I Do Not Understand How Mail Progams Work

Hey everyone! I sincerely want to get a better understanding of some aspects
of my computer. I can get around on it and do ok but I need to take it up a
notch and get more familiar with the technology. I'll list an item or two
here and then move forward from there. My computer is an HP Pavillion
Slimline, S7700n, with AMD 64 Athlon X2. It came with Vista 32 Home Premium.
I find that it works well for everything I use my computer for at this point.

Questions: What is the best way to use email? I don't understand the
difference between Outlook, Live Mail, Windows Mail etc. I subscribed to
Windows Live and started using it but I have a few issues.
1) I can't make Live Mail my default. I have tried but the drop down list in
Vista does not offer Live Mail as a choice. I don't know the correlations
between all the different Microsoft mail programs and how to get them
connected or compatible.
2) I need to be able to use one program for several mail accounts. I don't
necessarilly have to use any particular program, just so it works for what
I'm doing. I have a web business that I want to connect to live Mail, or
whatever mail program I decide to use, and need some info on how to get
everything coming to one location.
--
Kind Regards, Steve

Outlook and Windows Mail will put all email in one Inbox.
Windows Live Mail has separate folders for each account. This is not to be
confused with Windows Live Hotmail.

Outlook and Windows Mail only use pop or IMAP access.
WLMail can use http access to a Hotmail account.

Pop access downloads only from the online Inbox.
Http or IMAP synchronize folders between your computer and the online
server.

To get WLMail, download.live.com/wlmail
--
Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail

"MrSteve" <> wrote in message
news:A59EC4AA-F0C3-4F3E-9EBF-...
> Hey everyone! I sincerely want to get a better understanding of some
> aspects
> of my computer. I can get around on it and do ok but I need to take it up
> a
> notch and get more familiar with the technology. I'll list an item or two
> here and then move forward from there. My computer is an HP Pavillion
> Slimline, S7700n, with AMD 64 Athlon X2. It came with Vista 32 Home
> Premium.
> I find that it works well for everything I use my computer for at this
> point.
>
> Questions: What is the best way to use email? I don't understand the
> difference between Outlook, Live Mail, Windows Mail etc. I subscribed to
> Windows Live and started using it but I have a few issues.
> 1) I can't make Live Mail my default. I have tried but the drop down list
> in
> Vista does not offer Live Mail as a choice. I don't know the correlations
> between all the different Microsoft mail programs and how to get them
> connected or compatible.
> 2) I need to be able to use one program for several mail accounts. I don't
> necessarilly have to use any particular program, just so it works for what
> I'm doing. I have a web business that I want to connect to live Mail, or
> whatever mail program I decide to use, and need some info on how to get
> everything coming to one location.
> --
> Kind Regards, Steve

Well Ron, I'm showing my ignorance here. My personal email is a hotmail
address. I just checked and my mail page has the Live Mail heading in the
upper left and below that in the folders area it says Hotmail.

--
Kind Regards, Steve


"Ron Sommer" wrote:

> Outlook and Windows Mail will put all email in one Inbox.
> Windows Live Mail has separate folders for each account. This is not to be
> confused with Windows Live Hotmail.
>
> Outlook and Windows Mail only use pop or IMAP access.
> WLMail can use http access to a Hotmail account.
>
> Pop access downloads only from the online Inbox.
> Http or IMAP synchronize folders between your computer and the online
> server.
>
> To get WLMail, download.live.com/wlmail
> --
> Ron Sommer
> MS MVP-Mail
>
> "MrSteve" <> wrote in message
> news:A59EC4AA-F0C3-4F3E-9EBF-...
> > Hey everyone! I sincerely want to get a better understanding of some
> > aspects
> > of my computer. I can get around on it and do ok but I need to take it up
> > a
> > notch and get more familiar with the technology. I'll list an item or two
> > here and then move forward from there. My computer is an HP Pavillion
> > Slimline, S7700n, with AMD 64 Athlon X2. It came with Vista 32 Home
> > Premium.
> > I find that it works well for everything I use my computer for at this
> > point.
> >
> > Questions: What is the best way to use email? I don't understand the
> > difference between Outlook, Live Mail, Windows Mail etc. I subscribed to
> > Windows Live and started using it but I have a few issues.
> > 1) I can't make Live Mail my default. I have tried but the drop down list
> > in
> > Vista does not offer Live Mail as a choice. I don't know the correlations
> > between all the different Microsoft mail programs and how to get them
> > connected or compatible.
> > 2) I need to be able to use one program for several mail accounts. I don't
> > necessarilly have to use any particular program, just so it works for what
> > I'm doing. I have a web business that I want to connect to live Mail, or
> > whatever mail program I decide to use, and need some info on how to get
> > everything coming to one location.
> > --
> > Kind Regards, Steve
>
> .
>

