Windows Mail
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Windows Mail in Windows Vista
Windows Mail is an e-mail and newsgroup client included in Windows Vista. It is the successor to Outlook Express. Microsoft previewed Windows Mail on Channel 9 on October 10, 2005.[1]
Unlike Outlook Express, Windows Mail is not considered to be a component of Internet Explorer. As such, it will not be made available for earlier Windows operating systems, while Internet Explorer 7 was made available for Windows XP.
Windows Mail has been succeeded by Windows Live Mail, which was built by the same development team as Windows Mail and also serves as the replacement for Outlook Express for Windows XP.
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[edit] Differences from Outlook Express
[edit] New features
Although the Windows Mail interface has only minor differences from Outlook Express such as the toolbar icons being replaced to reflect Windows Vista's interface and some interface features incorporated from Outlook 2003 including the right-hand "reading pane," larger changes have been made hidden from the user.
[edit] Removed features
Unlike its predecessor Outlook Express, Windows Mail does not have WebDAV, making it incapable of accessing web based email services through WebDAV. Although Outlook Express integrates with Windows Messenger, Windows Mail has no such integration as Windows Messenger is no longer included. A more full-featured free downloadable application, Windows Live Mail integrates with Windows Live Contacts.
Unlike Outlook Express, Windows Mail does not allow users to switch Identities or manage multiple identities within one running instance of the program. Instead, identities are now tied to the user account and to create additional users or identities, a new user account has to be created. [5]
Also, HTTP clients are no longer supported in Windows Mail. Windows Live Mail would be a more suitable choice for a mail client, because it supports HTTP clients.
The ability to use the spellchecking dictionaries of MS Office (when installed) has been removed. Windows mail only supports the following languages:-
[edit] Extensibility
Windows Mail, as well as Outlook Express, does not have a documented object model like Microsoft Office Outlook has. [6]IStoreNamespace and IStoreFolder interfaces [7] were documented in 2003, but they are only related to the storage. By 2003, some companies provided commercial solutions to develop add-ins in Outlook Express. Actually, only OE API works for both Outlook Express and Windows Mail. Most software that provide a Windows Mail addin use this library and is currently accepted by Microsoft [8]
