Windows 7 Startup problems..

[DulwichFox]

Sue Wrote:

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> I don't pretend to understand any of the above,

> but can't you use Gmail??

I do use Gmail for one of my accounts and my other (Main Account) is btinternet..

Logging in to Google to access gmail is a pain.

Windows Live Mail is a mail client that gives access to all mail accounts in one place.

I am now trialing Mailbird but have lost all my contacts and saved mails with WLM going down.

Foxy

[DulwichFox]

Loz Wrote:

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> Foxy,

>

> Windows Live Mail is just a frontend for the old

> Hotmail (now outlook.com). There's a number of

> alternatives: Mailbird is one, Thunderbird (from

> the people who bought you the Firefox browser) is

> another.

>

> Personally I use the website/webapp interface, but

> use the X-notifier plugin to tell me when I have

> new email, and gives an easy shortcut to the

> webapp. It's available for Forefox and Chrome

> (well, and Safari and Opera).

I can still log on to Outlook and send a mail but my in box only has 2 mails in it from 2009. ?

Although I see my contacts when I type in the To: box

I am confused and need to export/ import to Mailbird.

I should be able to make a .CSV file but Mailbird needs a further process to use .CSV

I do not have the time today as I'm off to Millwall to see them beat Watford (Hopefully)

Foxy

[Loz]

Ah. When you attached to Hotmail with a separate app (like Windows Live Mail) you generally use one of two protocols: IMAP or POP3. Sounds like WLM must have used POP3, as that protocol moves emails onto the local machine, whereas IMAP doesn't.

So, it sounds like all you emails will be in a local file somewhere on your machine. You'll need to open that file somehow and get the emails back onto hotmail/outlook via your new program, if indeed it allows you to do that.

Suggest you use IMAP-supporting software in future, to keep your emails on the hotmail/outlook cloud.

[ianr]

Root around for a folder such as C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail. This article also mentions some variety of deleted WLM folders. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/livemail-email/how-can-i-restore-my-pop3-mail-folders-which-were/07ad9f56-1138-4805-acaf-ae1f589bfc45

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