Yes & yes.
Windows Live Mail does pretty much everything that Windows Mail does.
It is not webmail.

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Daniel" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:uW%23zUfMTJHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Okay, thanks, I understood that Live Mail was simply a prettied up Hotmail and was exclusively
> a Webmail system.
>
> Does it install on my hard drive and can it be used as Windows Mail can?
>
> thanks
>
> Daniel
> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message news:Ory7Zk7SJHA.4148@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> MS understands your pain and has offered you a free copy
>> of Windows Live Mail, which will access your Hotmail.
>> To upgrade to Windows Live Mail:
>>
>> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "Daniel" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:udksBd2SJHA.4452@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>I find the fact that Windows Mail cannot be used to access my Hotmail account to be very disappointing, Microsoft is forcing me
>>>to use a different email client.
>>>
>>> As a long time MS supporter I do not understand their attitude.
>>>
>>> regards
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>
>>
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