The inbuilt automated spam filter is nothing much to write home about – it doesn’t do a thorough job so I recommend using a third party application or service.īy the way, if your Windows 7 computer didn’t come with this new email program, you can download Windows Live Mail for free from the Microsoft web site. However, I did find a small glitch with the RSS reader… but it was a very minor issue. Never did this program crash or behaved erratically so there weren’t any major problems. So do I think Windows Live Mail is better than Outlook Express? Most certainly! I have about 10 email accounts set up in the email program including those from Hotmail and Gmail and there hasn’t been a problem.
I have been using this program for over a year now yes, I had it for months on my Vista based computer. And Windows Live Mail is much more than a simple email and news client – it’s a blogging tool as well as an RSS reader. Then there are others (including me), who have like this segregation. Some users have not been very happy with the way emails are organized in this program because each account that you set up in Windows Live Mail has its own five default folders – “ Inbox“, “ Drafts“, “ Sent items“, “ Junk e-mail” and “ Deleted items“. Open IE, go Tools>Internet Options>Advanced tab, click Reset button. OE is a part of Internet Explorer, so, if you have Internet Explorer 7, that means, you have Outlook Express 7. There has been a mixed sort of response to Windows Live Mail. Re: default mail client not properly installed.
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Thus, the best alternative to Outlook Express on Windows 7 is the default email client if you want to continue with Microsoft products. If Gmail is not listed as an option for a default email client in your version of Windows, you will need to install a. However, you don’t need to download and setup one because Windows Live Mail is already installed – it was on my recently bought Windows 7 VAIO laptop. Step 2: On the next window click on the link. Type Default Programs in the search box and from the result set, choose Default Programs. Outlook Express alternative for Windows 7 Step 1: Hit Windows + W to open the Settings Search screen. Anyway, Windows Mail Vista was also shown the door and Microsoft launched a newer email client – Windows Live Mail which is the default email program on Windows 7.
In my opinion, and I don’t think I am way off the mark, Windows Mail is simply a new name for Outlook Express 7. Actually, Outlook Express was phased out with Windows Vista itself, where it was replaced by Windows Mail. įor those who had been using Windows XP and never touched Vista, this might come as a shock. Bad news: You cannot install Outlook Express on Windows 7.
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