Windows Mail only uses pop or IMAP access.
WLMail can use http access to a Hotmail account.
Outlook uses pop or IMAP access and optionally if using Outlook 2003/2007/2010 capable of http access with the Outlook Connector
add-in to access a Hotmail account.


--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

"Ron Sommer" <> wrote in message news:#...
> Outlook and Windows Mail will put all email in one Inbox.
> Windows Live Mail has separate folders for each account. This is not to be confused with Windows Live Hotmail.
>
> Outlook and Windows Mail only use pop or IMAP access.
> WLMail can use http access to a Hotmail account.
>
> Pop access downloads only from the online Inbox.
> Http or IMAP synchronize folders between your computer and the online server.
>
> To get WLMail, download.live.com/wlmail
> --
> Ron Sommer
> MS MVP-Mail
>
> "MrSteve" <> wrote in message news:A59EC4AA-F0C3-4F3E-9EBF-...
>> Hey everyone! I sincerely want to get a better understanding of some aspects
>> of my computer. I can get around on it and do ok but I need to take it up a
>> notch and get more familiar with the technology. I'll list an item or two
>> here and then move forward from there. My computer is an HP Pavillion
>> Slimline, S7700n, with AMD 64 Athlon X2. It came with Vista 32 Home Premium.
>> I find that it works well for everything I use my computer for at this point.
>>
>> Questions: What is the best way to use email? I don't understand the
>> difference between Outlook, Live Mail, Windows Mail etc. I subscribed to
>> Windows Live and started using it but I have a few issues.
>> 1) I can't make Live Mail my default. I have tried but the drop down list in
>> Vista does not offer Live Mail as a choice. I don't know the correlations
>> between all the different Microsoft mail programs and how to get them
>> connected or compatible.
>> 2) I need to be able to use one program for several mail accounts. I don't
>> necessarilly have to use any particular program, just so it works for what
>> I'm doing. I have a web business that I want to connect to live Mail, or
>> whatever mail program I decide to use, and need some info on how to get
>> everything coming to one location.
>> --
>> Kind Regards, Steve
>

Steve,
If you are seeing Live Mail in the upper left(iirc it says Windows Live in the upper left)...you are accessing your Hotmail
account in a browser(e.g. Internet Explorer) not an email client.

One doesn't subscribe to Windows Live Mail (WLM for short)
WLM needs to be downloaded, installed, and an account(e.g. your Hotmail account)setup to use as an email client to send and receive
email.

Windows Live Mail, once downloaded can be installed on XP, Vista, and Windows 7.



--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

"MrSteve" <> wrote in message news:E385D39A-820A-4994-983F-...
> Well Ron, I'm showing my ignorance here. My personal email is a hotmail
> address. I just checked and my mail page has the Live Mail heading in the
> upper left and below that in the folders area it says Hotmail.
>
> --
> Kind Regards, Steve
>
>
> "Ron Sommer" wrote:
>
>> Outlook and Windows Mail will put all email in one Inbox.
>> Windows Live Mail has separate folders for each account. This is not to be
>> confused with Windows Live Hotmail.
>>
>> Outlook and Windows Mail only use pop or IMAP access.
>> WLMail can use http access to a Hotmail account.
>>
>> Pop access downloads only from the online Inbox.
>> Http or IMAP synchronize folders between your computer and the online
>> server.
>>
>> To get WLMail, download.live.com/wlmail
>> --
>> Ron Sommer
>> MS MVP-Mail
>>
>> "MrSteve" <> wrote in message
>> news:A59EC4AA-F0C3-4F3E-9EBF-...
>> > Hey everyone! I sincerely want to get a better understanding of some
>> > aspects
>> > of my computer. I can get around on it and do ok but I need to take it up
>> > a
>> > notch and get more familiar with the technology. I'll list an item or two
>> > here and then move forward from there. My computer is an HP Pavillion
>> > Slimline, S7700n, with AMD 64 Athlon X2. It came with Vista 32 Home
>> > Premium.
>> > I find that it works well for everything I use my computer for at this
>> > point.
>> >
>> > Questions: What is the best way to use email? I don't understand the
>> > difference between Outlook, Live Mail, Windows Mail etc. I subscribed to
>> > Windows Live and started using it but I have a few issues.
>> > 1) I can't make Live Mail my default. I have tried but the drop down list
>> > in
>> > Vista does not offer Live Mail as a choice. I don't know the correlations
>> > between all the different Microsoft mail programs and how to get them
>> > connected or compatible.
>> > 2) I need to be able to use one program for several mail accounts. I don't
>> > necessarilly have to use any particular program, just so it works for what
>> > I'm doing. I have a web business that I want to connect to live Mail, or
>> > whatever mail program I decide to use, and need some info on how to get
>> > everything coming to one location.
>> > --
>> > Kind Regards, Steve
>>
>> .
>>

