email has become a big part of our daily lives, it would be difficult to live without this type of communication and at the same time it becomes more difficult to organize all the messages, events, contacts, etc. this is when windows live mail 2011 comes in handy. this is a free software that is part of microsoft windows live essentials suite, which can help you organize all your emails (multiple email accounts are supported), you can also add email accounts from different services like hotmail (or on live), gmail , and yahoo! -just remember you need to be using yahoo! plus -; calendar, rss feeds, contacts and more. it’s also easy to install, configure, use, and you can expect to find all the functionality you need for everyday work with emails.
In today’s article, we’ll highlight the main features of Windows Live Mail 2011 and learn how to install & where to go if you need to change settings.
main features of windows live mail 2011:
- easy to organize multiple email accounts and emails.
- group conversations on the same topic.
- send tons of high quality images easily and quickly , thanks to integration with skydrive.
- Search is built right into your inbox, making it easy to find messages.
- Add events to your calendar right from your inbox inbox.
- add and manage contacts.
- rss feed capabilities.
- centralize all your emails in one inbox timeline with quick view.
how to install windows live mail 2011
This installation is pretty simple, most of the steps are just the usual next, next, next.
- Go to the windows live mail 2011 page, click download now and run.
- The installation of windows live essentials 2011 and click choose the programs you want to install.
- uncheck all products and leave only mail selected and click install. now just wait for the installation to finish and then click close.
- next start windows live mail.
The first time you run the program, it will ask you to enter your email account information, after adding it, choose whether or not you want to remember your password and click next. If you don’t have an email account, simply click the get a windows live email address link to create one.
5. on the next question just click yes and then finish.
note: if you need to add multiple email accounts, click add another email account instead of finish to repeat the process.
configuring windows live mail 2011 options:
with the default options being set in windows live mail 2011 you should be more than fine for your daily work, but if you feel you need to modify some of the settings, go to the menu, select options and click mail.
There you will find most of the settings you can customize:
- customization to send/receive messages.
- make windows live mail 2011 your default email program.
- read, receive receipts, send, compose, sign, connect and advanced options.
- spelling settings, custom dictionary and language settings
- and many other settings.
conclusion
To conclude, Windows Live Mail 2011 is a great piece of free software, not lacking in functionality compared to other free email client software, and is a good competitor with paid products in the same category. if you also like emails then this is a must try software and apart from all its great features you will notice a really clean and elegant user interface with quite cool animations when emails arrive and when you delete them.
useful links
- learn to use the basic functions of windows live mail 2011 [part 1]
- learn to use the basic functions of windows live mail 2011 [part 2]
- download windows live mail 2011