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Windows Live Mail is a freeware email client published by Microsoft. First released in 2007, the last release is version "2012" which was released in late 2014. It is no longer supported by Microsoft and has been replaced by the Mail app available in the Microsoft App Store.

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Finding Windows Live Mail Data

My windows computer crashed but I was able to save all my data on a cloud based service. I used Windows Live Mail on the crashed computer. I now have an Apple Mac. As I search through all my backup ...
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How to share one Windows Live Mail account for all users

Is there a way to setup Windows Live Mail with one email account and have it automatically shared for all users without having to configure Live Mail for each user? I want all users to be sharing the ...
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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 can I restore my deleted calendar data in Windows Live Mail?

I have been using the calendar in Windows Live Mail for months now. When I logged on yesterday, all of the data and appointments I have been inputting for months is gone. The calendar is completely ...
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How to backup Windows Live Mail data (ex: to move from Vista to 7)

I am using Windows Live Mail to access my 6 mail accounts including hotmail and gmail. Currently I am using windows vista but planning a clean install of Windows 7. Is there any way I can backup the ...
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Where Windows 7 store date/time shown in Windows Live Mail 'Sent' folder?

Windows 7: where Windows store date/time shown in list of sent emails in Windows Live Mail 'Sent' folder? When highlight Sent folder, right side show list of sent emails, 3rd column is 'Sent' column, ...
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Can I consolidate windows live mail files from 2 locations

Recently my system was screwed up and in the process of fixing it, I ended up with a new user account on my PC. I use Windows Live Mail, and now my saved mail is split into two different sets of ...
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Firefox 37.0.2 mailto: launches MS Live Mail app in Windows 8.1 but without a compose window

After a Windows 7 to 8.1 upgrade, email links in Firefox 37.0.2 now launch my mail client (Windows Live Mail) but not a compose message window in that app. In Windows 7, the Firefox option "Email ...
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Spellchecking other languages than default in Live Mail 2011

My buddy is using Microsoft Live Mail 2011. The challenge is: this is a basically German setup - so the menus and dialogs and all are German. He also needs to write e-mails in English and French, and ...
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Thunderbird: Fetch new messages from server except imported messages

I am using Windows Live Mail for years, but decided to use Thunderbird. I use my mail clients with POP3 connection. I can import my WLM messages into Thunderbird via Import Export Tools and imported ...
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Open eml attachments inline in WLM

I use Mozilla Thunderbird but my secretary uses Windows Live Mail. If I forward messages to her, it's usually as an attached eml file to preserve the original message's formatting and attachments. ...
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WLMail displays messages correctly on screen, but prints  where there is =C2=A0 for some messages

There are many questions online related to this. And I understand that =C2=A0 stands for non-breaking space when it appears within a mime part with type: Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 My ...
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Lost Emails "Windows Live Mail"

Had a power failure, computer shut down.When power restored computer started up but went through many functions before starting. All "Windows Live Mail" folders and messages have disappeared
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Live Domains - email marked as spam

I'm using Domains Live for my domain as email service provider. However, those emails I send are usually marked as spam... I have set the MX record to Prove domain ownership and TXT record of Server ...
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Windows Live Mail will not open

Had 2011 fine for over a year, then last week it just hung on startup - little circle and says "starting". In task manager it is open as a process, but not as an app. I tried offline, reinstalled, ...
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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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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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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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How to recreate Windows Live Mail filter rules in Thunderbird?

I have some filters in Windows Live Mail that I'm trying to port to thunderbird without success. It seems Thunderbird filter is very limited. Here is an ex of a filter i'm trying to recreate: Apply ...
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Fonts and encoding in windows live mail

Sometimes I have non-english emails (arabic for example). When I try to open them with windows live mail, it doesn't show them correctly.. for example such this: &1588;&1603;&1585;&...
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Windows Live Mail treating my Firefox as mobile device

I started using Namoroka (firefox 3.6 nighly) yesterday and since then, windows live mail has been treating it like a mobile device. Same thing happens when I try with Minefield (firefox 4 nightly). I'...
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Windows Live Mail: Sent folder remains empty

We have moved to another hosting provider. From that moment, it appears that the "sent" folder in Windows Live Mail remains empty. When we check the "sent" folder in webmail, that ...
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Outlook 2003 vs. Outlook live - external POP3 emails

I'm trying to configure an external POP3/SMTP account on both of these apps. I have all of the details needed: email address, username, password, POP3 server and port, SMTP server and port. on Outlook ...
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Exporting .EML from Windows Live Mail to Outlook corrupted emails

Before anyone says go through 1 by 1. I have 25,115 emails to transfer. So it's not physically possible. Okay I am trying to export and get my old man off Windows Live Mail and onto Outlook. These ...
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IMAP high bandwith usage

The bandwith usage for IMAP is rather high (6 GB monthly) while we are not sending a huge amount of email. My email provider says this is caused by the fact that the email client checks the server ...
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What causes Windows Live Mail to fail with hotmail?

I've been having trouble getting Windows Live Mail to receive mails from my Hotmail accounts. I'm getting the following error when trying to send\receive: Unable to send or receive messages for the ...
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How to turn off self-signed SSL certificate warning in Windows Live Mail?

Every time I open Windows Live Mail 2012 it throws a security warning and won't connect until I press Yes: It's a mail server with self-signed SSL certificate. How do I add exception permanently so ...
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Is there a way to find who I sent an email to, after deleting the email in windows live mail from the trash folder, on windows 7?

I've sent an email with sensitive information, with Windows Live Mail, then put it in the trash folder of the software, then emptied the trash folder. The person on the other end never got the email. ...
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Win Live Mail font size increase in Win 8

How can I increase the font size for Windows Live Mail under Windows 8? I've tried everything I can think of!
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How to change an email's received "sender" field to another name? If possible in GMAIL

Is it possible when I send and receive email that someone has it's name identified as another name? Is there any better option for doing that? I use Windows Live Mail, receiving from my GMAIL account, ...
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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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WLM Contacts Failed To Import

Using Windows 7 Pro. Testing backup for WLM Contacts. I exported to a CSV file. Trying to Import, I get Import in Progress, with no movement in the progress bar. Waited 20 minutes, still no ...
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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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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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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, Sec. Exception on an Account

I have one email account that have a unaccepted certificate. The Thunderbird, and Opera can handle this with a Security Exception. But Windows Live Mail ask a question in every starting, and because ...
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Synchronise Windows Live contacts

How can I set my wife's laptop to synchronise with the same contacts list as mine? We have separate Windows live accounts.
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Browsers not responding

A strange thing started to happen to my computer yesterday, and I can not recall installing anything new or updating anything the last few days either. It was first the browser, Chromium, that started ...
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Delete downloaded message bodies from HDD In Windows Live Mail using Hotmail Account?

Can downloaded message bodies be deleted from the HDD in Windows Live Mail using a Hotmail/Live e-mail account? I know you can do it with a Gmail account in WLM by right clicking on the inbox, ...
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Signatures not changing automatically when switching accounts - Live Mail

I'm trying to set up a Live Mail client with multiple accounts and separate signatures for each account. I have defined signatures in options -> signatures -> advanced. Each account has one ...
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How can I trace where an email originated from

I have been receiving abusive emails and would like to trace the original location. I have gone through the email header but unfortunaly this does not show the x-originating-Ip address. Is there any ...
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