentials package, download the web installer to install and after you start, choose either a complete installation that includes Messenger, Photo Album, Studio, Windows Live Mail, Blog Editor, Microsoft OneDrive, and Outlook Connector. If you only need an email program, select Select a program to install and tick Window’s Mail only.
— Add multiple email accounts with Mail: Windows Live Mail lets you view all of your email in one place. Just enter your email address and password and in a few clicks you’ll be ready to work with your mail;
— Add events to your calendar from your mailbox: in Windows Live Mail, you can add important events to your Calendar from your mailbox using a special panel. Enter the name of the event and it will be displayed directly in the Calendar;
— Conversations: the updated Mail app lets you organize all your past conversations on topics and easily find the right ones among them;
— Large email attachments: now you can send many high-resolution photos in your emails without risking overfilling the recipient’s mailbox. To do this, send your photo album to the Windows Live SkyDrive NAS.
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Ethan
If you’ve been using Windows Live Mail, you might want to give the Windows Mail app a try. If you sign in to your PC with your Microsoft account, your email address is already set up in the Mail app. And the Mail app syncs with the People and Calendar apps on your PC and your Windows Phone
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George K.
The ability to customize folders and email organization is an essential feature.
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This is a desktop email client that allows users to manage multiple email accounts in one place. It provides features such as calendar, contacts, and task management. Users can also customize the interface with various themes and access their emails offline. The software supports various email protocols such as POP, IMAP, and Exchange. Additionally, it has a spam filter to keep unwanted emails out of the inbox.
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Windows Live Mail is an email client software that allows users to manage multiple email accounts in a single platform.
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Robbie
Listen up, folks. We’re talking about Windows Live Mail here. This is a desktop email client from Microsoft, a part of the Windows Essentials suite. It’s a pretty handy tool for managing multiple email accounts in one place, be it Hotmail, Gmail, or Yahoo. The software’s got this nifty feature called Quick Views that lets you filter and check all your unread emails, flagged messages, or contacts updates in a flash. And let’s not forget its calendar function. It’s integrated right into the client, allowing you to easily schedule and manage events. So, if you’re in the market for a robust email client, Windows Live Mail could be your ticket.
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Windows Live Mail – популярный почтовый клиент от Microsoft. Программа позволяет получать электронную почту с нескольких учетных записей: Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo! и тому подобное. Windows Live Mail содержит календарь, что помогает следить за важными событиями. Программа позволяет получить доступ к старым сообщениям электронной почты и событий календаря без подключения к сети интернет. Windows Live Mail позволяет создать письмо и отправить его при следующем подключении к сети. Также программа содержит набор полезных инструментов при работе с электронной почтой.
Основные особенности:
- Удобный почтовый клиент
- Поддержка нескольких учетных записей
- Автономный режим работы
- Набор полезных инструментов
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Microsoft puts Windows Live Mail at the disposal of its users, a functional email manager, that allows them to manage all their email accounts (Windows Live, Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo!, …) from the same interface.
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Main features of Windows Live Mail
- Management of multiple email accounts, both POP3 and IMAP.
- Send messages with the possibility to include emoticons or photos and attach files.
- Receive the messages from every account that has been added.
- Quick access to the calendar options and the address book that the contacts are listed in.
- Schedule events and notifications with the possibility to add email contents to the event calendar.
- Includes a practical RSS feed client.
- Plenty of configuration and customization options available.
Although it’s the email client that we used in Windows Vista or Windows 7, and that replaced Outlook Express, in Windows 10 it has finally been edged out by Outlook. Therefore, this download no longer works. It’s hard to find a standalone offline installer but good luck. In fact, you’ll have to resort to Windows Essentials to carry on using its functions with Windows Mail Desktop if you’re still using a version of Microsoft’s desktop operating system prior to Windows 8.
Requirements and additional information:
- Requires Windows Vista or above.
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