I think I'll stick with outlook express as long as I possibly can.
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From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 9:29 PM
Subject: Fw: Windows Live Mail.
>I wonder how accessible this will be with screen reading software.
> Harvey
>
> Windows Live Mail will replace Outlook Express on Windows XP and Windows
> Mail on Vista in the coming weeks.
> Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
> Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:00 PM PDT
> Newsvine
> As it rolled out its
> revamped Windows Live Hotmail
> Monday, Microsoft Corp. also promised it would deliver replacements for
> the
> Outlook Express and Windows Mail desktop clients along with new software
> to
> integrate Web mail with the corporate Outlook program.
> Windows Live Mail will replace Outlook Express on Windows XP and Windows
> Mail on Vista in "the coming weeks," said Microsoft. The program, which
> will
> handle
> POP, IMAP and Windows Live Hotmail accounts, was characterized as a
> faster,
> more robust version of
> Windows Live Mail desktop beta
> , which has been in testing for Windows XP. The beta will be retired.
> According to a Windows Live Mail blog, the new client will sport features
> from Outlook Express, Windows Mail and the Windows Live Mail desktop beta.
> A
> redesigned
> interface supports Vista's Aero look and feel -- the first Windows Live
> offering to do so -- and the program adds S/MIME and LDAP support. It will
> be advertisement-free.
>
> Also due in the next few weeks, said Microsoft, is an updated Outlook
> Connector, software that synchronizes messages, address books, tasks and
> calendars
> between Windows Live Hotmail and Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007. An earlier
> edition of the Connector was launched by Microsoft last November.
> Swapping in the Windows Live Mail client for Vista's Windows Mail might
> surprise Vista users, since the operating system has been out less than
> four
> months.
>
> Computerworld
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