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  Caption Windows Mail in Windows Vista
  Developer Microsoft
  Latest Release Version 60600016386
  Latest Release Date November 8 , 2006
  Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista
  Genre E-mail Client , News Client
  License Proprietary EULA
  Website Windows Vista: Features Explained: Mail


Windows Mail is an E-mail and Newsgroup client included exclusively in Windows Vista . It is the successor to Outlook Express . Microsoft previewed Windows Mail on Channel 9 on October 10 2005 . {Link without Title}

Unlike Outlook Express, Windows Mail is not considered to be a component of Internet Explorer . As such, it will not be made available for earlier Windows operating systems, as Internet Explorer 7 was made available for Windows XP. Windows Mail will also not be included with Windows Server 2008 .

The same development team that built Windows Mail is also working on Windows Live Mail , which will serve both as the replacement for Outlook Express for Windows XP and as an upgraded version of Windows Mail.


FEATURES

Although the Windows Mail interface has only minor differences from Outlook Express such as the toolbar icons being replaced to reflect Windows Vista 's interface and some interface features incorporated from Outlook 2003 including the right-hand "reading pane," larger changes have been made hidden from the user.

  • Mail messages are now stored in individual files instead of in a single database file. A transactional index database enables real-time searching and improves the stability and the reliability of the stored data. In case of corruption, the indices can be rebuilt from the mail files.

  • Account setup information is no longer stored in the registry. It is instead stored alongside the mail itself, making it possible to copy an entire Windows Mail configuration and mail store to another machine in a single step.

  • Features like Bayesian Junk-mail filtering and top-level domain and encoding blocking have been added.

  • A Phishing filter has been incorporated as well, protecting users from web sites that have been identified as being malicious.

  • Additionally, ''Microsoft Help Groups'' has been added, which is a preconfigured link to Microsoft's newsgroups. Some additional functionality has been layered on top of the standard newsgroup functionality to have individual threads be marked as a "question" or an "answered question". Postings may be rated as well.



REMOVED FEATURES

Windows Mail does not have WebDAV , unlike its predecessor Outlook Express . Although Outlook Express integrates with Windows Messenger , Windows Mail has no such integration. A more full-featured free downloadable application, Windows Live Mail integrates with Windows Live Contacts .

Unlike Outlook Express, Windows Mail does not allow users to switch ''Identities'' or manage multiple identities within one running instance of the program. Instead, identities are now tied to the ''user account'' and to create additional users or identities, a new ''user account'' has to be created. E-mail identities in Windows Mail


CRITICISM

Microsoft has been criticized for creating confusion by creating many different applications for email, with examples being Outlook , Outlook Express , Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail . Also, while Windows Mail does support the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Encryption Protocol , it does not support the successor standard Transport Layer Security (TLS).


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