What's the difference between Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Hotmail and MSN Hotmail?

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Well, I tried windows live mail and it is good. But I prefer not use such mail programs as over a period of time I end up carrying a lot of unwanted mails. If you have easy Internet access, it is better to use hotmail/yahoo mail directly.

I do not agree with Leo's worries of free email. They are free, get very less spam, are constantly improving as competition heats up. The theoretical possibility that they might freeze your account or something is highly improbable.

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You don't see what I see. A constant stream of people having
problems with free email accounts, people who've lost all
their contacts and email, and with nowhere to turn and no
hope of recovery.

I used to believe as you do. Then I started getting
questions and requests for help.

Leo

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how do you eliminate one or the other? shouldn't you just have one? i'm confused.

Thank you so much. I was so confused. Windows Vista I think is a great program, but i didn't understand what Windows mail was.

Hi, many thanks for your explanations. I particularly like the layout of your website: a model of clarity which is so hard to find elsewhere on the net.

Another difference between "Windows Live Mail" and "Windows Mail" is that most desktop search engines (Copernic, Exalead,..) know how to index the "Windows Mail" database, but cannot (or cannot yet..) index the "Windows Live Mail" database. If you are a frequent user of your desktop search capability, it makes a HUGE difference !

I am using Windows Live Mail, problem is that when I receive any emails with images in them the images are coming in as an attachment and not in the body of the email. Is there anyway to change this? I want them in the body of the email and not as an attachment.
Thanks

I have Windows Live Mail but I tried to send Works or Word files by Email. Recieved message that "Windows Mail is not your default mail.Would I like to make it my default." What do I do with my Windows Live Mail - the actual default?

Comment: Great article, it certainly explained (even if not corrected) a very confusing situation.
Question: I use Sympatico (Canadian Bell ISP) that uses MSN Hotmail or Windows Live Hotmail as the server. Since I can use POP mail access, I assume it is the "for fee" version. When away from home, I would like to download e-mail to my laptop (Vista Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail) and when I am back home, I would like to download same e-mail messages (or at least those I leave on the server) again into my XP Outlook. Is this possible? i.e. how do I tell the server that I want to download the already downloaded messages again?

i am using windows live mail in vista home premium.the problem is when i try to open a mail, security center warns me that REVOCATION CERTIFICATE IS NOT AVAILABLE DO YOU WANT TO PROCEED ?YES NO VIEW CERTIFICATE .what i must do to overcome this security message. any one please help !

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