Searching in Windows Live Mail

webDotWiz should have mentioned ages ago – well, a week or two ago – that Find in Mail (the search function) now looks through everything, not just the To: and Subject: lines.

Windows Live Mail has 1 million testers

Under the post, YOU are building Windows Live Mail… all 1 million of you!, , the WL Mail team announced they now have one million users testing WL Mail around the globe – and taking notice of our feedback! To quote the team:   I can honestly say that YOU are shaping the way that [...]

Windows Live Mail update Thursday or Friday

Expect an update to Windows Live Mail on Thu (US time so Fri our Aussie time. Haven’t got WL Mail yet? Head over to ideas.live.com and sign up). Courtesy of LiveSide.net here’s a list of new features:   · Hotmail classic theme with new improvements and features for browsers other than Internet Explorer 6 or [...]

Windows Live Mail support space

There’s now a support site with answers to frequently asked questions about Windows Live Mail. Many are now using Live Mail so visit http://spaces.msn.com/mail-support/ for hints and tips.

Talking about Sneak Preview: Spell Check As You Type

This new feature will certainly be a time-saver for all of us. If you want to sign up to try out the new Windows Live Mail, go to      http://www3.imagine-msn.com/minisites/mail/Default.aspx?locale=en-au It takes a while before you hear back and get into the trial but it’s worth it in the end. Quote Sneak Preview: Spell Check As You [...]

Overview of the Features of the Hotmail “Kahuna” – Sign up for beta

 Dare is a program manager at Microsoft who is working on the new Hotmail, among other things. There’s a link at the bottom of this post if you want to join those who are trialling the new Hotmail. You may have to wait a while before getting to use it as the team deploy the [...]

Some Hotmail numbers

How would you like to be creating a system to cater for the following amount of users and traffic (and then allowing for future expansion):   ~200 million active users 3.3 billion inbound emails a day 1.5 billion blocked at the router 1.0 billion deleted as spam (never hits the user’s mailbox) 0.5 billion sent [...]

Talking about http://mail.start.com

The new Hotmail (codenamed Kahuna) is coming along nicely. As well as the quote below, take some time to watch the Channel 9 video in the Omar Shahine and team – New Hotmail "Kahuna" thread. Quote http://mail.start.com ? From Omar Shahine’s post mail.start.com we learn Well, we launched Kahuna Milestone 3 (M3) yesterday with a new URL (http://mail.start.com). [...]