Introduction to Windows Live Mail

This introductory tutorial gives you a quick overview of Windows Live Mail, how it differs from Outlook Express and Windows Mail. We will also clarify the natural confusion that follows naming different email programs Office Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail (formerly known as "Windows Live Desktop Mail").

Meet Windows Live Mail | Install Windows Live Mail

Setup Email Accounts in Windows Live Mail (+ Hotmail Account Setup)

Windows Live Mail supports a wide variety of email accounts: you can setup POP3 and IMAP email accounts, as well as your Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL, and Hotmail accounts. This section of our tutorial will show you how to setup your email accounts in Windows Live Mail.

A second tutorial will show you how to setup your Hotmail email account in Windows Live Mail: since June 2008, it is no longer possible to use Hotmail in Outlook Express. All Windows XP users must upgrade to Windows Live Mail; older versions of Windows require checking Hotmail accounts from a web browser like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari…

• Setup POP3 or IMAP email accounts in Windows Live Mail

• Setup Hotmail in Windows Live Mail

• Setup Yahoo! Mail in Windows Live Mail

• Setup Gmail in Windows Live Mail

• Setup AOL in Windows Live Mail

Add and manage email signatures in Windows Live Mail (+ options & settings)

These two tutorials teach you how to add a custom email signature to outgoing emails in Windows Live Mail. We will show you how to manage multiple email signatures, how to associate signatures with specific email accounts, customize when Windows Live Mail should include signatures or not, set your default email signature, create a signature from plain text or using a file on your computer, as well as manually inserting a signature of your choice in a new email window.

Add and manage email signatures in Windows Live Mail | Email signature options in Windows Live Mail

Add and manage contacts and the address book in Windows Live Mail (+ options & settings)

This series of tutorials will show you how to add and create new contacts in Windows Live Mail, how to create and use contact groups (distribution lists), to import contacts into Windows Live Mail from other email programs (like Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Apple Mail, etc.), restore your contacts, and how to export or backup your contacts. You will discover Windows Live Contacts, the address book and contact management application that comes bundled with Windows Live Mail.

• Add a new contact in Windows Live Mail

• Create a contact group (distribution list)

• Import your contacts into Windows Live Mail (from another email program)

• Export your contact out of Windows Live Mail

• Backup or restore your contacts

Configuring Options and Settings in Windows Live Mail

This series of tutorials cover the various customization features available in Windows Live Mail, from email format and delivery options, to junk and spam settings, setting Windows' default email program, etc. The email signature options are treated above, separately.

• Set Windows Live Mail as the default email program (on Windows XP or Windows Vista)

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