Windows 7 email program?

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I have just installed Windows 7 and so far so good.

But I have no email. I cannot find any icon/program for it.

Any idea?.


Regards. Thanks.
 
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Solution:

Open the start menu and type 'essentials', click on the first item that comes up -> "go online to get windows live essentials"

From there you can download and install the windows mail program along with some of the other programs that microsoft left out of windows 7 (such as movie maker, messenger, and a photo editor).

Hope that helps!
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No clue on that. I use webmail. Did you go into Add/Remove programs, then Add/Remove windows components and see if it was installed yet? I don't remember seeing it installed by default on the install I did last Friday.
 
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Windows Mail/Outlook is not accessable through Windows7 Beta.
You will have to crate a Windows Live account and access your Windows Mail/Outlook through there. So they say. In the Help menu type "Windows Mail.
 
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When you say 'download Outlook/Exchange' what exactly do you mean by this? Do you have to download the full Outlook 2007 package through a torrent or is there some free 'Exchange' patch that allows Windows Mail to connect to an exchange server.
 
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Solution:

Open the start menu and type 'essentials', click on the first item that comes up -> "go online to get windows live essentials"

From there you can download and install the windows mail program along with some of the other programs that microsoft left out of windows 7 (such as movie maker, messenger, and a photo editor).

Hope that helps!
 
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I guess Microsoft will never learn, they want us to BETA test there software for free then they try to make everyone use windows live mail that they do not even put in ther OS!!! Also maybe people do not like what they are trying to push down are mouth!! Apple may be on ther way to kicking MS A*s.!! Microsoft better raise money and buy "Yahoo Fast" or Google will be kicking there A**s more than they already are!! If you would like to talk to MS talk to India, they have more info... then the U.S. were they got there start from!!

You All can responed to:
jerry@jjzenterprises.com or India that is were the U.S. Tech. Job's are.
Thank You for your support

P.S.
Microsoft wake up and smell the coffee "Seattle's Best"
 
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Either that or Microsoft listened to cries of "Bloat" from the users/press, threats of Monopoly suits from companies with their own eMail programs, and perhaps their own telemetry saying that a lot of users use 3rd party apps anyhow... So they removed that function from the OS, and made it available to download for free for anyone who wants it. Solves a bunch of problems at once.


Though I guess the tinfoil hat does serve to keep the coffee warm... :sarcastic:
 
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Wait a second...

Let me get this straight...

You're saying that MS is "making" people use windows live mail by not including it in their new OS? That's one hell of a convoluted theory...
 
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Well yeah... they include a link to download it... so therefore they're forcing it down your throat. Putting that link there means you cannot possibly download any of the bazillion other email clients out there and use them. What's wrong with you guys anyway? Whenever there's a link included with the OS, we HAVE to click on it... there is no other choice.

Just another demonstration of how utterly stupid some of the MS "haters" are... and why MS is damned if they do or damned if they don't. People complain about how bloated Windows is, yet when MS leaves out one feature by default, people whine about how this is missing and should be included, damnit!

I also love the "beta test it for free" comment. If you test the software, it's of your own accord... no one forced you to download and test it. If you want to be paid to test Windows, get a job at MS. Just so you know, the Beta test has ended and MS has moved into the Release Candidate phase. Two different things...
 
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I installed Windows 7 and then downloaded windows Live Mail. The trouble is there is no facility for printing emails. Does anybody else have this problem?

Is Thunderbird compatible with Windows 7?
 
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Full disclosure: I work for Postbox, and I'm hoping a small product plug won't offend.

If you're looking for a new email client for Windows 7, we hope that you will try Postbox. It works on Windows 7, and has a great look and feel, and really terrific search capabilities that makes it fast and easy to find messages, attachments, photos and links. - http://www.getpostbox.com
 
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I read on the MS webssite about W7 that the Windows Live Mail is we-based - is this correct? or is there a standalone programme. I just want to know i can re-create Windows Mail (or something similar) in W7. If its web-based or linked to Yahoo, they can forget it... can anyone let me know before i pay to upgrade from Vista

Also does anyone know if i lose MS Office?

many thanks!!
 
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Just installed windows 7 and downloaded windows live mail.(Not windows live hotmail)

Yes it looks different with each account displayed with its own seperate inbox,deleted items, junk mail box etc.

Yes you can produce your own folders to store emails and title them as you wish.

Yes it imported all of my windows mail folders,emails,message rules and accounts though a little basic tidying up was required.

Yes you can change the layout.

Yes you can print emails.

Yes it was relatively easy.

Yes it will take a litte while to get used to it (days i would wager, not weeks)

Yes I'm just a regular bloke who uses a computer.

Yes I was scared by what I had read on forums such as these (though everyone is entitled to their own opinion of course.

Yes I would advise the "standard" user to give it a go.

No I don't work for anyone remotely associated with microsoft or any other it company for that matter.

No it's not web based.

No I didnt sign up to windows live.
 
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