Windows+Vista+E-mail


 * Windows Vista E-mail**

It comes right along with it and you can use it the same way you used Outlook Express in Windows XP. It is a really good e-mail client, so whether you are new to Vista or you have been working with it for awhile, you are definitely going to want to check this out.
 * Windows Mail**, as it is technically called, is the new e-mail program for Windows Vista.

Outlook Express, you are not going to find that, but do look for something called Windows Mail. To get there, go to **Start** and click on **Windows Mail**. Now, if you have not set up your account yet, you will see a wizard pop up that will take you through all the steps. Here they are: 1.) Type in your name (or at least the name you want all of your receivers to see when you send them e-mail). Click **Next** when you have decided. 2.) Enter in your e-mail address. This can be the same one you have used for years or if you would like to create a new one you can do so. Click **Next** again when you are done. 3.) The next step asks you for your Incoming and Outgoing names. This is actually information you will need to get from your ISP. If you used Outlook Express on your other computer, you can use the same information, but if you do not remember it, contact your ISP to get it. That is the only way you'll get past this part of the setup.

Click **Next** when you're finished. 4.) Next, you will need to choose a username and password for your e-mail account. At this stage, you can click the "**Remember**" checkbox. That way, you will not have to type it in each time you open your Windows Mail. Then click **Next**. 5.) If you are all set, you can click the **Finish** button and your account will automatically be set up. Yep, it is as easy as that! A little less confusing than setting up an Outlook Express account, but it still asks for all the important information needed. So, once you have your account all ready, you can start to look through it and figure out how to use it. But, don't worry too much, because it's very similar to OE, version 6. So, if you used that before, you should be just fine. The first thing I noticed with Windows Mail was that the views were pretty much the same. There is the box on the top and the box on the bottom. The top shows your received e-mails in a list and the bottom show the actual e-mail content. You will also noticed that the folders on the left hand side were exactly the same, including Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items, Deleted Items, Drafts and Junk E-mail. The menus along the top were fairly similar as well. They are no longer icon type buttons, but a bit of a smaller version. You will see Create Mail, Reply, Reply All, Forward and Send/Receive. All of that work just like OE. A couple things that were different are the Print and Delete buttons. In Windows Mail, the Print button is an actual icon of a printer and the Delete button is just a big red X. You just have to click on those to print or delete your e-mails. After those, there is a series of new icons. If you hover your mouse over them, you will see that one is Contacts, the second is Windows Calendar and the third is Find. With Contacts, you can click on that icon to add people to your address book. It is a very convenient way of accessing the e-mail addresses and names you need. Just a quick click and there they are. The Windows Calendar is another feature. Click on that button and a calendar will pop up for you. You can go from month to month, making notes of your appointments, etc. It is very easy to use and great for keeping track of your daily activities. The Find button is where you can either search for a particular message, a certain person or for text in a certain e-mail message. That way, if you lose an e-mail, you can search by any of these criteria to retrieve it much faster. There is also a Search box at the top of the window and you can use that to search for e-mail messages as well. Just type in a few keywords you know were used in the e-mail you are looking for and it should come right up in the window for you. Everything else with Windows Mail is pretty much the same as what you are probably used to. The menus along the very top are the same, including File, Edit, View, etc. You can still access your preferences through the Tools, Options menu as well. All of those tabs are the same too, so you can set up your account just the way you want it. Windows Mail does have some new stationery options to choose from. You can get those by going under the Message menu. So, as you can see, everything is still pretty much the same as Outlook Express 6, but be sure to browse through Windows Mail and familiarize yourself with everything.