"R. C. White" wrote in message
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Hi, Stewart.

It's not a matter of "what it's called". Windows Mail and Windows
Live Mail are entirely separate programs.

Yes, I understand that. I just forgot to add the "live" part in my
posts.


Windows Mail is an integral part of Windows Vista - and isn't
supported on any other Windows version.

Windows Live Mail is NOT an integral part of ANY Windows version.
But it can be downloaded (http://download.live.com ) and installed
into any Windows version. (Well, any recent version; I don't know
about Windows for Workgroups. ;^} )

Since Windows 7 does not include any mail or news client at all, we
Win7 users are free to choose any such programs that we like, either
from Microsoft or from third parties. The "path of least
resistance" is to use WLM, it seems. That is what I use, largely
because it seems much like a near-natural progression: MSIMN OE
through OE6 WM WLM ??


I actually prefer OE. I used it for a long time, and was very
familiar with navigating with it. What would have been the harm of
supplying a version of it for Win 7? Just like the decided change of
the HI in office 2007 without allowing the user to revert back to the
original HI. It automatically made most users less efficient.

While I have my gripes about WLM (pastel UI, hidden Menu Bar, etc.)
like nearly every other user, I'm mostly happy with it - until the
next step in the evolution.

Well, I use it grudgingly at the moment. I've tried a few others, and
many have good features, but I have not found one that I prefer much
more than any other. But I will keep trying.


RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"Stewart" wrote in message
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"The Central Scrutinizer" wrote in message
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Use Windows Live mail. It is not windows mail.

No matter what it's called, IMO it is terrible.

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"Stewart" wrote in message
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Windows Mail sure seems like a kludge of a program. Outlook
Express seemed to be much better/faster/more configurable. I
know there are plenty of other 3rd party mail programs available,
but has anyone been able to install OE in W7?