What we need to do is clarify a few things so you can understand the
conceptual differences. There are three parts we are talking about here; your
computer, email received into a program on your computer, and web (internet)
based email.

First, the easiest method to demonstrate is - if you turned off your
Internet Service, could you open Internet Explorer and see webpages? No, just
like if you turned off your Water Service, you still have your faucet, but if
you turned the handle you wouldn't get any water. No Internet Service, no
Internet Explorer web pages.

So when you try to open Live Mail, that is VIEWED (like a glass window you
VIEW thru) inside Internet Explorer, and with no Internet Service, you can't
open Live Mail. No Internet, No Internet Explorer, No Live Mail. This is web
(internet) based email. The equivalent would be you have to drive to the Post
Office, ask the Postal Employee to open and SHOW you your email, then you
leave. You 'read' your mail, but you physically left it at the Post Office
and have to 'visit' it like you 'visit' Live Mail to read your mail, but you
always leave it at the Post Office. If you borrow someone's car (another
computer) to 'visit' the Post Office, the Post Office still has that mail
there, no matter who's car (computer) you used to get there. The best thing
about this approach is, if your house burned down, your car got crushed, etc.
your mail is still safe at the Post Office, it never gets lost or damaged.
The bad thing about this also is your totally at the mercy of the provider,
if they suddenly say you need to pay $49 per month for the service, you have
no alternative (just think how hard it is to change your telephone number,
email is much worse).

Now Mail Programs (Outlook, Live Mail, Windows Mail, etc.) are software
programs that are installed on YOUR computer and only for YOUR settings. Like
your physical mailbox where the Postal Carrier delivers the mail to, they
only give you YOUR mail in YOUR mailbox. You can't use someone else's
computer, or someone else's mailbox, and expect the YOUR mail to be DELIVERED
to that other persons computer/mailbox. It is addressed to YOU, so it needs
to be DELIVERED to YOUR computer. The downside to this approach, something
breaks on your computer you may lose all the emails FOREVER. The positive
side is, YOU have YOUR mail, no one else has access to it, or can do anything
else with it (like read it, copy it, etc.).

Answer (1) As the Internet isn't inside your computer, you can't make Live
Mail your default, because it resides on the internet not on your computer.

Answer (2) well that is a bit complicated and can be confusing, the simplest
method no matter what you do is print out or write down all the settings
necessary to access the email (email address, login ID, password, etc.).
Now there is several ways you can do this (as I said complicated). The first
easiest would be to FORWARD all emails from account A to account B, then
account C to account B and so on. So there is only one account RECEIVING the
emails, but you can't SEND as the different accounts. The second way would be
to use a Email Program to DOWNLOAD the emails, then when you wish to SEND
something you UPLOAD it to that account to be sent. The only issues with this
is how complicated the setup for each individual account would be, where
Yahoo has one set of instructions but AOL has a totally different. Some also
CHARGE you to access the account this way (Hotmail for example), and you have
to pay it each month PER account with that service. The details on how to set
this up are on each service's Help pages, but still for a layman they are
pretty complicated.

I hope this helps clarify things.


