Windows Live Mail Desktop
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| Windows Live Mail Desktop | |
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 Windows Live Mail Desktop screenshot |
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| Developer: | Microsoft |
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| Latest release: | Version 8.0.1226 / February 8, 2007 |
| Preview release: | N/A / |
| OS: | Microsoft Windows |
| Use: | E-mail client |
| License: | Freeware |
| Website: | http://ideas.live.com |
Windows Live Mail Desktop is an upcoming e-mail client from Microsoft's Windows Live set of products. It is intended to be a replacement for Outlook Express on Windows XP, as well as a superset of Windows Mail on Windows Vista. It has been indicated that it will contain a superset of Windows Mail's features, and provide integration with Windows Live Hotmail.
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[edit] Overview
Windows Live Mail Desktop is being developed by the same team that wrote Windows Mail. According to a March 3, 2006 blog post from a Microsoft employee,[1] it will contain all the new features in Windows Mail, and add to that the following:
- Similar visual style to the Windows Live theme
- Synchronization with Windows Live Contacts
- Support for RSS feeds, which requires and uses Internet Explorer 7's RSS capabilities, including the ability to reply directly via email to the author of an item that appears in an RSS feed, as well as multiple feed aggregation into a single folder
- Multi-line message lists, as in Outlook
- The usage of Emoticons in e-mails and other functions
- In-line spell checking
- Separate inbox folders for different POP accounts
- Better picture/photo messaging (PhotoMail)
A public version of Windows Live Mail Desktop has been released
[edit] Latest Build
The current public build of the software is 8.0.1226. The user interface features numerous improvements, including a new sign-in window. There are also other changes from previous builds that are obvious on first run.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- "More than mail" — Windows Live Mail Desktop team blog
- More Windows Live Mail Screenshots
- TECH REVIEW - Windows Live Mail Desktop Review
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