no windows mail in 7

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ugh.. I have literally thousands of emails from the past 10+ years in my email (outlook express, then to windows mail in vista) I just put windows 7 pro x64 rtm on today and come to find windows mail is gone. Found some threads on how to use windows mail in 7 but not working for me for some reason.

Which mail program do you use now.. will I be able to import all my windows mail folders/mail into it?
 
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Riddlinkidstoner said:
Windows Update > Live Essentials > Done.
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Don't forget that MS doesn't get 'a pass' like Apple when it wants to add additional functionality to the OS. MSFT has to go through legal reviews and deal with outcry of competitors and even other countries. Which is why Movie Maker, Messenger, basic POP email (Outlook Express/Windows Mail) and Photo Viewer are absent from Win7. Sure, you can add them back with a free download. But that's part of what factors into their decisions.

Plus - once you've upgraded to Windows (Live) Mail, there are lots of easy ways to export your Outlook Express content into Windows Mail - and lots of 3rd party tools (like Address Magic) that do an incredible job converting any email content to just about any other (I use it to update my Exchange email lists to OutLook Express/Windows Mail) all the time.
 
Also, a lot of people complained that all the software bundled with Vista was just bloating the install. (Probably linux zealots)
 
okay, have live mail installed... its so far fine expect I have like 10 email accounts.. and HATE having 10 inbox's etc.. any way to combine them all into one set of inbox/send/deleted etc?
 
Well, there's a 'quick view' which will show all unread messages from all your inboxes, but I dont know if there's anything that combines multiple inboxes into one.

Was there an option for that in Mail in Vista?
 
vaca232 said:
Well, there's a 'quick view' which will show all unread messages from all your inboxes, but I dont know if there's anything that combines multiple inboxes into one.

Was there an option for that in Mail in Vista?
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yeah, just added all my email accounts and it defaulted putting everying in the one set of folders, like outlook express did.
 
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