"MrSteve" wrote:

> Hey everyone! I sincerely want to get a better understanding of some aspects
> of my computer. I can get around on it and do ok but I need to take it up a
> notch and get more familiar with the technology. I'll list an item or two
> here and then move forward from there. My computer is an HP Pavillion
> Slimline, S7700n, with AMD 64 Athlon X2. It came with Vista 32 Home Premium.
> I find that it works well for everything I use my computer for at this point.
>
> Questions: What is the best way to use email? I don't understand the
> difference between Outlook, Live Mail, Windows Mail etc. I subscribed to
> Windows Live and started using it but I have a few issues.
> 1) I can't make Live Mail my default. I have tried but the drop down list in
> Vista does not offer Live Mail as a choice. I don't know the correlations
> between all the different Microsoft mail programs and how to get them
> connected or compatible.
> 2) I need to be able to use one program for several mail accounts. I don't
> necessarilly have to use any particular program, just so it works for what
> I'm doing. I have a web business that I want to connect to live Mail, or
> whatever mail program I decide to use, and need some info on how to get
> everything coming to one location.
> --
> Kind Regards, Steve

Everyone told you that you are using Hotmail but nobody told you where to
download Windows Live Mail . . . . . go to this link and download the
Windows Live Essentials, of which Windows Live Mail is a part. You can get
only the products you want - no need to install them all if you only want
WLMail. Once installed, it will show up in your defaults list and you can
use it to setup all of your separate email accounts to see your email in
just one place.

http://download.live.com/


"MrSteve" <> wrote in message
news:E385D39A-820A-4994-983F-...
> Well Ron, I'm showing my ignorance here. My personal email is a hotmail
> address. I just checked and my mail page has the Live Mail heading in the
> upper left and below that in the folders area it says Hotmail.
>
> --
> Kind Regards, Steve
>
>
> "Ron Sommer" wrote:
>
>> Outlook and Windows Mail will put all email in one Inbox.
>> Windows Live Mail has separate folders for each account. This is not to
>> be
>> confused with Windows Live Hotmail.
>>
>> Outlook and Windows Mail only use pop or IMAP access.
>> WLMail can use http access to a Hotmail account.
>>
>> Pop access downloads only from the online Inbox.
>> Http or IMAP synchronize folders between your computer and the online
>> server.
>>
>> To get WLMail, download.live.com/wlmail
>> --
>> Ron Sommer
>> MS MVP-Mail
>>
>> "MrSteve" <> wrote in message
>> news:A59EC4AA-F0C3-4F3E-9EBF-...
>> > Hey everyone! I sincerely want to get a better understanding of some
>> > aspects
>> > of my computer. I can get around on it and do ok but I need to take it
>> > up
>> > a
>> > notch and get more familiar with the technology. I'll list an item or
>> > two
>> > here and then move forward from there. My computer is an HP Pavillion
>> > Slimline, S7700n, with AMD 64 Athlon X2. It came with Vista 32 Home
>> > Premium.
>> > I find that it works well for everything I use my computer for at this
>> > point.
>> >
>> > Questions: What is the best way to use email? I don't understand the
>> > difference between Outlook, Live Mail, Windows Mail etc. I subscribed
>> > to
>> > Windows Live and started using it but I have a few issues.
>> > 1) I can't make Live Mail my default. I have tried but the drop down
>> > list
>> > in
>> > Vista does not offer Live Mail as a choice. I don't know the
>> > correlations
>> > between all the different Microsoft mail programs and how to get them
>> > connected or compatible.
>> > 2) I need to be able to use one program for several mail accounts. I
>> > don't
>> > necessarilly have to use any particular program, just so it works for
>> > what
>> > I'm doing. I have a web business that I want to connect to live Mail,
>> > or
>> > whatever mail program I decide to use, and need some info on how to get
>> > everything coming to one location.
>> > --
>> > Kind Regards, Steve
>>
>> .
>>

Boy do I feel stupid! I have to say thanks to you all because this is the
only place that figured it out!
Now... how do I get rid of the old email button on the "Bing" toolbar? And
how do I get rid of the old mail programs (or should I)?

