Ian Jackson wrote:
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winston=e2=80=ab?= writes
Ian Jackson wrote:

The main problem with WM and/or WLM is that it doesn't show proper
and quotes for the mail or newsgroup post you're replying to. What was
wrong with good old Outlook Express?!

Good luck.

Thanks!



Since the device you noted earlier is a replacement for 'the
neighbour's Vista PC' and so far indicates that he was using WM (at
once) and later WLM based on the date of the email messages (.eml)
you've found....it would seem that the best choice would be to remain
consistent with your neighbor's past usage pattern rather than ask
then to adapt to a new operating system (8.1) and a new email client.

Additionally, if the neighbor doesn't use newsgroups (you've yet to
mention that they do) then the quoting in any mail/news client
(especially if WLM was the last client) may be someone else's
preference on what they would do, but once again not the 'neighbor'

As you've already read quite a few respondents on what email client
should or shouldn't be used...but not a single one of those was your
neighbor unless you are the 'neighbor'

Just my 2 cents.

Well ........

Yesterday, I spent quite some time at my neighbour's simply trying to
get either WLM or WM to work. Neither did. After installing WLM, simply
nothing happened.

Attempts to install WM failed because "something was preventing it from
being installed". There was an error message saying that the Windows
firewall had to be turned on. It was on - but toggling it didn't help.
They have McAffee AV, so I disabled it, and tried again - and still no go.

After returning home, I did some more Googling on the problems of
Windows 8.* email. It's pretty obvious that a heck of a lot of W8 people
are having problems with W(L)M, so I decided that the most obvious thing
was to abandon it, and use something which DOES work. My neighbour isn't
that bothered provided it works, so we agreed that I should try to
install Thunderbird.

Anyway, thanks to all for their help and suggestions. It's been an
interesting (if unproductive) exercise. As I said to my neighbour, "If
nothing else, it's a challenge!"

You probably received a message that .NET 2 and/or 3 needed to be
present on 8.1
- enable the feature in 8.1 Programs and Features/Turn Windows
features on or off.


If you were trying to install WLM 2009 on 8.1 - don't. For 8.1 install
WLM 2012 and only 2012.

--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps