Download Windows Mail for Windows 7
Do you miss the old Windows Mail Client from Vista? If you are still looking for a Windows Mail replacement, stop looking and give Microsoft’s new mail client Windows Live Mail a try.
Vista’s mail client was not too shabby, but it wasn’t the best mail software either. Yep, but that’s still better than no mail software at all?! True, but Microsoft did not forget you! Windows Mail is now part of Windows Live Essentials (link below) and is called Windows Live Mail.
Microsoft’s free new mail client is a lightweight mail client with a modern and fresh design – easy to use and you can run it on older PC’s as well!
Let’s take a peek at the new design:
Nice: The color of the skin can be customized.
Simple design
The design is pretty sleek and simple and you will quickly find whatever you need to get the things done: Add a new mail account, retrieve mails and send mails.
More than just mails
Of course, Windows Live Mail can be used for more than just sending out mails. You can use it as your daily desktop calendar, subscribe to feeds and newsgroups or to manage your contacts.
(Image: Windows Live Mail Calendar)
Download Windows Live Mail for Windows
I’ve been using Microsoft’s new mail client on my laptop for a while and it runs smoothly. So, even if you’re a fan of Thunderbird or Opera for sending and receiving mails in Windows 7, you could give Windows Live Mail a try.
Download Windows Live Mail for Windows 7 over at live.com:
Get Windows Live Essentials
Or you might like these sexy wallpaper, tweaks and themes:
I have a problem with Windows Mail Live.
I successfully (at least that’s what the the end message read)imported my Windows XP Outlook Express folders and emails to Windows 7 Windows Mail Live.
However, I cannot find the imported folders or messages.
Can you help me? Thanks.
Joe, if it did successfully import the emails then you would probably see an account in your Windows Live Mail sidebar when you open the program.
Maybe you imported the wrong files?
The files with your emails should be here:
C:\Documents and Settings\your user name\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{your Windows user identity number}\Microsoft\Outlook Express.
I still have to figure out how to find the user identity number, but you should simply check all folders in brackets.
You can also copy the files (usually a .pst file) manually to Windows Live mail:
C:\Users\[yourusername]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail
Just checked on my PC, can you try to open this folder:
C:\Users\[yourusername]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
Do you see a PST file in there? Try to import that one. If there isn’t do a global search for all *.pst files