Problems with the new Windows Live Mail Beta?
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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!
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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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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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.
Try it again in a few hours. ^
How many MB's space do you get with Beta?
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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?
Try it again in a few hours. ^
How many MB's space do you get with Beta?
I discovered the same thing a couple of hours ago. How bizarre.
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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.
#23
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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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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!
Can anyone tell me what they find so great about BETA? I wasn't to convinced after trying it for a week!
All this is true or at least was.
It has been much better, at least inasmuch as I've personally seen, in recent months.
Mark
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Originally Posted by doc
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...It has been much better, at least inasmuch as I've personally seen, in recent months.
Mark
...It has been much better, at least inasmuch as I've personally seen, in recent months.
Mark
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.
Mark
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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.
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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Originally Posted by vt2k
My guess is once all the bugs are ironed out.
LOL! You think they'll really wait for that!!
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