A Bit of Mail Clarification

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Hello!

I am looking at using Windows Live Mail. Just for clarification, this is the one that looks like Outlook. I'm not sure if you download it, or it comes with Vista, because I also get "Windows Mail".

However, yes, yes, Windows Live Mail. A couple of questions before I start. I use Gmail, primarily. All other addresses forward to that one email address, which is fine with me. However, will GMail work with WLM properly? Obviously GMail uses labels instead of folders, which is a shame. I would move on to using Windows Live Hotmail, but they add a signature to outgoing mail, GMail doesn't.

So, I guess I am just asking if anyone else uses these two together (Gmail and WLM)? I guess I just want a backup of my emails that I save on my computer as it'll make searching slightly easier.

Thanks

[sharp65]

Windows live mail and windows mail are two different things, the latter is being phased out in windows 7. But on to your question, you can use them fine. The Gmail labels translate to folders in windows live mail like you stated, if you move an email to one of the imap folders it will show up as that label in gmail. You can disable the signature for outgoing mail. I don't remember having one their by default. If your going to want to send mail from other accounts besides the gmail one your going to have to setup the other accounts as smtp servers to be able to select them when sending.

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Ah, thanks :)

I can send the email from other accounts using WLM already.

Also, Hotmail adds this to emails:

What can you do with the new Windows Live? Find out

to the bottom of each message. It's not a signature, it's something they add :/

One other question, lets say I have set these addresses up:

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

to forward email to [email protected], THEN, is it possible for WLM to set up an inbox for each one, so I can see what email address receives what? Or because I have them all forwarding to the same email address, then WLM will look at that email address and it'll just pick up new emails, regardless of who they are sent to?

Thanks

Edited January 9, 2009 by Mr Spoon

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Okay, so I added my gmail account as an IMAP server, and now it has added a whole set of new folders (see picture) called "Google Mail".

I don't have that in my inbox using a browser, and when WLM tries to retrieve data from it, then I get an error:

Unknown Mailbox: [Google Mail] (Failure)

Configuration:

Account: Gmail

Server: imap.googlemail.com

User name: [email protected]

Protocol: IMAP

Port: 993

Secure(SSL): 1

Code: 800cccd2

Maybe if I just delete all the GMail accounts and start again?