Mail (Windows)

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.
Mail
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseNovember 30, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-11-30)
Operating system
PredecessorOutlook Express, Windows Live Mail
TypeEmail client

Mail (formerly Windows Mail) is an

Internet Explorer 3.0 and later versions of Internet Explorer. It is set to be replaced by Outlook for Windows
.

Windows Vista

A screenshot of Windows Mail displaying a user's Inbox folder

Windows Mail can be traced to a pre-release version of Outlook Express 7 included in early builds of Windows Vista (then known by its codename, "Longhorn"). Outlook Express 7 introduced various changes to the user interface

HTTP scheme,[5] an omission inherited by Windows Mail.[6] IPv6 is fully supported.[7]

Windows Mail was formally announced on September 16, 2005 at

Microsoft Exchange — with messages and newsgroups stored as separate eml and nws files instead of in a single dbx file; the database is transactional and periodically creates backups of items to protect against data loss, which eliminates the single point of failure design of Outlook Express. Account configuration information is also no longer stored in the Windows Registry or in a single dbx file—instead, Windows Mail relies on XML files stored within a user profile alongside email, making it possible to simply copy an entire email store to another machine. Windows Mail supports the Windows Search platform, allowing communications to be searched directly from within the Windows Shell.[9]

Windows Mail is also intended to be a significantly more secure offering than Outlook Express by including

Bayesian spam filtering, email attachment blocking, junk email filtering functionality of Microsoft Exchange, the Phishing Filter of Internet Explorer 7, and top-level domain blocking.[9] All of these features, excluding Internet Explorer Phishing Filter integration were included in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 as part of Microsoft Office 2003.[10]

Windows Mail has a documented

Simple MAPI messaging functionality, the API of Outlook Express was undocumented.[12]

Windows 7

Windows Mail is excluded from Windows 7 in favor of Windows Live Mail, part of Windows Essentials. Some files of Windows Mail still exist and there is a way to enable it.[citation needed]

Windows 8.x

Mail in

Windows Store app that runs in either full-screen or split-screen viewing modes; many of its features are hidden in the charms or in the app bar (an initially hidden toolbar) at the bottom of the screen that is revealed by right-clicking or by swiping upward. Mail is updated independently from the operating system and is bundled with Calendar and People
—it cannot be installed or uninstalled individually.

Preset server configurations for

POP3
.

Windows 10 and 11

Mail in

POP3 support has returned.[14][16][17] Newsgroup/Usenet support remains absent.[18] Mail and Calendar are still Universal Windows apps
and are in the same app container, but their third sibling, People, is moved out of this container and is a standalone app by itself.

Users can set Mail to use the system theme or choose a custom accent color, background image, and light/dark preference. It has multi-window support and can open email messages in a new window.[19] Emails are listed in Mail's jumplist. Mail uses a settings panel, email sorting tools in the second pane, and a toolbar in the viewing pane. Like the Vista version of Mail, this version's important controls are readily visible. Accounts can be grouped and relabeled, and custom folders can be created, edited, or deleted within the app.[20] It is possible to use Outlook.com aliases and @mentions with Mail.

Like Microsoft Outlook, Mail allows users to set up Quick Actions, such as Delete, Set Flag, and Archive, to respond to messages from system notifications and swipe gestures.[21]

In December 2019, Mail added non-removable advertisements for the

Microsoft Outlook mobile app.[22]

In 2023, Microsoft announced that beginning in 2024, new Windows 11 devices would be shipped with the new Outlook for Windows, and that the default Windows Mail and Calendar applications would be replaced by the end of 2024.[23]

Heritage

As with Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, Mail uses Ctrl+E to invoke the search. All other Microsoft products use Ctrl+F.

See also

References

  1. ^ Branscombe, Mary (3 July 2013). "Mail in Windows 8.1: how Microsoft is finally giving it some power". TechRadar. Future US. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ^ Warren, Thomas "Tom" (22 April 2015). "Windows 10 preview now includes new Outlook mail app and theme tweaks". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. ^ Thurrott, Paul (October 6, 2010). "Windows Longhorn Build 4051 Gallery 3". Supersite for Windows. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  4. ^ Jennings, Roger (February 1, 2004). "Get a Grip on Longhorn". MVP Magazine. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  5. ^ Lee, Wei-Meng (May 18, 2004). "A First Look at Longhorn". WindowsDevCenter.com. O'Reilly Media. Archived from the original on 26 August 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  6. ^ Microsoft. "Windows Mail: Setting up an account from start to finish". Archived from the original on October 11, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  7. ^ "Guidance for configuring IPv6 in Windows for advanced users". Microsoft. September 8, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  8. ^ "The new Outlook Express: Windows Mail demoed". Channel 9. Microsoft. September 16, 2005. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  9. ^ a b Piltzecker, Tony (April 11, 2007). "Vista Mail vs. Outlook Express". Datamation. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  10. ^ "Microsoft Office 2003 Editions Product Guide". Microsoft. September 2003. Archived from the original (DOC) on November 4, 2005. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  11. ^ "Windows Mail Programmability". Msdn2.microsoft.com. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
  12. ^ "Developer Support Limitations with Outlook Express". Support.microsoft.com. 2005-06-25. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
  13. ^ "Set up iCloud mail account on the Windows 8 mail app". 19 June 2013.
  14. ^
    Office.com. Microsoft
    . Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  15. ^ Casey, Henry T. (10 February 2016). "How to Set Up iCloud Email and Calendars on Windows 10". LAPTOP.
  16. ^ a b "A closer look at the new Mail app on Windows 10". MSPoweruser. 7 April 2015.
  17. ^ Stobing, Chris (14 August 2015). "How to Configure a POP3 Email Account in Windows 10". How-To Geek.
  18. ^ "Windows 10 Mail + Newsgroups". Microsoft.
  19. CBS Interactive
    .
  20. ^ "How do I add or remove folders in Mail for Windows 10? - Outlook".
  21. ^ "What's new in Mail and Calendar for Windows 10".
  22. ^ "Ads are back in Windows 10 Mail and Calendar Desktop app (and there are no way to remove them)". MSPowerUser. December 14, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  23. ^ "Outlook for Windows: The Future of Mail, Calendar and People on Windows 11". Microsoft Support.

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