Re: Windows Vista Mail
"Alias" <aka@maskedandanonymous.info> wrote in message
news:Ow1a$MwwHHA.424@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Julian wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Femi Odewale" <fembo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:503D6400-D055-409F-8594-AD3D76D5B7DF@microsoft.com...
>>> Windows Vista mail is the new Outlook Express. You will need to
>>> configure it with your hotmail, yahoo, google or such like account
>>> details [Tools - Accounts - Add...]. If however you are trying to use it
>>> to send emails from your company email account it may be you are using
>>> the wrong client.
>>
>> Don't bother with Windows Mail, it is virtually redundant and not
>> receiving much attention (if any) from M$ since they are putting their
>> resources into its replacement
>> http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas
>>
>> It has it's own newsgroup
>> microsoft.public.windows.vista.live.mail.desktop
>> which, unusually, has active M$ personel who are willing to debate and
>> consider all suggestions with respect to future development.
>>
>> I find the product quite good and the attitude of M$ in this particular
>> case to be just what one would wish of a software supplier.
>>
>> BTW it is easy to install and adopts all the WM settings.
>
> Advising someone to use a BETA version of a product is irresponsible,
> dear. If you don't understand why, read the release notes for this BETA.
You have no experience with WM or WLM.
There is nothing irresponsible about encouraging people off WM
no matter how dodgy the alternative..
Talk to those with lots of experience ie. Gary, Frank and Steve
at the Windows Mail group.
>
> To the OP: use Thunderbird as it is not in BETA and works wonderfully. Get
> it at http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird
There you go again... encouraging people to go for an option
that simply cannot reproduce the functionality.
At least be honest and say something like...
Replace WM with Thunderbird AND a full function newsreader
which is what someone wanting to fully replace WM would have to do.
note. I really like Thunderbird and wouldn't hesitate to use it
if it could do the job.
Alias... source of half truths and full lies.