View Bcc receipents in sent mail: Live mail

              In this article we are going to see how to find out Receipents who have been added to "Bcc"  line in already sent mail. It is comforting and convenient to know that the recipients you entered in the Bcc: field in Windows Live Mail are not visible to each other, or any other recipient.

They are also hidden when you view the sent message in the Sent Items folder. Wouldn't it be comforting and convenient if you, at least, could find out who you bcc:ed on a message in Windows Live Mail? While the Bcc: recipients are not overtly visible, you can still uncover them if you want to make sure somebody got a copy.

 
Follow the below steps to see a Sent Message's Bcc Recipients in Windows Live Mail.

To find out who you Bcc:ed on a message in Windows Live Mail:

    * Go to "Sent Items" (or whichever folder contains the message).

 
    * Click on the "sent message" with the "right mouse button".

 
    * Select "Properties" from the drop down menu that comes up.

 
    * Go to the "Details" tab.

    * Somewhere near the top, you will find a line beginning with "Bcc:". It contains all the Bcc: recipients of the message.

These steps works for Windows live mail installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

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Removing Email account in live mail

                In this article we see how to remove a configured Email account  from Windows live mail. This article will be useful at times example: If somebody told you your IMAP account were screwed up and that you had better headed for a fresh start?  if you have set up an account two times by accident?

Whatever the motivation, deleting an account from Windows Live Mail is always easy. If you just need to change your email address and account details (such as the server name and port), you can also modify an existing account, of course.

Steps to be followed to remove an Email Account from Windows Live Mail.

To delete an email account from Windows Live Mail:

    * Select "Tools" | "Accounts"... from the menu.
          o In Windows Live Mail, hold down the "Alt key" if you cannot see the menu bar. 

 
    * "Highlight the account" you want to delete.

 
    * Click "Remove".

 
    * Click "Yes".

 
    * Now click "Close".

These steps can be followed for Windows live mail installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

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Remove address from Blocked senders list

            Everybody can change their mind now and then. Maybe somebody got on your list of blocked senders in Windows Live Mail by mistake.  Whatever the reason, now you want to unblock them. This is easy is when it come to Windows live mail.

In this article we are going to  learn how to unblock the email address from your blocked senders list. This steps quit easy to perform and you can make changes to your blocked senders list easily.

Remove an Address from Blocked Senders in Windows Live Mail or Windows Mail

To allow a sender's messages back to your Windows Live Mail:

    * In Windows Live Mail:
          o Select "Actions" | "Junk e-mail" | "Safety options"… from the menu.

                     * Press "Alt key" if you cannot see the menu.
    

    * Go to the "Blocked Senders" tab.

    * Highlight the "address or domain" you want to delete from the list.

    * Click "Remove".

These steps are common for windows live mail installed in both Windows XP and Windows 7.

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View Email source in Windows live mail

               Normally, you are more interested in an email's text than its source. But sometimes, taking a look at the source can be interesting, or necessary.Especially when something does not work right, the message source can often lead to a clue what went wrong, and the source often reveals a spammer's ISP, too. 

Fortunately, Windows Live Mail offer a smart shortcut that brings up a message's source quickly.

 
Steps how to view a Message's Source in Windows Live Mail:

To view the complete source of a message in Windows Live Mail:

    * "Open" the message.
    * Press "Ctrl + F3".

Steps how to view a Message's Source Without Opening the Message Itself in Windows Live Mail:

To see the source of a message you don't need to open in Windows Live Mail:

    * Click on the desired email in the message list with the "right mouse button".

 
    * Select "Properties" from the "menu".

 
          o If your message is in an IMAP account, you may first have to download it in full:
          o Click on it with the "right mouse button".
          o Select "Download Message Later" from the menu.
          o Select "Tools" | Sync or Tools | "Send and Receive" from the main Windows Live Mail menu and select your "email account" from the list. 

 
    * Go to the "Details" tab.

 
    * Click "Message Source".

These steps ca be followed for Windows live mail installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

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Set default Email account in Live mail

              When you reply to an email, Windows Live Mail automatically put the email address to which the original message was sent in the From: field. When you create a new message in a folder that belongs to an IMAP account, for example, Windows Mail or Outlook Express automatically puts the account's address in the From: field.

 

You cannot change that. But you can change what happens when you click Create Mail while in your Local Folders Inbox. Or which address is in the From: field by default when you click on an email address on a web site. You can change the default account.
 

       In this article we will walk thru the steps to set the Default Email Account in Windows Live Mail so that you no need worry of sending wrong "From" address to your recipients.

How to:

To make an email account the default in Windows Live Mail:

    * Select "Tools" | "Accounts"... from the menu.

 
    * Highlight the desired "Account".

 
    * Click "Set as Default".

 
    * Now click "Close".

