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  • D Dan Neely

    Is this the Metro mail app; or the desktop client? Outlook Express was rebadged to Windows Mail, and then to Windows Live Mail. The latter is a standalone download and AFAIK should work on Windows 8. IF the metro version isn't cutting it, it might be worth switching to the desktop client instead. Aside from having a ribbon I think it's mostly the same thing as OE was on XP and prior, so there shouldn't need to be much retraining and I'd assume it would have all the features of the old client as well.

    Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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    OriginalGriff
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    Ah! Interesting - and worth a try. I'll see if I can find the D/L...

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      OriginalGriff wrote:

      OK, Iris (an elderly lady with reasonable tech skills)

      I was going to come up with a totally hilarious, side-splitting, back-slapping response to this where I pretended to be Wayne Ronney by changing my display name, but to my dismay "Wayne Rooney[^]" has already signed up, and he's Turkish! EDIT: Fixed link

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      The profile doesn't say "Turkish"; it says "Turkey". That's a damned good algorithm they use.

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        Why remove outlook express? :sigh: OK, Iris (an elderly lady with reasonable tech skills) is being moved from her XP desktop to a Win8 lappy, and generally speaking, it's not going too bad. We're about 3 months in, and she's checking her email on win 8 now. And therein lies the problem. Windows Mail (my tablet tried to make that Windups Maul, which is surprisingly appropriate...) How the heck do you get to add an address to the "blocked senders" list? 'Twas easy in outlook... But even with Google I can't get out to work! Anyone got the stupid software can try it and tell me? Please?

        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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        Everything's probably still there, but they've renamed it, tied it up with ribbons, and buried it under a pile of baby blocks, so don't expect to find it for at least a few months -- and when you do find it, write down each step that you took to get to it, or you'll never find it again. I used to complain if someone moved or renamed a menu item, but that was sublime compared to the ridiculousness we've been subjected to in the past few years.

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          The profile doesn't say "Turkish"; it says "Turkey". That's a damned good algorithm they use.

          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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          Forogar
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          That's perhaps because he isn't Turkish but perhaps only connecting in from Turkey. Mine says "USA" but I am not an USian, I just live in the US at the moment.

          - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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            That's perhaps because he isn't Turkish but perhaps only connecting in from Turkey. Mine says "USA" but I am not an USian, I just live in the US at the moment.

            - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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            Mark_Wallace
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            Um, look at definition 4[^], and remember that we're talking about Wayne Rooney.

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              Um, look at definition 4[^], and remember that we're talking about Wayne Rooney.

              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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              Forogar
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              It doesn't help me. I have no idea who Wayne whatshisname is!

              - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                It doesn't help me. I have no idea who Wayne whatshisname is!

                - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                He's one of those mammals that spends its life running around a field chasing a ball. Dogs/footballers... the similarities are immense.

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                  Why remove outlook express? :sigh: OK, Iris (an elderly lady with reasonable tech skills) is being moved from her XP desktop to a Win8 lappy, and generally speaking, it's not going too bad. We're about 3 months in, and she's checking her email on win 8 now. And therein lies the problem. Windows Mail (my tablet tried to make that Windups Maul, which is surprisingly appropriate...) How the heck do you get to add an address to the "blocked senders" list? 'Twas easy in outlook... But even with Google I can't get out to work! Anyone got the stupid software can try it and tell me? Please?

                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                  Hi Griff, There is something called Sweep introduced lately. Check if this help http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-8/junk-delete-sweep[^] As Mark Wallace said one post above. Everything is just there, but renamed or buried. And so right he is. Thanks

                  Thanks, Milind

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                    He's one of those mammals that spends its life running around a field chasing a ball. Dogs/footballers... the similarities are immense.

                    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                    I never heard of a dog paying someone's granny to lick his dangly bits though :laugh: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/rooney-admits-sex-with-a-granny-6952363.html[^]

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      Why remove outlook express? :sigh: OK, Iris (an elderly lady with reasonable tech skills) is being moved from her XP desktop to a Win8 lappy, and generally speaking, it's not going too bad. We're about 3 months in, and she's checking her email on win 8 now. And therein lies the problem. Windows Mail (my tablet tried to make that Windups Maul, which is surprisingly appropriate...) How the heck do you get to add an address to the "blocked senders" list? 'Twas easy in outlook... But even with Google I can't get out to work! Anyone got the stupid software can try it and tell me? Please?

                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                      Dave Calkins
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                      I use Thunderbird on Windows 8 (and Windows 7, etc). I didn't see any reason to use their full screen app store mail app. Just didn't have any appeal to me whatsoever and I already had an Email client. That would stink to be on Outlook Express and not have it available though. I'd say find another Email client you like and you can use it across OS/machines.

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                        Why remove outlook express? :sigh: OK, Iris (an elderly lady with reasonable tech skills) is being moved from her XP desktop to a Win8 lappy, and generally speaking, it's not going too bad. We're about 3 months in, and she's checking her email on win 8 now. And therein lies the problem. Windows Mail (my tablet tried to make that Windups Maul, which is surprisingly appropriate...) How the heck do you get to add an address to the "blocked senders" list? 'Twas easy in outlook... But even with Google I can't get out to work! Anyone got the stupid software can try it and tell me? Please?

                        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                        Ravi Bhavnani
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                        OG, does this[^] link help? /ravi

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                          OG, does this[^] link help? /ravi

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                          Regrettably not - it looks like the version in Win8 has been completely lobotomised, and the "junk mail" selection doesn't allow access to the blocked senders list. In fact, it seems there is no blocked senders list in the stupid app! :doh:

                          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                          • M Mark_Wallace

                            The profile doesn't say "Turkish"; it says "Turkey". That's a damned good algorithm they use.

                            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                            :thumbsup:

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