"curran" <a@a.aaa> wrote in message
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> Several problems here w/ windows mail I haven't been able to solve: (all
> these work in thunderbird)
>
> 1. If I leave my windows mail idle for a while using my IMAP account and
> then try to perform an action such as deleting or purging, i immediately
> get the "timed out" window & it will often hang for the set timeout
> period. It seems as if the IMAP connection times out & windows mail
> doesn't know to check before it tries the operation. It's very annoying.
>
> 2. I have adobe reader associated w/ PDF files (went through set
> associations in control panel), but get the message saying they can't be
> opened when opened as an attachment. Keeps telling me to set
> associations.
>
Have you applied this?
<http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/236/1/Unable-to-open-PDF-attachments-from-Windows-Mail.html>
> 3. When clicking hyperlinks in mail messages, I get the "address not
> found" window, and then the website opens (using firefox).
>
Looks like a problem in Firefox.
> Any ideas? Seems that windows mail was a big step down from OE and
> everything causes an error window that must be closed. Thanks
People who don't like Windows Mail often prefer Windows Live Mail,
which can take over any account Windows Mail can handle and add
Hotmail accounts as well:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
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