These steps can be followed for Windows live mail installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

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Requesting Read receipt in Live mail

         In this article we are going to see how to request for read receipt from the recipient for all important email's sent to make sure that your email as reached its destination on time and as per your requirement.

In general you are curious to know whether an important email message has been received and read by the recipient. Return receipts can answer this question in Windows Live Mail. Read receipt is feature in Windows live mail which ensures the sender that there email is delivered to the recipient and it is read by the recipient.

 
Request Read Receipt for a Message in Windows Live Mail:

To request a read receipt for an individual message in Windows Live Mail:

    * Select "Tools" from the "message's" menu.
          o Press the "Alt key" if you cannot see the menu bar in Windows Live Mail.
    * Make sure Request Read Receipt is "checked".

When the recipient of the message opens it, They are asked to notify you that they have opened and read the mail.

These steps works in Windows live mail installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

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Apply default signature in Windows Live mail

            In Windows Live Mail you can create multiple signatures easily, and you can choose for each message which signature I want append to it. Unfortunately, we end up with no signature at all in most cases. Fortunately, Windows Live Mail allow you to set up a signature that will automatically be added to every email you create.

Apply a Signature Automatically in Windows Live Mail

To set up a default signature in Windows Live Mail:

    * Select Tools | Options from the menu.

 
    * Go to the Signatures tab.

 
    * Make sure Add signatures to all outgoing messages is selected.

 
    * You probably also want to deselect Don't add signatures to Replies and Forwards.

 
    * Now select the signature you want to become the one automatically inserted.

 
    * Click Set as Default.

 
    * Click OK.

These steps can be followed for Windows live mail installed in Windows XP and Windows 7.

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Turn OFF/ON email notification sound: Live Mail

                By default, Windows Live Mail will automatically play a sound when it detects new emails and starts downloading them to your computer. This is called the "New Mail Notification" sound, and is configured at the operating system level (in other words, you customize which sounds will play by configuring your Sounds settings in Windows 7 / Vista / Windows XP). 

        But Windows Live Mail allows you to disable the new emails sound if you don't want it to play, without affecting your other email programs. You could want Microsoft Outlook to play the new mail notification sound, but ask Windows Live Mail to remain quiet when new emails arrive. This is possible by turning off the new mail sound option inside Windows Live Mail itself.

Follow these steps to configure your new emails sound settings:

    * If needed, launch Windows Live Mail; once it has opened, click on the "Menu" button (or press Alt+M), and choose "Options" under the dropdown menu.

 

      Click on the menu button in Windows Live Mail
    * When the Windows Live Mail "Options" dialog options, make sure that the "General" tab is selected (it should be by default).
    * Look at the "Send / Receive Messages" section of this tab: the first checkbox reads "Play sound when new messages arrive", and is checked by default.

 

      Email sound options in Windows Live Mail
    * To turn off and (temporarily) disable the new mail sound, uncheck that checkbox and click on the "OK" button to apply the new setting and return to Windows Live Mail.
    * From this point on, Windows Live Mail will not play any sound when it downloads new email messages to your PC. (As an aside, Windows Live Mail will remember your setting, you do not need to re-configure it every time you use the program.)
    * That's all it takes to turn off the new mail sound!

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Attachment in Windows Live mail

            

         Email does not have to be only text. You can attach anything and send it along with your Windows Live mail message: Word files, Excel spread sheet documents, photos, zip files, you can send every single file on your computer to anybody with an email address. And doing that is simple in Live mail
  

Follow below steps: 

   1. click Mail, and then, in the upper-left corner, click New.
   2. Click Attach, and then click File.

   3. Locate and select the file that you want to attach, and then click Open. Repeat this step for each file that you want to add.

These steps can be followed in windows live mail installed in  Windows XP and Windows 7

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How to import calenders in Windows Live mail

                 

            

                To import a calendar from a program such as Outlook into Windows Live Mail,  you can import the calendar into Windows Live Calendar on the web. When you use your Windows Live ID to sign in to Windows Live Mail on your PC, your online calendars will automatically sync with your Windows Live Mail calendars.

You have two options when importing a calendar into Windows Live Calendar: create a new calendar and import the information into it, or import the information into an existing calendar.

   1. Save the calendar on your computer as an ICS file (.ics file extension).
   

   2. Go to the Windows Live Calendar webpage.
   

   3. Sign in with your Windows Live ID.
 

   4. On the toolbar above the calendar, click Subscribe.
 

   5. Select Import from an ICS file, and then click Browse.
 

   6. Browse to the ICS file, click it, and then click Open.
 

   7. Select Import into a new calendar.
 

   8. In the Calendar name box, type a name for the calendar.
 

   9. Next to Color, select a color for the calendar.
 

 10. Click Import calendar.
 

 11. Click Done.

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Windows Live Mail : How to import Calendar from facebook to windows live mail

                 Have you ever wished to have all your events and birthday reminders from your facebook calendar to your calendar in Windows Live? Thanks to fbCal with thefacebook help of which you can export your events and birthday reminders in facebook to your calendar in Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple iCal and of course Windows Live. fbCal can export these in two separate calendar files in a friendly .ics format which can be imported in all the popular calendar apps. These calendar are up to date only to the time you exported them from facebook.
The .ics file exported from facebook with the help of fbCal can be used with both Windows Live Mail on the desktop, and Windows Live Calendar on the web. AllWindows Live Calendar you have to do is simply import the .ics file(exported with fbCal) through Windows Live Calendar on the web which will then automatically synchronize your calendar on the desktop
with Windows Live Mail.

