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Problems with the new Windows Live Mail Beta?

Old Apr 18, 2006, 3:34 am
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Originally Posted by lallyr
Can anyone tell me what they find so great about BETA? I wasn't to convinced after trying it for a week!
I mean there is nothing revolutionary about BETA's in general, but I enjoy trying out something new and different. Having my hotmail account since 1996, I have been through all the various formats and quite welcome the drag and drop functionality, plus the viewing panel. Additionally, the search function is great for overloaded inboxes.

Agreed about the file attachements, much more streamlined and just gets on with the job. FYI, I have an Australian account so it seems they are now moving beyond the original markets (yay!).
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Old Apr 18, 2006, 4:52 pm
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Can't go back to classic Hotmail view. Get messages saying it is being built still or something. Weird, since a few hours ago I was able to swap back and forth.
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Old Apr 19, 2006, 12:16 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
Can't go back to classic Hotmail view. Get messages saying it is being built still or something. Weird, since a few hours ago I was able to swap back and forth.
Happend with me too. Must be a hicup with the software. The next time i logged on it was back to the normal view.

Try it again in a few hours. ^

How many MB's space do you get with Beta?
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Old Apr 19, 2006, 12:37 am
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You get 2 GB....though they still lack a graph that tells you that
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Old Apr 19, 2006, 2:07 am
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Originally Posted by lallyr
Happend with me too. Must be a hicup with the software. The next time i logged on it was back to the normal view.

Try it again in a few hours. ^

How many MB's space do you get with Beta?
Glad to hear it's not just me.

I discovered the same thing a couple of hours ago. How bizarre.
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Old Apr 19, 2006, 7:49 am
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One irritation I have with Live Mail (or maybe it's some combination of that with the IE browser) is that the window it's open in seems to claim priority over other windows. E.g., if I refresh my mail and go to a different window before it finishes refreshing, the Live Mail window will switch back to itself as the top window on my display. I could swear I've seen a Windows setting somewhere that disables this but can't find it now. I'm using W2K for my OS if it matters.
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Old Apr 19, 2006, 10:54 pm
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You need XP powertoys to stop the application from stealing the focus.
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Old May 17, 2006, 12:26 pm
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Originally Posted by UALOneKPlus
You need XP powertoys to stop the application from stealing the focus.


Here you go for the free download if you like

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

Microsoft's programmers made this to work with Windows though they warn that it doesnt support Powertoys.

TweakUI is pretty neat.

Did I already say its free.
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Old Oct 11, 2006, 11:36 pm
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Originally Posted by lallyr
Its really bad unless you have a very good connection. I use the TATA PCMCIA card (which you might be aware of) and the speed is very good (132kbps). Not broadband but great for internet on the move. I found the BETA software too demanding for it so changed back to classic Hotmail.

Can anyone tell me what they find so great about BETA? I wasn't to convinced after trying it for a week!
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All this is true or at least was.

It has been much better, at least inasmuch as I've personally seen, in recent months.

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Old Nov 16, 2006, 11:07 am
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...It has been much better, at least inasmuch as I've personally seen, in recent months.

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At least it had been much better, in my experience, at least until earlier this morning. FWIW, I'd thought I commented on this earlier, but maybe I'm getting senile or something.

I had received a few "server too busy" messages, but it appears to be okay now... at least for me. Hopefully others are not having ongoing difficulties, as noted here:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...hlight=hotmail


Also, I've heard rumors to the effect that hotmail will eventually be morphing into the windows live mail format soon - whether you and I like it or not.

Anyone know anything about this?

Please let me/us know, thanks.

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Old Nov 16, 2006, 11:21 am
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Put more simply, does anyone know when hotmail, as we've known it, will disappear here in the US?

Thanks,

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Old Nov 16, 2006, 11:36 am
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I always thought Windows Live Mail is the next version of Hotmail, so as you said, it'll disappear.

I have nothing solid just speculations - I suspect it'll disppear around the same time when Vista comes out for the consumers, i.e., end of Jan.
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Old Nov 16, 2006, 4:17 pm
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Put more simply, does anyone know when hotmail, as we've known it, will disappear here in the US?
My guess is once all the bugs are ironed out.
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Old Nov 17, 2006, 5:27 am
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My guess is once all the bugs are ironed out.
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LOL! You think they'll really wait for that!!

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