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Windows Live Mail

Windows Live Mail (formerly named Windows Live Mail Desktop) is a freeware email client from... Created by Microsoft

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Windows Live Mail (formerly named Windows Live Mail Desktop) is a freeware email client from Microsoft. It is the successor to Outlook Express on Windows XP and Windows Mail on Windows Vista. The application is available for download via the Windows Essentials suite.

Supports multiple POP3 and IMAP4 mail accounts as well as calendar.

Support for Web-based email accounts including Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo! Mail Plus. More Info »

Synchronization with Windows Live Contacts.

Support for RSS feeds. Notable features include the ability to reply directly via email to the author of an item that appears in an RSS feed, and the ability to aggregate multiple feeds into a single folder. The RSS functionality requires Internet Explorer 7 or newer.
Multi-line message lists.
Emoticons can be used in emails and other functions.
In-line spell checking.
Separate inbox folders for different POP accounts.
Support for sending picture files in emails through the Photo email feature, which uploads pictures to a web-based service and sends the URL and thumbnails in the mail. It can also perform basic photo correction and apply different border effects to pictures.

Apps for Windows Live Mail

Windows Live Mail is also a platform with 1 apps listed on AlternativeTo. Browse all 1 apps for Windows Live Mail.

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Built-in RSS reader Support for IMAP Add a feature

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Office & Productivity

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Windows Live Mail (sometimes referred to as Windows Mail) was added by Stuck in Feb 2009 and the latest update was made in Aug 2017. The list of alternatives was updated Jul 2017 There is a history of all activites on Windows Live Mail in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on Windows Live Mail or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

Windows Live Mail is discontinued. Find alternatives in the list below or click here for more info

The program is no longer supported and downloadable, together with

Small Windows Essentials icon

Windows Essentials . Existing installations may continue to work, anyway some email service providers have moved to newer email protocols for improved security and reliability and they may no longer work with Windows Live Mail.

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Alternatives to Windows Live Mail for all platforms with any license

Thunderbird

Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail, news and instant messaging client. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Haiku
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Built-in RSS reader Calendar integration ... Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Free API Import from Google Reader Integrated Chat Integrated Web Browser Multiple Account support Export to OPML Import feeds from OPML POP3 Support Portable Tabbed interface Add a feature

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- Thunderbird have not Outlook's express / Live Mail's simplicity. Thunderbird is like evolution Light. Very detail settings. When "some" not work, you cannot write and save draft. Guest • Oct 2016 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
Microsoft Office Outlook

Part of the Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook is a personal information manager that lets you manage your e-mail, calendar, contacts, and tasks.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows Web Android iPhone ... Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear
Built-in Calendar Dark theme Signature with image Add a feature

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- It is a fussy programme. I can't view all of my different email feeds in one inbox. The 'rules; and 'junk' filter simply do not work. All in all very disappointing Guest • Nov 2016 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
SeaMonkey

The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to develop the SeaMonkey all-in-one internet application suite. A lighter alternative to...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com
WYSIWYG Support Built-in RSS reader Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for Firefox extensions ... Integrated Email Client Modular System Portable Add a feature

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eM Client

eM Client is a full featured e-mail client with a modern and easy to use interface. eM Client also offers calendar, tasks, contacts and chat.

Freemium Windows
Calendar integration Automatic Backup Built-in themes Built-in translation ... Combined Inbox Conversation view Dark theme Email preview Encrypted email Support for IMAP Imports email from Live mail POP3 Support Tasks managment Add a feature

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- eM Client is a solid, feature-rich alternative, but note that you are limited to 2 mailboxes on a free account. ndlinn • Jun 2018
Evolution

Evolution is the official personal information manager and workgroup information management tool for GNOME. It combines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list...

Free Open Source Linux BSD S/MIME GNOME OpenPGP
Built-in RSS reader CalDAV Calendar integration CardDAV ... Encrypted email Integrated Spam Protection Multiple languages POP3 Support Add a feature

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Mailbird

Mailbird is more than just another email client - It's an all-in-one communication platform for email, contacts, calendar, apps, task management, video meetings and...

Freemium $ $ $ Windows
Undo send Asana integration Sync Contacts Conversation view ... Dropbox integration Facebook integration GSuite Integration Multiple Account support Slack integration Trello integration Twitter integration Unified inbox Add a feature

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Apple Mail

There’s big news attached. The best way to manage email on a Mac gets even better with OS X Yosemite.

Free Mac iPhone iPad
CalDAV CardDAV Bundled with macOS Add a feature

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- It's a great alternative, if you plan on switching to Mac, but there is currently no Windows support, so it’s not a true alternative. ndlinn • Feb 2018
Claws Mail

Claws Mail is an email client (and news reader), based on GTK+, featuring Quick response Graceful, and sophisticated interface Easy configuration...

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD
Lightweight Built-in RSS reader Content Filtering Customizable ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for IMAP Multiple languages Multiple Account support Add a feature

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Spark

E-mail app with all the great features: swipes (long/short), snooze, add (multiple) attachments from the cloud, support for various e-mail services and more.

Free Mac iPhone iPad Apple Watch
Calendar integration Cloud sync Export to PDF Add a feature

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Postbox

Postbox is an email application that helps you organize your work life and get stuff done. It has all the elegance and simplicity of Apple Mail, but with more power...

Commercial Mac OS X Windows
Multiple Account support Box.com integration Built-in RSS reader Dropbox integration ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for IMAP Multiple languages Onedrive integration POP3 Support Tabbed interface Add a feature

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- postbox is a good alternative to windows live mail because can add multiple accounts, simple interface and support notifications. renikaamalia • Nov 2017
Geary

Geary is an email application built for GNOME 3. It allows you to read and send email with a simple, modern interface.

Free Open Source Linux BSD GNOME
No features added Add a feature

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Opera Mail

Opera Mail powerfully organizes, indexes, and sorts your messages. It has spam filtering (both automated and Bayesian), supports POP3 and IMAP, newsgroups as well as...

Free Mac OS X Windows PortableApps.com
Built-in RSS reader Integrated Spam Protection Message Filtering Portable Add a feature

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- Discontinued Opera Mail seems to be no longer updated, but you can still download it from: http://www.opera.com/computer/mail
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Mutt

Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operating systems. Some of its features are: color support, message threading, MIME support (including...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Xfce
Command line interface Support for IMAP POP3 Support S/MIME support Add a feature

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Open365

The open source cloud with LibreOffice online - LibreOffice online + Seafile + KDE. Improve your productivity and communicate better with your team members. The world is...

Free Open Source Android Self-Hosted
Cloud sync Add a feature

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- Discontinued The project seems to be no longer developed. Last commit on the GitHub repo was made on June 27th, 2016, but it can be still downloaded and installed.
EssentialPIM

The powerful, full-featured Personal Information Manager for Windows offering Email, Synchronization, Portability, Network support, Android and iOS versions.

Freemium $ $ $ Windows Android iPhone
Portable Add a feature

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Windows Live Mail Comments

Comment by peterstaack

about Windows Live Mail · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

It's the necessary evil for a lot of my corporate clients. Try as I might, I can't convince 'em to stray from Windows Live Mail. It's not that it's a particularly bad product, but it's a fair bit more complicated for me to configure than other newer open source products out there. I've certainly used better mail clients, and I've used way WAY worse mail clients.

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