Windows 7: Windows Mail

WLM 2009 definitely does this and makes it easy as long as you look for the "attach" or "insert" options and avoid "Photo Email". But before giving up on the later versions (2011 or 2012) look for those attach or insert options and avoid "Photo Email". They may be hidden in there somewhere.

I'm curious why OL 2010 doesn't meet your needs. I'd rather have OL than WEM/WLM, but I'm frugal.

to answer your question though, all you'd have to do is set up WEM/WLM, configure it to point at your POP/IMAP server and complete the login information (user name and password).

there really isn't too much difference in setting up eMail clients - all require the same information
mail server
your login & pw
and
specific port info (usualy standard too, but some are unique)
465, 995
SSL or non-SSL
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Not rocket science, but you have to use the numbers and names provided by your service provider to get it to work. If you have a working OL, you can match the info in there to the new client.

One trick: I don't let WEM/WLM automatically configure the server for me.
On the first screen when setting up the account - tick the manually configure checkbox.

If you want to test it for a while, make sure your tick "Leave msgs on the server" on the advanced tab. That way you can try another client or use OL 2010 and all the msgs will still be on the server. At some point you can make the decision to leave msgs on the server or stop leaving msgs on the server.

If you leave the msgs on the server, you can't go wrong.

eMail is one of those opinion apps "I don't like......" - "I prefer......"
They all do the same thing - get and store your mail.

   Quote: Originally Posted by billg226

Can you suggest a Link or site that explains migrating from Win Mail to Outlook 2010?

The simple answer - you don't have to migrate, you can use both. If you only want one, then you'll have to export eMail and contacts from OL and import same into WEM/WLM.

try WEM/WLM and if you run into difficulties - ask for help.

Can you suggest a Link or site that explains migrating from Win Mail to Outlook 2010?[/QUOTE]

That will probably be as painfull as migrating from OE6.0 to any ver. of Outlook
MS has not made migration easy especialy when you are trying to migrate address books too. Generaly it is a path with lots of potholes. You might find some help at About.com, they have a lot of usefull info relating to OE and Outlook and the migration from one mail client to another. Good luck Billg266 and please post back if you find usefull info.

Migrate from Outlook Express or Windows (Live) Mail to Outlook - HowTo-Outlook | HowTo-Outlook
Upgrading to Outlook 2010 - HowTo-Outlook | HowTo-Outlook

how does one get windows mail to work on windows 8 can someone kindly provide me with some help or details thanks any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

Use the Windows 7 tutorial. You might also was to use the Windows Calendar tute in 7 forums too as the two are connected.

Note neither of those are supported so could feasibly cause security issues.

hi i tried that and when i click the windows mail icon it starts and looks like it is going to do something then it just stops any ideas what might be wrong at all let me know thanks

Sounds like you didn't take ownership of files which I believe is one of the 1st steps in that tute. It's been a long time since I did it and the tute has been changed drastically since I did mine.
Hopefully someone else has some ideas. Might be an idea to also post in EightForums.

Yes it is definitely possible, I and many others have done it and have it installed and working, but since this thread you are posting to is a Windows7 WindowsMail thread, and so to keep it on topic here you should go over to the Windows 8 forum to ask and talk about how to do it there. The beginning process to do it is a little different than it is on 7; however please note it is also not 'word for word' documented how to do it there either, but it's not that hard really if you read that thread and are computer capable. Remember though WM on 8 it is Not Supported, just as WM on 7 is not supported either.

You can get the links where to go from a previous post made in this thread about 6 months ago, and that post is a few pages back, is Here.

I must say I had to revert back to Windows Live Mail now that I had to do a fresh install of Windows 7. I really miss Windows Mail, but I found it simply too much work get it back. I wish someone could've created a batch file that would do this automatically.