Windows Live Mail vs Windows Live Hotmail

With my new Vista system, I can no longer read my hotmail email via Windows
Mail as I did with Outlook Express on my old system. When I now read my
hotmail via the web at hotmail.com, it indicates I am using the classic
version of Windows Live Hotmail. The site indicates that if I have a fast
internet connection, I should try the full version of Windows Live Hotmail.
I only have dialup service, so I have not tried it.

1. Is Windows Live Mail a completely different product than the full
version of Windows Live Hotmail? Or is the Hotmail version just a subset
for to provide webmail?

2. Should I even attempt running Windows Live Mail with a dialup
connection?
Thanks for any clarification and I hope my questions are not too confusing.

 

Gary a écrit :

Yes, is a full version Outlook Express

Yes Hotmail is Webmail


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Windows Live Hotmail runs on browser and checks for e-mail (Hotmail
account), along with a calendar. It has two versions, which may be chosen
according to one's internet speed.
Windows Live Mail is a program (independent from browser), which can
download mail from any server that provides this functionality (Hotmail,
Gmail, Yahoo!Mail Plus, and several ISP mailboxes), as well as it manages
RSS feeds and newsgroups.

Hope I've been clear.

 

Thanks, I appreciate your clarification as well as the other reponses. I'll
give Windows Live Mail a shot.

-Gary



1. Yes, Live Hotmail has a full version for fast internet connections and a
classic version for slower dialup connections. Live Hotmail is a separate
webmail only application. I don't understand why it's telling you that you
have a fast internet connection. Maybe your dialup service is faster than
most.
Windows Live Mail [WLM] is a totally separate fairly large installation with
6 or 8 related applications that work with it. It does work with [hotmail]
http, pop3 and IMAP accounts. You can learn more and get it here:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
It is designed to replace Outlook Express, which Windows Mail on your Vista
system was also designed for. If you have Windows Office Suite [with
Outlook] or Outlook alone you should also be able to use it for e-mail on
your new system.

2. I would give it a shot, it works roughly the same as OE, but some of us
like it more. It still has some bugs, but they are gradually being worked
out. If you do it, it will take over as your default e-mail and newsreader
application, but you can still find and use the Windows Mail or Outlook if
you wish. Here is a news link to more info about using OE and WLM:
although, I don't
think OE will run on Vista. Here is another about Vista contacts and WLM:
BTW here is a Vista tip posted here by mistake:
http://vista-tricks-tips.blogspot.com/

 

Windows Live Mail is a stand alone, desktop email client. Similar to any
other such client (MS Outlook, MS Outlook Express, Pegasus Mail, etc.)

Windows Live Hotmail is a web mail application. It runs on a remote server,
and it is accessed through a web browser.

The two are as alike as a loaf of bread is like a rock.

You have Windows Vista, and it comes with Windows Mail. What sets Windows
Mail apart from Windows Live Mail is the lack of access to Windows Live
Hotmail. With Windows Live Mail, you would be downloading your email from
the Windows Live Hotmail account in the same manner as MS Outlook Express
would.

The questions were nowhere near as confusing as some of the answers. E.g.,
Windows Live Hotmail does not "run on a browser", it runs on a server which
is accessed by a browser. Or a mail client with web mail capability, such as
MS Outlook Express, or Windows Live Mail.

 

What? While both Windows Live Mail and Windows Mail are based on the
earlier Mail Client named Outlook Express, neither are versions of Outlook
Express. Both have an entirely new file system.

 

And, Windows Live Hotmail is web-based while Windows Live Mail is a
stand-along e-mail client.
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What? While both Windows Live Mail and Windows Mail are based on the
earlier Mail Client named Outlook Express, neither are versions of Outlook
Express. Both have an entirely new file system.

 

To add and clarify.
Windows Live Mail installation will be the default for mail and news in:
XP - Outlook Express
Vista - Windows Mail

It does not replace Outlook as the default mail client in either o/s if OL
is installed.

If OL is installed in Vista, the News 'hot button' on the toolbar may not
open Windows Live Mail but resorting to Vista's installed default news
client(Windows Mail) even after properly configuring Windows Live Mail as
the news client default in Vista's default programs(Control Panel/Default
Programs/Set Your Default Programs)

OE is not available on Vista, since OE is part of IE6. Vista includes IE7
which does not have an included news client, thus why Windows Mail is the
installed default in Vista.

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1. Yes, Live Hotmail has a full version for fast internet connections and a
classic version for slower dialup connections. Live Hotmail is a separate
webmail only application. I don't understand why it's telling you that you
have a fast internet connection. Maybe your dialup service is faster than
most.
Windows Live Mail [WLM] is a totally separate fairly large installation with
6 or 8 related applications that work with it. It does work with [hotmail]
http, pop3 and IMAP accounts. You can learn more and get it here:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
It is designed to replace Outlook Express, which Windows Mail on your Vista
system was also designed for. If you have Windows Office Suite [with
Outlook] or Outlook alone you should also be able to use it for e-mail on
your new system.

2. I would give it a shot, it works roughly the same as OE, but some of us
like it more. It still has some bugs, but they are gradually being worked
out. If you do it, it will take over as your default e-mail and newsreader
application, but you can still find and use the Windows Mail or Outlook if
you wish. Here is a news link to more info about using OE and WLM:
although, I don't
think OE will run on Vista. Here is another about Vista contacts and WLM:
BTW here is a Vista tip posted here by mistake:
http://vista-tricks-tips.blogspot.com/