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Multiple E-mail Accounts—In One Place

Manage all of your e-mail accounts including Hotmail and third party accounts from within Windows Live Mail. Now you don’t have to log in to multiple accounts to check all your e-mail!

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  • Send photos over e-mail Add borders and captions, and send high-quality images to friends without clogging their inboxes with big attachments.
  • New! Your e-mail in one place Mail lets you manage and access your Hotmail, Gmail, and AOL accounts from one easy location and easily track your RSS feeds and newsgroups in one place.
  • New! Seamless integration Stay close to the people who matter to you most with quick-click access to Messenger and Windows Live Spaces from within Mail.
  • New! Offline access: Access your Hotmail and Contacts even when you’re offline, so you’re never out of touch.
  • Custom layouts: Change the colors, move columns around, show just the stuff you want to see.
  • RSS: Get content feeds delivered directly to your inbox—from news sites, blogs, and anywhere else that offers RSS.

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  • Hotmail and Windows Live Mail share a common Contact List, so when you update one, both get the information.
  • Send text messages from inside Mail to your friends’ Windows Live Messenger so you can chat without interrupting your e-mail management.
  • Windows Live Photo Gallery works with Mail to make sending photos a snap. Just select photos in Photo Gallery, click on “e-mail,” and an e-mail is created with thumbnails of the photos right in the e-mail message.
  • Share memories

    Share memories: Keep in touch and share photos of your everyday adventures

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