Windows Live Essentials: Other Programs

Windows Live Essentials: Other programs

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Windows Live Essentials

Windows Live Mail

You can add all your email accounts to Windows Live Mail. It's as easy as typing in an email address and password, and then following a few steps. Once your email accounts have been added, organize your conversations. Here's how to do all this in Mail.

Add an email account

In your Mail inbox, click Accounts and then click Email. Type your email address, password, and display name, and then click Next. If you want to add more accounts, click Add another email account.

Note

Note

You might have to contact your email service provider to finish setting up your email account.


Picture of the Add your email accounts dialog box in Windows Live Mail Send and receive email from other accounts in Windows Live Mail.

Send lots of photos

Send high-resolution photos to family and friends with Windows Live Mail. They can then easily find, view, and download your photos. Since the photos are stored on Windows Live SkyDrive, nobody's inbox gets overloaded.

In your Windows Live Mail inbox, on the Home tab, click Photo email. Choose the photos you want to add to your email message, and then type a name for your album.

Type the email addresses of the people you want to share your photos with. Click Format, and then click Album privacy to decide who can see your photos. By default, only those people you send the photo email message to will be able to see your pictures. Next, just click Send.

Note

Note

Microsoft may limit the number of files that each user can upload to a SkyDrive album each month.

Picture of a photo email message in Windows Live MailWindows Live Mail photo email message.

Organize conversations

To turn conversation view on or off in Mail, click the View tab, click Conversations, and then click On or Off.

Picture of a group of messages when conversation view is onTurn conversations on to see messages grouped by subject.

To expand or collapse a conversation, in the message list, select a message that has a triangle next to it. To show or hide all of the messages in a conversation, click the triangle next to the message or click Expand/collapse.

Picture of a group of messages when a conversation is expanded Click the triangle next to the message or Expand/collapse to show or hide the messages in a conversation.

Add events to your calendar from your inbox

You can add reminders for events and other special days to Windows Live Calendar quickly and conveniently right from your Windows Live Mail inbox. Just type your event name in the calendar pane and it will show up immediately. Then, double-click your event to add a location or other details.

Picture of the calendar pane in the Mail inboxCalendar pane in your inbox.