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Many iexplorer instances open when clicking on a mailto link
Whenever I click on a mailto link, my computer gets whacko and starts a recurrent series of calls that open more and more instances of iexplorer. I need to manually enter the task manager and kill the ...
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Is Rackspace email broken? Unable to put sent message in IMAP Sent folder with several IMAP clients [closed]
The company I work with has Rackspace (paid) email. It seems to work fine with IMAP clients at work at the office, but when working at home I'm not able to have sent messages go into the server-side ...
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Fix multiple emails being stuck in Outbox
This is an example of the error message that pops up for each of the 19 messages stuck in Windows 7 Live Mail outbox:
The message could not be sent. The setting for your outgoing email [SMTP] ...
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Can Live Mail be set to perform operations asynchronously
I have Microsoft Live Mail attached to two different IMAP mail accounts. When I delete a message, the UI sometimes freezes. Is there a way to set Live Mail so such operations do not block the UI?
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Increasing font/typeface size in Windows Live Mail (Windows 7)
I am a handicapped user. As my handicap progresses I find the font/typeface size used in the read panel is progressively harder to read. I already have the font size set to "largest": is there a way ...
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Word Document as body of email
I am using Word 2010 and I need to send a word document (with images) using either windows live mail or gmail but I need to have it appear as the body of the email NOT an attachment. Can anybody help? ...
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Create Rule from Message: Win 7? Where is it?
There are things I much prefer in Outlook Express to Windows Live Mail: one of those things is the ability to create a Mail Rule whilst viewing a message. You would simply do so andthe new rule would ...
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Minimize Windows Live 2012 to Windows 8 system tray in desktop mode?
I want to run Windows live 2012 in system tray, so that it can run without having an instance on taskbar when minimized. This was possible with Windows 7 by running Windows Live Mail 2011 in ...
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Importing iPhone contacts to Live
I have multiple contacts stored in my iphone/icloud. I want to move them to win live contacts, but since I'm using custom fields in the telephone numbers, for example, those fields aren't imported. ...
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Windows Live Mail - How can I have it start in the system tray when I log on, like Skype or MSE?
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium. I was wondering how I could get Windows Live Mail to run in the system tray when you start Windows.
This is what I've tried so far:
I put the program in the ...
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No contacts after importing a WAB file
I'm trying to import a WAB file (Outlook Express contacts) into Windows 7. The file is 173 KB and definitely has lots of contacts in it. However, once it's been imported the only contact that's in the ...
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Windows Live Mail throwing Error ID 0x80048820 while Updating my E-Mail Account
What Happened :
I just switched on my PC in morning and I got CMOS diskette error(Dell Inspiron 530S), it just activates the floppy drive, so I switched it off from the BIOS in the next restart.
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Unable to view links in Windows live Mail while composing (Windows 7)
When I am composing a message in Windows live Mail and I want to include a link I can do so easily however the link does not show up as a link when I'm composing the e-mail. After I send the e-mail ...
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Windows Live Mail 2012 freezes upon startup after Windows 8 upgrade
I recently upgrade form Windows 7 to Windows 8. The only problem I have is that whenever I open the latest WLM, it consistently freezes either on the loading screen or when trying to load my accounts ...
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How to select spelling language in Windows Live Mail?
I have Windows installed in English but I write most of my emails in Portuguese, when I'm writing most of the words are not English obviously so they get underlined in red, how can I choose the ...
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Font size Incoming Mail
My friend just got a new computer with Windows 8 (windows live) and the incoming mail font is way too small for her bad eyes. How can I change it? Also when composing an email, I can go to the bottom ...
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How to not mark items as read on server when downloading?
If I download messages from a POP account, and I specify "leave a copy on the server", when I then log back on the server to look at those messages, they are there, but "marked as read".
How can I ...
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Quick view “unread mail” in Windows Live Mail
How do I switch off the "unread mail" feature in Windows Live Mail WITHOUT switching off the "unread in contacts".
I do not want to get rid off quick view, but I want to hide the "unread mail" feature ...
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Mailing Lists for Windows Live Mail contacts with multiple addresses
I am using Windows Live Mail 2012. I have contacts with multiple Email addresses and want to build mailing lists using all addresses (not only the primary ones). I tried to build a category and edit ...
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How to disable “smart quotes” in Windows Live Mail?
Windows Live Mail by default changes straight quotation marks (" and ') to typographic quotation marks, aka "smart quotes" (“, ”, ‘ and ’).
This often results in the recipient of the email seeing ...
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How do I add mailing lists to mailing lists with Windows Live Mail?
I'm using Windows Live Mail Version 2009. I have managed to find the "Add Category" function to create mailing lists, but would like to be able to include in a Category other Categories to create the ...
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Where can I get POP/IMAP settings for Windows Live Domain emails
I have setup email for my custom domain using Windows Live Domains. I then upgraded from the Hotmail interface to the new Outlook.com interface.
I cannot seem to find the POP/IMAP settings to connect ...
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Syncing the Outlook Web App calendar with the one in Windows Live Mail
I have already entered all my classes for the year into the Windows Live Mail calendar, but my college uses Outlook web app. I want to be able to schedule meetings with the Outlook web app, but I ...
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Adjust auto-correction in Windows Live mail?
Is there any way to adjust the auto-correction feature in Windows Live Mail? It's constantly wanting to autocorrect "EHR" to "HER" for me. "EHR" is an abbreviation for Electronic Health Records and I ...
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message rules searching and Windows Live Mail
I have a zillion message rules in Windows Live Mail in Windows 7 and I gave them meaningful names. For example, the message rule I use for messages coming from "Fred" I call "Fred".
