Mail (later Microsoft Outlook ) was an email client developed by Microsoft and included in Windows Vista and later versions of Windows. It is available as the successor to Outlook Express , which was either included with, or released for Internet Explorer 3.0 and later versions of Internet Explorer . It is set to be replaced by Outlook for Windows .
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104-506: A documented application programming interface (API) based on Component Object Model (COM). Except for Simple MAPI messaging functionality, the API of Outlook Express was undocumented. Windows Mail is excluded from Windows 7 in favor of Windows Live Mail , part of Windows Essentials . Some files of Windows Mail still exist and there is a way to enable it. Mail in Windows 8 and 8.1
130-566: A folder (such as the Inbox) in a single .dbx file. In order to provide greater flexibility (and to avoid the problem where corruption of a single .dbx file could delete multiple emails), Windows Live Mail stores each email message as a separate .eml file. Only the folder structure is maintained in a single database file, using the ESE (Extensible Storage Engine) database structure, named Mail.MSMessageStore (which also holds some metadata for each .eml file on
156-592: A significantly more secure offering than Outlook Express by including Bayesian spam filtering , email attachment blocking, junk email filtering functionality of Microsoft Exchange, the Phishing Filter of Internet Explorer 7 , and top-level domain blocking. All of these features, excluding Internet Explorer Phishing Filter integration, were included in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 as part of Microsoft Office 2003 . Windows Mail has
182-479: Is a completely new application based on the Windows Runtime , designed in accordance with Microsoft's Metro design language philosophy, as a Windows Store app that runs in either full-screen or split-screen viewing modes; many of its features are hidden in the charms or in the app bar (an initially hidden toolbar ) at the bottom of the screen that is revealed by right-clicking or by swiping upward. Mail
208-607: Is also no longer stored in the Windows Registry or in a single dbx file—instead, Windows Mail relies on XML files stored within a user profile alongside email, making it possible to simply copy an entire email store to another machine. Windows Mail supports the Windows Search platform, allowing communications to be searched directly from within the Windows Shell. Windows Mail is also intended to be
234-597: Is also still available. Windows Mail (Vista) Windows Mail can be traced to a pre-release version of Outlook Express 7 included in early builds of Windows Vista (then known by its codename, "Longhorn"). Outlook Express 7 introduced various changes to the user interface and relied on WinFS for the management and storage of contacts, email, and other data. It supported Post Office Protocol (POP) and Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) email protocols, but no longer supported Microsoft's proprietary mail-over- HTTP scheme, an omission inherited by Windows Mail. IPv6
260-459: Is designed to run on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 , but is also compatible with Windows 8 and Windows 10 , even though Microsoft bundles a new email client, named Windows Mail , with the latter. In addition to email, Windows Live Mail also features a calendar, an RSS feed reader , and a Usenet newsreader . Windows Live Mail moved away from the older Microsoft mail programs, such as Outlook Express, which stored all e-mails comprising
286-419: Is developed by the same team that wrote Windows Mail. Windows Live Mail has all of the features of Windows Mail. It also adds the following new features: While Windows Live Mail is the successor to Windows Mail (Vista) on Windows Vista , there were several differences in functionality between Windows Live Mail and Windows Mail when it was released in 2007. These include: A beta version of Windows Live Mail
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#1732793674398312-552: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Windows Live Mail Windows Live Mail (formerly named Windows Live Mail Desktop , code-named Elroy ) is a discontinued freeware email client from Microsoft . It was the successor to Windows Mail in Windows Vista , which was the successor to Outlook Express in Windows XP and Windows 98 . Windows Live Mail
338-554: Is fully supported. Windows Mail was formally announced on September 16, 2005 at Channel 9 and positioned as the successor to Outlook Express. Windows Mail is a fundamentally new application with significant feature additions (many which were previously exclusive to Internet Explorer or Microsoft Outlook ) and fundamental revisions to the storage architecture and security mechanisms. Identities in Outlook Express are replaced with Windows user profiles . The storage of items
364-449: Is managed by a Extensible Storage Engine database — the same engine used by Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange — with messages and newsgroups stored as separate eml and nws files instead of in a single dbx file; the database is transactional and periodically creates backups of items to protect against data loss, which eliminates the single point of failure design of Outlook Express. Account configuration information
390-711: Is the Live Mail Sent folder erroneously containing the name of the Sender rather than the Recipient in the To column, while omitting the sender's account name in the Account column (as the fault only affects that folder, a workaround is to move sent items into a new folder, named - for example - "Sent 2019"). Discussions on the forums have provided no clear solutions to these issues. Microsoft announced that Outlook.com
