Microsoft is killing off Windows Live Mail – what should I do? Microsoft has announced its email program will stop working with services including Hotmail, Live Mail, MSN Mail and Outlook. By: Jack Schofield – The Guardian. I have used Windows Live mail since its introduction: it’s simple, clear and uncluttered. Now Microsoft is going to end it. With its automatic sign- in, I haven’t used my passwords in years. How can I transfer my accounts? Tony. Windows Live Mail is a desktop email program Microsoft introduced to replace Outlook Express. It is part of the Windows Essentials suite, which includes several fine programs: Live Mail, Live Writer, Photo Gallery, Movie. Maker and One. Drive. However, Microsoft is moving all its own email services – Office 3. Hotmail, Live Mail, MSN Mail, Outlook. Outlook. com. Windows Live Mail 2. APIs (applications programming interfaces) required to provide full synchronisation with Outlook. Microsoft could update Windows Live Mail 2. Microsoft suggests . Outlook costs money, but Microsoft is offering Live Mail users a free subscription to Office 3. Alternatively, you could buy a standalone copy of Microsoft Office Home and Business 2. These don’t expire. Either way, it is a slightly awkward choice: you can upgrade to Outlook or downgrade to Mail, but you can’t stay at the same level. The Mail app is simpler but less powerful than Windows Live Mail: it has limited options for sorting emails, and it cannot send emails to groups. Outlook is far more powerful than Windows Live Mail and has more advanced features for emails, contacts, calendars and to- do lists. However, you may not need them, or you may already be using a range of apps instead. The Mail app has another drawback: it runs on Windows 8/8. Fortunately, this can.Windows XP/Vista/7. Some people who want to use the Mail app will have to upgrade to Windows 1. Microsoft’s final suggestion is to do your email in a web browser. Your email address and your Hotmail/Live/Outlook. Windows Live Mail 2. Of course, web- based email has similar drawbacks as the Mail app – fewer features and limited sorting options – and is slower to use, but today it’s probably how most people do email. Sticking with Windows Live Mail. Windows Live Mail 2. To do this, you must create a new account for your existing email address, but check the box that says “Manually configure server settings”. For the incoming server, select IMAP with the address imap- mail. Port 9. 93. For the outgoing server, use smtp- mail. Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn) is an operating system by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs and. Use your Microsoft account. What's this? Email, phone, or Skype. Create one! Windows Live Mail Recovery v.4.0.0 Ultimate email recovery solution for Vista Mail and Windows Live Mail users. Windows Live Mail Recovery is the software developed. This page will help you set up Telstra Mail account on Windows Live Mail. Before you start. You'll need your Telstra email username and password. Requirements: Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Vista 64-bit / Windows 7 64-bit / Windows 8 / Windows 8 64-bit / Windows 10 / Windows 10 64-bit. Port 5. 87. WLM server settings Photograph: Jack Schofield/Screengrab. The settings shown in the screenshot worked perfectly for one of my old Hotmail accounts even though Windows Live Mail didn’t work with the automatic settings. Once you have downloaded your emails using the new settings, you can use the mouse to drag- and- drop emails across from the “old” Microsoft account, but don’t delete it. Your “new” account only does email, so you will lose the address book/contacts and calendar features. Switching clients. If you decide to switch to the Mail app or Microsoft Office Outlook, then you will need to import your emails from Windows Live Mail. There are lots of ways to do this, and Microsoft provided reasonably clear instructions along with the announcement: Windows Live Mail 2. Outlook. com. Windows Live Mail actually stores individual emails in industry standard . PCs. In that case, see “Special instructions for users of locally stored data in Windows Live Mail 2. Of course, rather than switching to the Mail app or Microsoft Office Outlook you could switch to an alternative from a third- party supplier. Examples include Mailbird, e. M Client, and Thunderbird. I’d try them in that order and see which one you like. Both Mailbird and e. M Client are “freemium” programs, while Thunderbird is open source and free. Password recovery. It is not clear if you still know your password, but you will need it to set up a new mail program. Fortunately, some free utilities can extract passwords from Windows Live Mail. Two examples are Nir. Soft’s Mail Pass. View and the Live Mail Password Decryptor from Security. Xploded. The alternative is to ask for a password reset so that you can enter a new password. You can do this via a Microsoft page: Forgotten password and other sign- in problems, or use the password reset wizard at account. Password resets require authentication, so Microsoft will send a security code to the alternative email address listed in your email account, or send an SMS to the mobile phone number listed. Once upon a time, you could open an email account without providing an alternative email address or phone number, but most email providers now require one or another. If you have not provided an alternative, you can use the Recover your Microsoft account page, which allows you to supply a new contact email address. Timing. Microsoft started rolling out the new system last year, in preview mode. Once your account is converted, you will no longer be able to use it with Windows Live Mail. In Windows 7, you will either get server error 3. Windows Live Mail error 0x. DE0. 00. 05, or both. It would therefore be a good idea to switch in the next week or two. For accounts where Microsoft has detected Windows Live Mail use, the deadline is June 3. Source: The Guardian.
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