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| Published 14-Jun-2007 |
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Windows Live Mail is the replacement email client for Outlook Express on Windows XP and Windows Mail on Vista. WLM also replaces Windows Live Mail desktop which some of us have been using for some months but WLM in the main keeps all the features we WLMd users have become accustomed to (except, of course, there have been bug fixes such as locking up when adding a new email account - in fact, that was about the only prob webDotWiz ever encountered with WLMd). Anyway, Windows Live Mail is Microsoft's new email client for both Windows XP and Windows Vista. Outlook Express users on Windows XP should install Windows Live Mail now (scroll down the page until you find the Windows Live Mail download link) to take advantage of the benefits of Windows Live Mail. You'll see from the screenshots on Liveside.net that Windows Live Mail makes Outlook Express look like it's from the ages of the dinosaurs. To get an idea of what's going to occur during installation, see the screenshots at More Than Mail (the Windows Live Mail team's blog Space). One of the main advantages of Windows Live Mail is that you can set up as many email accounts as you like. At a minimum, you'll have your Windows Live Hotmail account and your account given by your Internet Service Provider. To set up accounts, there's no need to find and enter those obscure mail server settings (which most ISPs seem to always hide away on their web site). When setting up your email accounts in Windows Live Mail, all you need do is enter your email address and password and WLM will do the rest. It's best to use your main Windows Live ID with Windows Live Mail so you can access your calendar, contacts and Messenger associated with that Live ID. Once you've started WLM for the day with your main Live ID, you can switch Live IDs in Messenger and still access all your Windows Live Hotmail accounts. Note that you can still access all your Live mail using Windows Live Hotmail, either from your local computer (even when WLM is running) or another computer. Windows Live Mail has an in-built RSS feed reader and you'll be automatically kept up to date when your Live contacts update their Live Spaces. Any feeds you've subscribed to in Internet Explorer 7 also are accessed by WLM so it's a good feed reader. The latest version of Live Writer is now available from writer.live.com. Download, install and enjoy! When you run Live Writer for the first time you'll immediately notice that its menu system and user interface have been improved. A couple of improvements worthy of note are Set category (including being able to add a new category) at the bottom left of the page and Set publish date at the bottom right. A new addition is the ability to add tables to your post. As well, there's a live spell checker. A trial version, version 8.5, of Live Messenger is now available for download - but not yet for Australia. For some screenshots of what's in store, see Inside Live Messenger, the Messenger team's blog space. A couple of things to note:
Keep an eye on webDotWiz has the Space to find out when the Aussie version of Live Messenger 8.5 becomes available. Here's a summary of what webDotWiz been talking about over the past week or so:
Here are some sites to get you started:
• All this week's Wiziest sites are listed on the webDotWiz Column sites page. 
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