Thanks again and now I know where to come for the education I need to
operate my computer!
--
Kind Regards, Steve


"Nero" wrote:

> What we need to do is clarify a few things so you can understand the
> conceptual differences. There are three parts we are talking about here; your
> computer, email received into a program on your computer, and web (internet)
> based email.
>
> First, the easiest method to demonstrate is - if you turned off your
> Internet Service, could you open Internet Explorer and see webpages? No, just
> like if you turned off your Water Service, you still have your faucet, but if
> you turned the handle you wouldn't get any water. No Internet Service, no
> Internet Explorer web pages.
>
> So when you try to open Live Mail, that is VIEWED (like a glass window you
> VIEW thru) inside Internet Explorer, and with no Internet Service, you can't
> open Live Mail. No Internet, No Internet Explorer, No Live Mail. This is web
> (internet) based email. The equivalent would be you have to drive to the Post
> Office, ask the Postal Employee to open and SHOW you your email, then you
> leave. You 'read' your mail, but you physically left it at the Post Office
> and have to 'visit' it like you 'visit' Live Mail to read your mail, but you
> always leave it at the Post Office. If you borrow someone's car (another
> computer) to 'visit' the Post Office, the Post Office still has that mail
> there, no matter who's car (computer) you used to get there. The best thing
> about this approach is, if your house burned down, your car got crushed, etc.
> your mail is still safe at the Post Office, it never gets lost or damaged.
> The bad thing about this also is your totally at the mercy of the provider,
> if they suddenly say you need to pay $49 per month for the service, you have
> no alternative (just think how hard it is to change your telephone number,
> email is much worse).
>
> Now Mail Programs (Outlook, Live Mail, Windows Mail, etc.) are software
> programs that are installed on YOUR computer and only for YOUR settings. Like
> your physical mailbox where the Postal Carrier delivers the mail to, they
> only give you YOUR mail in YOUR mailbox. You can't use someone else's
> computer, or someone else's mailbox, and expect the YOUR mail to be DELIVERED
> to that other persons computer/mailbox. It is addressed to YOU, so it needs
> to be DELIVERED to YOUR computer. The downside to this approach, something
> breaks on your computer you may lose all the emails FOREVER. The positive
> side is, YOU have YOUR mail, no one else has access to it, or can do anything
> else with it (like read it, copy it, etc.).
>
> Answer (1) As the Internet isn't inside your computer, you can't make Live
> Mail your default, because it resides on the internet not on your computer.
>
> Answer (2) well that is a bit complicated and can be confusing, the simplest
> method no matter what you do is print out or write down all the settings
> necessary to access the email (email address, login ID, password, etc.).
> Now there is several ways you can do this (as I said complicated). The first
> easiest would be to FORWARD all emails from account A to account B, then
> account C to account B and so on. So there is only one account RECEIVING the
> emails, but you can't SEND as the different accounts. The second way would be
> to use a Email Program to DOWNLOAD the emails, then when you wish to SEND
> something you UPLOAD it to that account to be sent. The only issues with this
> is how complicated the setup for each individual account would be, where
> Yahoo has one set of instructions but AOL has a totally different. Some also
> CHARGE you to access the account this way (Hotmail for example), and you have
> to pay it each month PER account with that service. The details on how to set
> this up are on each service's Help pages, but still for a layman they are
> pretty complicated.
>
> I hope this helps clarify things.
>
>
> "MrSteve" wrote:
>
> > Hey everyone! I sincerely want to get a better understanding of some aspects
> > of my computer. I can get around on it and do ok but I need to take it up a
> > notch and get more familiar with the technology. I'll list an item or two
> > here and then move forward from there. My computer is an HP Pavillion
> > Slimline, S7700n, with AMD 64 Athlon X2. It came with Vista 32 Home Premium.
> > I find that it works well for everything I use my computer for at this point.
> >
> > Questions: What is the best way to use email? I don't understand the
> > difference between Outlook, Live Mail, Windows Mail etc. I subscribed to
> > Windows Live and started using it but I have a few issues.
> > 1) I can't make Live Mail my default. I have tried but the drop down list in
> > Vista does not offer Live Mail as a choice. I don't know the correlations
> > between all the different Microsoft mail programs and how to get them
> > connected or compatible.
> > 2) I need to be able to use one program for several mail accounts. I don't
> > necessarilly have to use any particular program, just so it works for what
> > I'm doing. I have a web business that I want to connect to live Mail, or
> > whatever mail program I decide to use, and need some info on how to get
> > everything coming to one location.
> > --
> > Kind Regards, Steve

Yesterday....Ron S.

