Re: Windows 7 email program?

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Steve, that would be terrific - especially if I could drag a folder that had sub-folders in it, and have it retain the structure. And if I could then run OE on my W7 machine.

But how can I run Outlook Express on that same machine that has Windows Mail, to accomplish the dragging? How would I install OE on my Vista machine? Or Windows Mail on my XP Pro machine?

Actually, If I can make Windows Mail run with W7 without the problems some folks have mentioned, I'd be content, and avoid any conversion problems.

Thursday is gonna be exciting!

Thanks,
Paul

"Steve Cochran" <scochran@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OZLXB6yTKHA.1372@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The image shows a screen shot of a Windows 7 Desktop. On the Desktop are Control Panel, IE and Microsoft Virtual PC Windows. Within the VPC window is an instance of Windows XP and on that Desktop is an OE Window open to this NG and a message composition window. I don't see any + or - on the display, so I don't know what you are referring to.

If you want you mail back to OE, just create a new folder in OE, open that folder to show its empty message list, and then drag the eml files from WinMail overtop the OE folder message list and drop them. They will then be incorporated into the OE folder.

steve



"Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ot2rYUuTKHA.1232@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Huh? What does the link you provided demonstrate? Strange "+" and "-" on the display, and what they cause. OEX is in the background. I am extremely confused. If this is not using Windows Mail under W7, I'm out of luck, because I can't get my mail back out of Windows mail (#&^@* Microsoft!) and back to Outlook Express.
Steve, I appreciate your help, and wish I understood it. Paul

"Steve Cochran" <scochran@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:402554E2-9094-432F-97CE-9D3EA2AAAAFC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
What I was trying to show was this:

http://www.oehelp.com/capture2.jpg

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steve

"aussieann" <ann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:u88ZGbATKHA.1792@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The option I like the best is not updating to Win7 ... lol .... but in time that will not be an option as more people need to
purchase new 'puters, so I guess we need to look at all other options to try and ensure the future of this extremely popular hobby
.... many thanks for the info re that and also Winmail Steve .. more avenues to explore and save info on :-))

Ann


"Steve Cochran" <scochran@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ujgolJ$SKHA.220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm still working on things in the background trying to come up with
alternatives for the stationery users as well as others. There are
alternatives, such as using XP in an virtual environment on the Win7
machines ("XP Mode" or just XP depending upon the hardware capabilities of
the machine), as well as other options, such as not updating to Win7. There
is also the potential to get Winmail working on a Win7 machine without
copying any files over from other OSs, but that is a bit more challenging.
<g>

steve

"aussieann" <ann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Many thanks for your reply ... I was aware of that hack but was hoping
that it wouldn't be necessary, and I sincerely hope that
future upgrades do 'not' make WM even less compatible :- ((( ...... WLM in
it's present state is not HTML scripted stationery user
friendly and to upgrade solely to that program is not an option for the
thousands of people in the stationery world ... to be able
to use it in conjunction with WM .... using WLM as the default but able to
send the HTML scripted stationery by WinMail is the only
option we can see at the moment ... other than having 2 computers of
course ... lol

Ann

"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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There is a hack available to allow some use of Windows Mail in
Win7. It requires you to copy the C:\Program Files\Windows Mail
from a working Vista computer to the Win7 computer. There are
limitations to that hack. For one thing, it doesn't allow WM to be
set as the default mail client. That means, for example, when you
click on a mail link on a web page, WM can't handle it.

I only use the newsgroups function of WM in Win7, because
newsgroups seldom need any 'default' protocol actions from the OS.


I suspect that future Windows Updates may make WM even less
compatible. You might as well see the handwriting on the wall and
upgrade to Windows Live Mail now.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/profile/vandermolen


"aussieann" <ann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Have been following this thread with interest .... from what you say ...
does that mean that when a new computer is purchased with
Windows 7 as the system and therefor no email client, that WinMail will
be available to use on that system alongside Windows Live
Mail ???

Ann


"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Both mail programs will coexist very nicely. In fact,
I've been running both programs simultaneously since
February 2007, initially on Vista, now on Windows 7.
You don't need to do anything special. If you want all
incoming emails to go to both programs, configure WM to
leave a copy on the server (which is the default setting in WLM).

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/profile/vandermolen


"CWLee" <cdubyalee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Windows Live Mail has behaved impeccably for me, but only
after I quit using it for newsgroups. ... I still use
Windows Mail for newsgroups, and that function continues to
work well under Windows 7."

That suggests that if and when I download WLM it will not
automatically delete, or even render inoperative, WM. It
that correct? If so that sounds like good news to me, since
I could try WLM and if I don't like it I could then easily
revert to WM. Any comments, recommendations, or suggested
sources of info about how a novice might manage this
simultaneous use of both WM and WLM?

Many thanks.














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