Windows Live Mail Desktop now in public beta

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Windows Live Mail Desktop now in public beta

by Jordan Running Jul 27th 2006

Windows Live Mail Desktop, Microsoft's new e-mail client that aims to unify all your email-including AOL and Gmail-in one app, is now in public beta. In what will be sure to confuse some users, Windows Live Mail Desktop is a different product from Windows Mail, Outlook's successor, and Windows Live Mail, the successor to Hotmail. Its advertised features include:

Speedy access to multiple e-mail accounts in one place
The power of desktop software with the flexibility of Web-based e-mail
A way to get your newsgroups and RSS feeds as easily as you get e-mail
The ability to compose, delete, and organize e-mail even when you're offline
A massive 2GB of online inbox storage
Address AutoComplete and other handy features to let you speed through your e-mail like never before
The power to instantly add an MSN Spaces blog entry about any message
Keep in touch with your MSN Messenger contacts right from inside the program
Easy creation and editing of photo e-mails

You can download the beta from the ~~IE-only~~ Windows Live Ideas site, but you'll need a Passport or Hotmail account to get it, and right now the download site seems to be having a few troubles (insert where-are-the-WLMDs joke here) . More details can be found at the official Windows Live Mail Desktop blog.

[Via Neowin.net]

Tags: beta, desktop, email, mail, microsoft, windows, windowslive, windowslivemaildesktop, wlmd

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

asurroca said 2:49PM on 7-27-2006

Why all the talk about Live not playing well with Firefox? I'm using Flock right now, and was able to visit the "IE-only" site and download WLMD without a hitch...

I've been using this for a couple weeks now, and I've gotta say, it sure beats Outlook Express, and it bridges the gap betweek Outlook 2007 (too huge) and Windows Live mail (too sparse for some?). Personally, I'm happier with Windows Live Mail's spartan AJAXed interface, though.

Jordan Running said 3:03PM on 7-27-2006

Looks like you're correct, asurroca. I've fixed the post.

Andrew said 7:17PM on 7-27-2006

You also might want to correct the fact that the desktop app in vista is Windows Mail and it's Outlook Express' successor. Yes these new names are really going to work???

Thomas said 8:22PM on 7-27-2006

Is it a desktop app or a web based app? I'm confused.

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