Windows Live Mail
Encyclopedia
Windows Live Mail is a free of charge email client from Microsoft
's Windows Live
set of products. It is intended to be a successor for Outlook Express
on Windows XP
and Windows Mail
on Windows Vista
. The Windows Live Mail version numbering starts at 12 because this application is an advancement of Outlook Express
/Windows Mail
, not an entirely new application. Windows Live Mail is developed by the same team that wrote Windows Mail
.
The application is available for download via the Windows Live Essentials
suite.
on Windows XP
and Windows Mail
on Windows Vista
, there were several differences in functionality between Windows Live Mail and Windows Mail / Outlook Express when it was released in 2007. These include:
Windows Live Mail has all of the features of Windows Mail. It also adds the following new features:
. A "beta refresh" version of Windows Live Mail was released on December 15, 2008, and this version was officially released as the final version on January 8, 2009.
Version 2009 still contains the same MIME problem with signed mail that Outlook Express
has.
suite.
Windows Live Mail 2011 is not compatible with Windows XP
.
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
's Windows Live
Windows Live
Windows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft, part of their software plus services platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require...
set of products. It is intended to be a successor for Outlook Express
Outlook Express
Outlook Express is an email and news client that is included with Internet Explorer versions 4.0 through 6.0. As such, it is also bundled with several versions of Microsoft Windows, from Windows 98 to Windows Server 2003, and is available for Windows 3.x, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 95 and Mac OS 9...
on Windows XP
Windows XP
Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
and Windows Mail
Windows Mail
Windows Mail is an email and newsgroup client included in Windows Vista, that was superseded by Windows Live Mail. It is the successor to Outlook Express. Microsoft previewed Windows Mail on Channel 9 on October 10, 2005....
on Windows Vista
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
. The Windows Live Mail version numbering starts at 12 because this application is an advancement of Outlook Express
Outlook Express
Outlook Express is an email and news client that is included with Internet Explorer versions 4.0 through 6.0. As such, it is also bundled with several versions of Microsoft Windows, from Windows 98 to Windows Server 2003, and is available for Windows 3.x, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 95 and Mac OS 9...
/Windows Mail
Windows Mail
Windows Mail is an email and newsgroup client included in Windows Vista, that was superseded by Windows Live Mail. It is the successor to Outlook Express. Microsoft previewed Windows Mail on Channel 9 on October 10, 2005....
, not an entirely new application. Windows Live Mail is developed by the same team that wrote Windows Mail
Windows Mail
Windows Mail is an email and newsgroup client included in Windows Vista, that was superseded by Windows Live Mail. It is the successor to Outlook Express. Microsoft previewed Windows Mail on Channel 9 on October 10, 2005....
.
The application is available for download via the Windows Live Essentials
Windows Live Essentials
Windows Live Essentials is a suite of freeware applications by Microsoft that aims to offer integrated and bundled e-mail, instant messaging, photo-sharing, blog publishing, security services and other Windows Live entities...
suite.
Windows Mail / Outlook Express
While Windows Live Mail is the successor for Outlook ExpressOutlook Express
Outlook Express is an email and news client that is included with Internet Explorer versions 4.0 through 6.0. As such, it is also bundled with several versions of Microsoft Windows, from Windows 98 to Windows Server 2003, and is available for Windows 3.x, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 95 and Mac OS 9...
on Windows XP
Windows XP
Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
and Windows Mail
Windows Mail
Windows Mail is an email and newsgroup client included in Windows Vista, that was superseded by Windows Live Mail. It is the successor to Outlook Express. Microsoft previewed Windows Mail on Channel 9 on October 10, 2005....
on Windows Vista
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
, there were several differences in functionality between Windows Live Mail and Windows Mail / Outlook Express when it was released in 2007. These include:
- Ability to view and edit HTML email by source has been removed in Windows Live Mail
- Ability to set margins has been removed
- Scripted Stationery for Windows Live Mail 2011 is available from Cloudeight Stationery
- Locally installed help documentation is not available for Windows Live Mail
- The Identities feature is not available in Windows Live Mail
- Support for using different mailboxes with separate folders (inbox, junk and so on) added in Windows Live Mail
- Support for DeltaSyncDeltaSyncDeltaSync is a proprietary Microsoft communications protocol for synchronizing web services with offline clients. Windows Live Hotmail is exposed to offline clients using DeltaSync, and Outlook Connector and the Windows Live Mail client use it for offline access...
