
Today Microsoft released the first beta version of Windows Live Mail, a free download that will replace Outlook Express in Windows XP and Windows Mail in Windows Vista. While the application looks interesting and polished, it’s still a true beta, with a number of bugs and missing features.
Microsoft says the new program brings in features from both of the previous Windows mail applications. I spent a few hours with Live Mail today and got a first look at its new design, its ability to pull messages from Web mail and other accounts, its photo e-mail composition option, and other new features. It comes hot on the heels of the new Hotmail, which launched earlier this month.
Live Mail has a good-looking, clean design–after you change the ugly default layout.Overall the program looks good and runs well after some initial setup and tweaks; but as is to be expected with a first beta version of any software, some of the features seem incomplete and buggy. Unless you enjoy testing new, unfinished software, you may want to wait to download Windows Live Mail.










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