On Sat, 7 Sep 2013 12:02:03 -0400, "dadiOH"
wrote:

"Ken Springer" wrote in message


I've not looked at Win8 enough yet, but my impression was
that the mail feature supplied with Win8 was WLM. Not so?

Not so. What is included is Windows Mail, a different thing. And a less
than good thing, IMO; You can set it up to retrieve mail from Google,
Hotmail and other such webby things but if you want POP3, forget it. IOW,
it is useless...if I wanted mail from Google, Hotmail and other such webby
things I'd just go there and get it.

If you want POP3, Windows LIVE Mail affords that opportunity IIRC but you
have to have a "Microsoft account". I have lived 80+ years without a
Microsoft account and I don't want one now, not even to enable me to buy
"apps" from their store.



Wow! Another "old guy" here. I thought I was the oldest at nearly
79. Buy I'm apparently having much more trouble than anyone else
trying to learn Win 8. In fact, I'm about to bail -- and install an
older OS.