, a proprietary protocol for access to Windows Live Hotmail email accounts, was added in Windows Live Mail - Support for WebDAVWebDAVWeb-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is a set of methods based on the Hypertext Transfer Protocol that facilitates collaboration between users in editing and managing documents and files stored on World Wide Web servers...
HTTP-based protocol (web-based email accounts) was added in Windows Live Mail (compared to Windows Mail only) - Ability to perform full-text index-based search in Windows Live Mail if Windows SearchWindows SearchWindows Search is an indexed desktop search platform released by Microsoft for the Windows operating system....
is installed
Version 12 (Wave 2)
The first version of Windows Live Mail was released on November 6, 2007.Windows Live Mail has all of the features of Windows Mail. It also adds the following new features:
- Support for Web-based email accounts including Windows Live Hotmail, GmailGmailGmail is a free, advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure webmail, as well via POP3 or IMAP protocols. Gmail was launched as an invitation-only beta release on April 1, 2004 and it became available to the general public on February 7, 2007, though...
(Google Mail), and Yahoo! MailYahoo! MailYahoo! Mail is a web mail service provided by Yahoo!. It was inaugurated in 1997, and, according to comScore, Yahoo! Mail was the second largest web-based email service with 273.1 million users as of November 2010....
Plus. - A different user interface which matches the other Windows Live "Wave 2" applications
- Synchronization with Windows Live ContactsWindows Live ContactsWindows Live Contacts is part of Microsoft's Windows Live services. It integrates tightly with Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Profile to provide users access to their contact's profiles and information...
- Support for RSSRSS (file format)RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format...
feeds. Notable features include the ability to reply directly via email to the author of an item that appears in an RSS feed, and the ability to aggregate multiple feeds into a single folder. The RSS functionality requires Internet Explorer 7Internet Explorer 7Windows Internet Explorer 7 is a web browser released by Microsoft in October 2006. Internet Explorer 7 is part of a long line of versions of Internet Explorer and was the first major update to the browser in more than 5 years...
or newer. - Multi-line message lists, as in Outlook
- EmoticonEmoticonAn emoticon is a facial expression pictorially represented by punctuation and letters, usually to express a writer’s mood. Emoticons are often used to alert a responder to the tenor or temper of a statement, and can change and improve interpretation of plain text. The word is a portmanteau word...
s can be used in emails and other functions - In-line spell checking
- Separate inbox folders for different POP accounts. This is not optional, so it dissatisfied many users who were used to the single inbox.
- Support for sending picture files in emails through the Photo email feature which uploads pictures to a web-based service and sends the URL and thumbnails in the mail. It can also perform basic photo correction and apply different border effects to pictures.
Version 2009 (Wave 3)
A beta version of Windows Live Mail was released in September 2008. It features a new user interface which, like the other Windows Live "Wave 3" beta applications released at the same time, has no icons on the toolbar buttons. It also features a new calendaring function; calendar events automatically synchronise between Windows Live Mail and the Web-based Windows Live CalendarWindows Live Calendar
Windows Live Hotmail Calendar is a time-management web application by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live services. It is integrated into Windows Live Hotmail, the way that MSN Calendar was integrated into the MSN Hotmail service...
. A "beta refresh" version of Windows Live Mail was released on December 15, 2008, and this version was officially released as the final version on January 8, 2009.
Version 2009 still contains the same MIME problem with signed mail that Outlook Express
Outlook Express
Outlook Express is an email and news client that is included with Internet Explorer versions 4.0 through 6.0. As such, it is also bundled with several versions of Microsoft Windows, from Windows 98 to Windows Server 2003, and is available for Windows 3.x, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 95 and Mac OS 9...
has.
Version 2011 (Wave 4)
The first beta became available on June 24, 2010, sporting the Ribbon interface and a calendar pane. The second beta came with a new start-up screen and other minor updates. The final version of Windows Live Mail 2011 was released on September 30, 2010, along with the Windows Live Essentials 2011Windows Live Essentials
Windows Live Essentials is a suite of freeware applications by Microsoft that aims to offer integrated and bundled e-mail, instant messaging, photo-sharing, blog publishing, security services and other Windows Live entities...
suite.
Windows Live Mail 2011 is not compatible with Windows XP
Windows XP
Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
.
See also
- Comparison of email clients
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- Comparison of Usenet newsreadersComparison of Usenet newsreadersThis is a Comparison of Usenet Newsreaders.-External links:*...
- Windows LiveWindows LiveWindows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft, part of their software plus services platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require...