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I am using Windows Live Mail for many years on my desktop pc, work great so far.

However, WLM doesn't work well on my Windows Tablet (32GB), because it downloaded all my email messages and attachments from IMAP server and my disk was gone full very quickly.

I have tried Opera Mail, that is what I am looking for, but too buggy, in my opinion. And they was no longer updated the program since 2013.

So any other choices? Thanks.

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I just upgraded someone to a 2-in-1 laptop with limited hard-drive space. We used a Google Email account, and had no issues with storage space. I'm trying to move one of my older in-laws away from WLM as well – it isn't supported very well by Microsoft – but they don't want to learn anything new.

If you want to keep using a Microsoft account, I would start up an "outlook.com" email account, and transfer everything to there. Microsoft has instructions here. It might be your easiest migration path.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/import-desktop-app

From the link:

Import email from a desktop app If you've been using a desktop app to manage your mail, like Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Live Mail, or the version of Windows Mail that came with Windows Vista, your email messages and contacts are on the hard drive of your old PC. You can import them into Outlook.com using the Mail Migration add-on.

Import your email and contacts On the PC that has your email and contacts, install the Mail Migration add-on for Internet Explorer.

Choose which accounts you want to import.

By default, the add-on will import all email and contacts from all email accounts on your PC.

Click Import. Set up your Outlook.com account in the Mail app If you liked using Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Live Mail, or Windows Mail, and your PC runs Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1, try the Mail app.

For more help with adding email accounts, contact customer support.

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  • Welcome to Super User! Please quote the essential parts of the answer from the reference link(s), as the answer can become invalid if the linked page(s) change.
    – DavidPostill
    Sep 13, 2015 at 8:02
  • You mean the Metro Mail App? That is a toy for me... I cannot add attachments by drag-and-drop, always fullscreen etc.
    – Louis Lam
    Sep 13, 2015 at 9:13
  • This should be used in a browser such as Chrome/Firefox and possibly IE11 and MS Edge – depending on the browser, you can add attachments by drag-and-drop. For example, with Chrome/Gmail, I can copy an attachment from my desktop to my new mail message. Also, I tested this with Chrome/Outlook.com and it also worked.
    – RobEl
    Sep 13, 2015 at 18:26
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Any email client that keeps messages and attachments locally will give you the same problem.

You might be able to set up the email client to download attachments only when opened and to delete local mail after a certain time, e.g. 30 days.

As most tablets are designed to be always connected, I would suggest using webmail on your tablet and a proper email client on your desktop PC or other devices with a bit more grunt.

Windows Live Mail also exists as webmail: https://mail.live.com

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  • Android version of Outlook app will not keep messages and attachments as far as I know. And the main reason that I am going to find a email client is, I have a lot of IMAP accounts from different email providers at the same time. So web app is not so suitable for me in the case.
    – Louis Lam
    Sep 13, 2015 at 9:19

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