We’ve finally done it! Our ‘little’ project to bring you the next generation consumer mail application is going massively public. As of today (actually we slipped it out quietly last week or so) we are instituting a hassle-free sign up for the Mail Desktop beta. No beta invitation emails are necessary. Simply go through the process below and you should be up and running in minutes.
In case you’ve forgotten, here’s some of the great things you get with Live Mail Desktop now:
Download: Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta
1. Go to ideas.live.comWe’re driving hard toward our version 1 release and we need your help to locate those hard to find issues that you care about the most and to tell us what you think. We’re confident that you will find the beta very usable and we promise to send you a refresh very soon ( plenty of new goodies on the way).
2. Find the tile for “Windows Live Mail Desktop beta”
3. Click on “sign up” (if you’re NOT signed in with your Passport email address)
4. Click on “download” (if you ARE signed in with your Passport email address)
5. Walk through the beta agreement and accept.
6. Download and you’re done!
7. Be sure to sign into Mail Desktop with the Passport email address you used in step 3 and 4.
In case you’ve forgotten, here’s some of the great things you get with Live Mail Desktop now:
· Junk and phishing protection
· Support for RSS feeds
· Photo email (share & publish your photos as slideshows to the internet)
· Blog it!
· 3 pane view of email
· Integration with Windows Live Messenger
· Active Search
· Multiple account aggregation
· Instant Search
· Free client access to your hotmail account
· Lots more and with even more to come!
Download: Windows Live Mail Desktop BetaOne more thing: our beta is supported. If you run into any problems, use this link to get support – http://support.live.com/eform.aspx?productKey=wlmaildesktop. We even have a support blog: http://wlmdbsupport.spaces.msn.com/PersonalSpace.aspx
Download and send us feedback – we can’t wait to hear from you. Spread the word.
*Direct sign up is only available if your Passport is a US Passport. We’re working to make this more broadly available. If you do not have a US Passport, you will be automatically directed to our waiting list. Once you submit your email address, we will send you an invitation as soon as we can
*Windows Live Custom Domains and MSN premium accounts are not supported by the beta program at this time.
As of today (actually we slipped it out quietly last week or so) we are instituting a hassle-free sign up for the Mail Desktop beta
So your point is?
As of today (actually we slipped it out quietly last week or so) we are instituting a hassle-free sign up for the Mail Desktop beta
So your point is?
whoops didnt see that line
God knows how many times I've been warned for saying similar things.
Anyways, actually it's a surprisingly decent program. Simple, but decent enough.
It came directly to me via the Microsoft Featured Community, nothing to do with Bink. Better luck next time
Does anyone know of a 3rd party app that can minimize this to the system tray? If this program had it built in then it would be perfect.
This might be because:
Your account is with one of our partners and has additional features that Mail Beta doesn’t support yet
Mail Beta isn’t available in your area at this time
Is it not available in the UK or not available to passport.com people?
So i went to some of the threads talking about this and people posting the Sign Up link etc, but it redirects me to the Keep me informed page or whatever it is.
Edit: Seems the sign up link has appeared when i view the site in Firefox, but, it still redirects me to that "Keep Me Posted" link!
Clicking the "Check out the Windows Live Ideas page" link in Firefox does diddly squat, whereas in IE, you get to go to the correct page. Good ol' MS, you can always rely on them to say one thing and do the complete opposite. If they seriously believe I'm going to switch my browser just to test their software for them....
Why must they perpetually behave like spoiled brats, hiding their ball so that the others can't play too?
Last edited by SniperX on 27 Jul 2006 - 12:40
like whats the point its just 1 ad section on the right hand side its not gonna jump out ur screen and hurt you, sheesh like although neowin is a website its got more ads than windows live mail desktop
If I had widescreen it'd be less of an issue, but on my 17 inch display I currently have (Im upgrading to a 24 wide soon) the ad was just too damn large to be practical.
If I had widescreen it'd be less of an issue, but on my 17 inch display I currently have (Im upgrading to a 24 wide soon) the ad was just too damn large to be practical.
ok i see your point about the ad, i did have it full screen didnt bother me much but then i made the screen smaller so it is a problem if ur not full screening on a decent resolution
but we can just ask MS to look at relocatating it to another area
The UI can be a bit busy at times. Thats my main gripe.
This might be because:
* Your account is with one of our partners and has additional features that Mail Beta doesn’t support yet
* Mail Beta isn’t available in your area at this time
* You have a parentally controlled account
* Your Microsoft Passport indicates you're under 13
To find out more about our other beta programs, please click here.
And I still remain getting this error...
This might be because:
* Your account is with one of our partners and has additional features that Mail Beta doesn’t support yet
* Mail Beta isn’t available in your area at this time
* You have a parentally controlled account
* Your Microsoft Passport indicates you're under 13
To find out more about our other beta programs, please click here.
And I still remain getting this error...
Hmmm... I'm getting this error too. :/
The GOOD NEWS is that this integrates very well with that hotmail account (even becoming the default mail client in messenger) and seems to have vastly improved junk mail filtering (at first glance).
I'll try this (it is a beta after all) for a while and see, but right now, as a replacement for hotmail's crappy built-in email handling, this is MUCH better in every way.
*Windows Live Custom Domains and MSN premium accounts are not supported by the beta program at this time.
http://morethanmail.spaces.msn.com/PersonalSpace.aspx
Kinda random, but is there any info as to when these sorts of accounts will be supported? It seems kind of stupid, why not let us folks who actually used MSN in on this fun?
http://forum.mess.be/lofiversion/index.php/t17573.html
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