2013 Archives

[Dullstroom]

I didn't like Windows Live Mail so altered the code as shown in a tutorial on www.sevenforums.com so that it worked like the 'old' Windows Mail.  I now seem to be getting corruptions in emails and have decided to move back to 'Live' ; how do I re-install this application and will my emails be readable using it ?

[n2gc]

I don't care for Live 2011, so I downloaded Live Live 2009 choosing onlythe mail option

and it works much easier. Here is a link from File Hippo. I have used File Hippo for

some years as there's no viruses attached to any of it's downloads.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_windows_live_mail/download/f51b76bb6e7aace7b8ea4365795721ad/

[Dullstroom]

Thanks - have loaded it to my 'spare' laptop and it looks OK !  Now need to try to find a way of transferring emails and restoring those 'lost'.  Presumably 'export' and 'iport' to transfer but probably not so easy to recover the old ones from my Windows back-up.

[n2gc]

Gosh. I should be more versed regarding Windows Mail than I am, but I know a round about way.

If you have something like a Yahoo mail account, you COULD forward the "lost mails" to Yahoo, then

reverse forward them to your new Windows Mail account. It's a poor way of doing it, but you

will get your old mails. Takes patience but I've had to do this.

I just don't know that much about Windows Mail. Sorry about that !

However this MIGHT help figuring out Windows Live Mail 2009, though it

is for 2011 version, I believe they are basically the same for most things.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/115976-windows-live-mail-export-import-email-accounts.html

[padgett]

I prefer Eudora.

[Dullstroom]

Thanks.  I have copied the old emails from the back-up and find that I can 'move' them to the active folders but, inly one at a time.  As I have several thousand (!!) this is going to take a while but may be a good opportunity to 'lose' a lot which aren't now needed. 

[Vince53]

I can't stand Outlook, but they forced me to switch to it.