I want to be ...
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How to import Windows Live Mail mails into ThunderBird?
I have a Windows machine and always use Windows Live Mail, but after a time I descovery that Windows Live Mail do not support filters in IMAP account.
So then I discover that Thunderbird that support ...
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Mail merge Vista Word 2007 with Windows Live Mail
When I do a mail merge to send email from Word 2007 with Windows Live Mail installed, it doesn't seem to send the messages. Are there known problems with Windows Live Mail for mail merge? Is there a ...
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Word 2007 mail merge to email
I attempted a mail merge to email with Word 2007 and Windows Live Mail. Does Word tell me anything about whether the emails went out? There is no message in the sent items folder.
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How to embed image into Windows Live Mail (Win 7) email signature?
I have tried doing the steps here: http://www.timeatlas.com/email/general/create_image_signatures_in_windows_mail_or_live_mail
However I don't like having to uncheck the "Block images" box in the ...
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What is the best way to save aol.com mail to a flashdrive?
How do I save aol.com email to a flashdrive so when I want to view the message offline; all I would need to do is double click the email? I was considering exporting it from the Windows Live Mail ...
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How to load email signature automatically?
I have a signature set up in my client e-mail (Windows Live Mail) which is an image, because it uses a lot of styles.
When I send email it to another person, their e-mail client asks them whether ...
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How to change a POP account to IMAP in Outlook or Windows Live Mail?
I have some e-mails accounts sets to POP and now we have the IMAP service, so we would like to change to IMAP because of the benefits that it comes with it.
But I'm trying to do that in Outlook ...
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How can I use google calendar with Windows Live Mail?
I'm currently trying to integrate my google calendar into Windows Live Mail.
What I have so far:
I went online to the hotmail calendar and subscribed there per iCal to the google calendar. It gets ...
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Text in Internet Explorer 9 and Windows Live Mail is blurry until I resize the window
In Internet Explorer 9 and Windows Live Mail the text in the application window (I'm using the Verdana font) is blurry, like this:
That is, until I resize the window, even by just a pixel, and ...
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Windows Live Mail client caused all my Network Solutions email to be deleted?
I was downloading my mail from Network Solutions' server via POP on Windows Live Mail. The download failed halfway through, so I deleted the emails via Windows Live Mail. When I went back to the ...
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Exporting mail box from windows live mail to outlook
I tried to export my current mails form windows live mail to outlook 2010. When i did that export option with Microsoft exchange what its doing actually exporting it to outlook data file which shows ...
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Windows Mail on old laptop to new Windows 7 laptop
I just got a new laptop with Windows 7. I use Windows Mail on my old (Vista) laptop. I have four years of emails (and attachments) organized into many folders. My hope is to get all of that onto ...
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How recover account and emails from Windows Live Mail?
First I change the path of the C:\Users\Valter\Documents to D:\Document\Windows (in Windows 7 Professional) and when I enter in the my Windows Live Mail, my account and emails gone.
How do I recover ...
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Why do emails show multiple times in Windows Live Mail quick views?
I have around 6 Gmail address all going through my Windows Live Mail, it has 'quick views' which is a great feature and should let me view all of my inboxes at once. The problem is, in the quick view, ...
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How to protect myself against an email identity scam?
I'm using Windows 7 and Windows Live Mail. Yesterday some spam email was sent from my computer to all of my contacts! How do I stop this? Is there any way to do a security prompt before email send ...
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What are the good options for connecting Microsoft Outlook to a Yahoo email account?
I have used ypops in the past. I think that was a sort-of community-provided software that violated the Terms of service of Yahoo Mail.
Has anything changed? Are there better options?
This is ...
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How To Make Sure Of Authenticity Of IP Address?
When i was checking email message's header in Windows Mail Live from GMail account i saw the following:
domain of transitioning does not designate "insert ip address here" as permitted sender
What ...
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Why does Windows Live Mail show blue text on a default blue background?
I have a terrible problem I just cannot find a solution to.. I'm trying to use Windows Live Mail, not the web access version, and whenever it opens an email, either one I receive or one I am ...
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Should I Use Microsoft Outlook 2007 Or Windows Live Mail? [closed]
I want to import Thunderbird email into Outlook 2007 but this can only be done through Outlook Express or Windows Live Mail.
Question:
Since Microsoft Outlook 2007 is not free and Windows Live Mail ...
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Mail notifier for Windows Live Mail
I use the Windows Live Mail app (part of Windows Live Essentials) as my default mail app.
Unfortunately it doesn't notify me when I get a new mail. Are there any apps that can do this? The important ...
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530 authentication problem in Windows Live Mail on Windows 7
I get following message when trying to send an e-mail bu:
530 authentication required
How do I resolve this problem?
I'm working on Windows 7 and trying to use Windows Live Mail with my ...
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Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x80048849
I'm using Windows Live Mail as my mail client on windows.
It recently stopped working with my hotmail account, it says it can't send or receive email.
It does work with Gmail, which is odd.
I tried ...
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Internet Explorer 9 send page by email grayed out
Internet Explorer 9 in Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit has the items Send Page by email and Send link by email grayed out. The default email client is Windows Live Mail 2011. I have used the "Set ...
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Contacts gets automatically updated
A lot of my friends are using the new Windows Live Messenger 2011. So everyone only views a first name and surname.
My friends think: "I want some dots and commas in my name". So they change their ...
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How to restore Windows Live Mail Contacts?
I recently rebuilt my dad's computer, from Windows Vista to Windows 7. I have everything back now, except for the contacts in Windows Live Mail. How do I restore these from backup? I had his whole ...
