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Microsoft's free e-mail program, with the familiar features of Outlook Express, plus more.
Protected
Get spam and virus filters across multiple e-mail accounts, and warnings when it looks like an e-mail message could be a scam. And you can just click "Delete and block" to drop the hammer of security on any shady e-mail that appears in your inbox.
Familiar
Do you know Microsoft Outlook Express or Windows Mail? Then you pretty much already know how to use Windows Live Mail. The clean design speeds you through the most common tasks, and lets you do some pretty uncommon ones, too?like sending eye-catching photo e-mail, and setting up the layout just the way you want it.
Unified
Get multiple e-mail accounts in one place?and not only Hotmail, but even Gmail and Yahoo!* accounts, too. Plus, you can start a Windows Live Messenger conversation right from your inbox, or jump right into the latest updates from your friend Windows Live Spaces blog.
*Requires a premium Yahoo! account
MSRP $0.00
Release date September, 2007
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Pros
- Free open-source software
- Custom junk mail filters
- multiple mailbox support
- Extensions and Themes
Cons
- Extensions must be downloaded and installed manually.
- Junk mail filtering is not always accurate. If it marks it as junk and you tell it that it is not junk, it has a tendency to keep marking it as junk.
Windows Live Mail
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71%
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Cons
- When opening attachments, it is prone to crashing.
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