416-715: Is updated independently from the operating system and is bundled with Calendar and People —it cannot be installed or uninstalled individually. Preset server configurations for Outlook.com , Gmail , AOL Mail , and Yahoo! Mail are available; Exchange Server or IMAP accounts can be configured, but Mail does not directly support POP3 . Mail in Windows 10 and 11 has preset server configurations for Outlook.com , Office 365 , Gmail , iCloud , and Yahoo! Mail . AOL Mail , as well as other Exchange Server and IMAP accounts, can still be added, and POP3 support has returned. Newsgroup/Usenet support remains absent. Mail and Calendar are still Universal Windows apps and are in
442-468: The discontinuance of support for Vista and DeltaSync. The only technical difference is the replacement in Windows Live Mail 2012 of DeltaSync by Exchange ActiveSync. User forums report significant problems with the upgrade software, KB3093594, so it is recommended not to attempt to upgrade from Windows Live Mail 2011, and there are no benefits in doing so, as both versions are identical, unless
468-461: The same app container, but their third sibling, People, is moved out of this container and is a standalone app by itself. Users can set Mail to use the system theme or choose a custom accent color, background image, and light/dark preference. It has multi-window support and can open email messages in a new window. Emails are listed in Mail's jumplist. Mail uses a settings panel, email sorting tools in
494-611: The second pane, and a toolbar in the viewing pane. Like the Vista version of Mail, this version's important controls are readily visible. Accounts can be grouped and relabeled, and custom folders can be created, edited, or deleted within the app. It is possible to use Outlook.com aliases and @mentions with Mail. Like Microsoft Outlook , Mail allows users to set up Quick Actions, such as Delete, Set Flag, and Archive, to respond to messages from system notifications and swipe gestures. In December 2019, Mail added non-removable advertisements for
520-521: The system, so can be a huge file). The program also maintains a backup copy of that file, in the Backup sub-folder, so problems are rare. At a pinch, the Mail.MSMessageStore file can be recreated from the data in the .eml files. The first version of Windows Live Mail was released on 6 November 2007. The Windows Live Mail version numbering starts at 12 because this application is an advancement of Windows Mail, not an entirely new application. Windows Live Mail
546-473: The user wishes to use Exchange ActiveSync. But by switching from Deltasync to IMAP, Windows Live Mail 2011 continues to work, without needing either Windows Live Mail 2012 or the upgrade. Since around 2013, serious problems with Windows Live Mail 2012 (but not with Windows Live Mail 2011) have been reported on various blog sites (including Microsoft forums). One problem is that deleted emails keep returning day after day. Another development that caused complaints
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#1732793674398572-872: Was discontinuing support for Windows Live Mail during 2016 by discontinuing use of the DeltaSync protocol. Microsoft has positioned the Mail app (bundled with Windows 10 , available in the Microsoft Store ) as a replacement for it. Although use of DeltaSync has been discontinued on Microsoft's servers since 30 June 2016, Windows Live Mail 2011 and 2012 continue to work with Hotmail e-mail accounts by using IMAP (or, less effectively, POP3) instead of DeltaSync. Gmail and other service providers still support DeltaSync, so users can still use Windows Live Mail 2011 - connecting with DeltaSync - with non-Microsoft email accounts (but not Windows Live Mail 2012, as DeltaSync support
598-441: Was officially released as the final version on 8 January 2009. This was the last version to support Windows XP. Version 2009 still contains the same MIME problem with signed mail that Outlook Express has. The first beta became available on 24 June 2010, sporting ribbons in the user 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
624-587: 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 synchronize between Windows Live Mail and the Web-based Windows Live Calendar . A "beta refresh" version of Windows Live Mail was released on 15 December 2008, and this version
650-543: Was released on 30 September 2010, along with the Windows Live Essentials 2011 suite. It requires Windows Vista or newer; Windows XP is no longer supported. On 7 August 2012, Microsoft released a new version of Windows Essentials 2012, which included Windows Live Mail 2012. It requires Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, or Windows 10. Windows Vista is no longer supported. There are no significant differences from Windows Live Mail 2011, save
676-615: Was removed from it). Additionally, Windows Live Mail 2011 and 2012 continue to function with all non-Microsoft e-mail services, by using IMAP (or, less effectively, POP3) instead of DeltaSync. Windows Essentials 2012, including Windows Live Mail 2012, reached end of support on 10 January 2017, and is no longer available for download from Microsoft; but most of the software bundled in it or in Windows Essentials 2011, including Windows Live Mail, continues to function and it can still be downloaded from Archive.org. The 2011 version
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