<qp>
To get WLMail, download.live.com/wlmail
</qp>


--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

"slk759" <> wrote in message news:...
> Everyone told you that you are using Hotmail but nobody told you where to
> download Windows Live Mail . . . . . go to this link and download the
> Windows Live Essentials, of which Windows Live Mail is a part. You can get
> only the products you want - no need to install them all if you only want
> WLMail. Once installed, it will show up in your defaults list and you can
> use it to setup all of your separate email accounts to see your email in
> just one place.
>
> http://download.live.com/
>
>
> "MrSteve" <> wrote in message
> news:E385D39A-820A-4994-983F-...
>> Well Ron, I'm showing my ignorance here. My personal email is a hotmail
>> address. I just checked and my mail page has the Live Mail heading in the
>> upper left and below that in the folders area it says Hotmail.
>>
>> --
>> Kind Regards, Steve
>>
>>
>> "Ron Sommer" wrote:
>>
>>> Outlook and Windows Mail will put all email in one Inbox.
>>> Windows Live Mail has separate folders for each account. This is not to
>>> be
>>> confused with Windows Live Hotmail.
>>>
>>> Outlook and Windows Mail only use pop or IMAP access.
>>> WLMail can use http access to a Hotmail account.
>>>
>>> Pop access downloads only from the online Inbox.
>>> Http or IMAP synchronize folders between your computer and the online
>>> server.
>>>
>>> To get WLMail, download.live.com/wlmail
>>> --
>>> Ron Sommer
>>> MS MVP-Mail
>>>
>>> "MrSteve" <> wrote in message
>>> news:A59EC4AA-F0C3-4F3E-9EBF-...
>>> > Hey everyone! I sincerely want to get a better understanding of some
>>> > aspects
>>> > of my computer. I can get around on it and do ok but I need to take it
>>> > up
>>> > a
>>> > notch and get more familiar with the technology. I'll list an item or
>>> > two
>>> > here and then move forward from there. My computer is an HP Pavillion
>>> > Slimline, S7700n, with AMD 64 Athlon X2. It came with Vista 32 Home
>>> > Premium.
>>> > I find that it works well for everything I use my computer for at this
>>> > point.
>>> >
>>> > Questions: What is the best way to use email? I don't understand the
>>> > difference between Outlook, Live Mail, Windows Mail etc. I subscribed
>>> > to
>>> > Windows Live and started using it but I have a few issues.
>>> > 1) I can't make Live Mail my default. I have tried but the drop down
>>> > list
>>> > in
>>> > Vista does not offer Live Mail as a choice. I don't know the
>>> > correlations
>>> > between all the different Microsoft mail programs and how to get them
>>> > connected or compatible.
>>> > 2) I need to be able to use one program for several mail accounts. I
>>> > don't
>>> > necessarilly have to use any particular program, just so it works for
>>> > what
>>> > I'm doing. I have a web business that I want to connect to live Mail,
>>> > or
>>> > whatever mail program I decide to use, and need some info on how to get
>>> > everything coming to one location.
>>> > --
>>> > Kind Regards, Steve
>>>
>>> .
>>>

Is the old email button on the Bing toolbar, the Hotmail button ?...if so, leave it as is....if you ever need to access your
Hotmail account you can use that button.

What other old email programs would you like to 'get rid of' ?


--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

"MrSteve" <> wrote in message news:4BCF0B2C-9BA9-4A5F-BD9C-...
> Boy do I feel stupid! I have to say thanks to you all because this is the
> only place that figured it out!
> Now... how do I get rid of the old email button on the "Bing" toolbar? And
> how do I get rid of the old mail programs (or should I)?
>
> Thanks again and now I know where to come for the education I need to
> operate my computer!
> --
> Kind Regards, Steve
>
>
> "Nero" wrote:
>
>> What we need to do is clarify a few things so you can understand the
>> conceptual differences. There are three parts we are talking about here; your
>> computer, email received into a program on your computer, and web (internet)
>> based email.
>>
>> First, the easiest method to demonstrate is - if you turned off your
>> Internet Service, could you open Internet Explorer and see webpages? No, just
>> like if you turned off your Water Service, you still have your faucet, but if
>> you turned the handle you wouldn't get any water. No Internet Service, no
>> Internet Explorer web pages.
>>
>> So when you try to open Live Mail, that is VIEWED (like a glass window you
>> VIEW thru) inside Internet Explorer, and with no Internet Service, you can't
>> open Live Mail. No Internet, No Internet Explorer, No Live Mail. This is web
>> (internet) based email. The equivalent would be you have to drive to the Post
>> Office, ask the Postal Employee to open and SHOW you your email, then you
>> leave. You 'read' your mail, but you physically left it at the Post Office
>> and have to 'visit' it like you 'visit' Live Mail to read your mail, but you
>> always leave it at the Post Office. If you borrow someone's car (another
>> computer) to 'visit' the Post Office, the Post Office still has that mail
>> there, no matter who's car (computer) you used to get there. The best thing
>> about this approach is, if your house burned down, your car got crushed, etc.
>> your mail is still safe at the Post Office, it never gets lost or damaged.
>> The bad thing about this also is your totally at the mercy of the provider,
>> if they suddenly say you need to pay $49 per month for the service, you have
>> no alternative (just think how hard it is to change your telephone number,
>> email is much worse).
>>
>> Now Mail Programs (Outlook, Live Mail, Windows Mail, etc.) are software
>> programs that are installed on YOUR computer and only for YOUR settings. Like
>> your physical mailbox where the Postal Carrier delivers the mail to, they
>> only give you YOUR mail in YOUR mailbox. You can't use someone else's
>> computer, or someone else's mailbox, and expect the YOUR mail to be DELIVERED
>> to that other persons computer/mailbox. It is addressed to YOU, so it needs
>> to be DELIVERED to YOUR computer. The downside to this approach, something
>> breaks on your computer you may lose all the emails FOREVER. The positive
>> side is, YOU have YOUR mail, no one else has access to it, or can do anything
>> else with it (like read it, copy it, etc.).
>>
>> Answer (1) As the Internet isn't inside your computer, you can't make Live
>> Mail your default, because it resides on the internet not on your computer.
>>
>> Answer (2) well that is a bit complicated and can be confusing, the simplest
>> method no matter what you do is print out or write down all the settings
>> necessary to access the email (email address, login ID, password, etc.).
>> Now there is several ways you can do this (as I said complicated). The first
>> easiest would be to FORWARD all emails from account A to account B, then
>> account C to account B and so on. So there is only one account RECEIVING the
>> emails, but you can't SEND as the different accounts. The second way would be
>> to use a Email Program to DOWNLOAD the emails, then when you wish to SEND
>> something you UPLOAD it to that account to be sent. The only issues with this
>> is how complicated the setup for each individual account would be, where
>> Yahoo has one set of instructions but AOL has a totally different. Some also
>> CHARGE you to access the account this way (Hotmail for example), and you have
>> to pay it each month PER account with that service. The details on how to set
>> this up are on each service's Help pages, but still for a layman they are
>> pretty complicated.
>>
>> I hope this helps clarify things.
>>
>>
>> "MrSteve" wrote:
>>
>> > Hey everyone! I sincerely want to get a better understanding of some aspects
>> > of my computer. I can get around on it and do ok but I need to take it up a
>> > notch and get more familiar with the technology. I'll list an item or two
>> > here and then move forward from there. My computer is an HP Pavillion
>> > Slimline, S7700n, with AMD 64 Athlon X2. It came with Vista 32 Home Premium.
>> > I find that it works well for everything I use my computer for at this point.
>> >
>> > Questions: What is the best way to use email? I don't understand the
>> > difference between Outlook, Live Mail, Windows Mail etc. I subscribed to
>> > Windows Live and started using it but I have a few issues.
>> > 1) I can't make Live Mail my default. I have tried but the drop down list in
>> > Vista does not offer Live Mail as a choice. I don't know the correlations
>> > between all the different Microsoft mail programs and how to get them
>> > connected or compatible.
>> > 2) I need to be able to use one program for several mail accounts. I don't
>> > necessarilly have to use any particular program, just so it works for what
>> > I'm doing. I have a web business that I want to connect to live Mail, or
>> > whatever mail program I decide to use, and need some info on how to get
>> > everything coming to one location.
>> > --
>> > Kind Regards, Steve