To do this:

Step 1: Go to fbCal.com and click on “Get your Calendars Now”.

Step 2: Now to export your birthday calendar from facebook, click on “Or download a copy here.” from “Subscribe to your friends Birthday” section of fbCal as illustrated from the screenshot below. You will have to first log into Facebook and give permission to fbCal to access information before you can download the .ics file.

 
Step 3: 

 Now to import this calendar to Windows Live. Log into Windows Live Calendar and create a new Calendar. Give your calendar any name like “Facebook” and your new calendar will be created. 

  

Step 4: 

  Now select your newly created calendar and click on subscribe. Select “Import from an ICS file” and then browse the .ics file created using fbCal. Clicking on Import Calendar button will import all the birthday reminders from your facebook calendar to your Windows Live Calendar.

 

The best part is that the facebook calendar which you just imported to your Windows Live Calendar will be automatically synched to the desktop client i.e. Windows Live Mail as shown in the screenshot below:

 

Similarly you can repeat the above steps to import your facebook events calendar to your Windows Live too by selecting “Or download a copy here.” in Step 2 from “Subscribe to your facebook events” section of fbCal.

These steps can be followed on Windows XP or Windows 7

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Windows Live Mail : How to import contacts.

              This article will explains how to import contacts in Windows Live Mail; if you are switching from Outlook Express or Microsoft Office Outlook for example, you will be able to import all your contacts, rather than having to create your contacts all over again. Windows Live Mail lets you import contacts in several formats: Windows Address Book file (WAB), virtual business card (VCF file, or vCard), Microsoft Office Outlook address book, and CSV files (comma-separated values). Windows Live Mail can also import contacts from your current Windows profile (directly from your Windows address book.

Importing a contact file in Windows Live Mail This flexible format support means that you can import contacts from the most popular email programs: Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Thunderbird, etc. You only need to export your contacts from the other email client in a compatible format, and then import them in Windows Live Mail.


How to import contacts in windows live mail:

 

You import contacts in Windows Live Mail by going through the address book, "Windows Live Contacts". To open Windows Live Contacts, click the address book icon in the bottom left corner of Windows Live Mail's main window. Alternatively, you can quickly open it with the following keyboard shortcut:

Shortcut: press Ctrl+Shift+C to quickly open the Windows Live Contacts window.

   
Import format for contacts

Once inside Windows Live Contacts, click the Show Menu button, and click Import: a submenu will expand, listing all the formats in which Windows Live Mail can import contacts. The format you choose will depend on the file or email program whose contacts you would like to import: most email clients can export their contacts as CSV files; so, in doubt, this is a good export format to choose.

Importing contacts from Microsoft Outlook or the current Windows user's address book into Windows Live Mail is an automated process: click one of these two choices, and Windows Live Mail takes care of the rest, only notifying you in case of problem or successful import:

file formats for Importing; CSV and contact mapping

If you are trying to import contacts from a file (WAB, VCF, or CSV), you will just need to pick the file for Windows Live Mail; in the case of CSV files, you will need to make sure that the contacts' "mapping" corresponds (it should by default). You can change the mapping, if needed, manually, to make sure each contact information column corresponds to the expected data:

After the import process has completed, look at Windows Live Contacts: you should see all contacts from your other email program, or contact file, now listed. Windows Live Mail will now have access to all these contacts when you send emails, create contact groups, etc.

These steps can be followed on windows Xp and Windows 7

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Windows Live Mail : How to setup email account

          This post will show you how to setup a POP3 or IMAP email account in Windows Live Mail. POP3 and IMAP are some of the most common email account types available, nearly always those offered by your web hosting or email hosting company. Most companies not using Microsoft Exchange as email server will be using POP3 or IMAP for their employees email account. Windows Live Mail support equally well these two technologies.

 How to setup email account in Windows Live Mail


The first time you open Windows Live Mail after installation, the new email account setup wizard should open automatically, ready to collect and test your email account information.

Windows Live Mail only requires three fields of information to automatically setup an email account for you and these screen is similar to Microsoft Office outlook 2007  where it is similar email account setup setup screen:

Enter your email account information

Enter your full email address in the first field ("E-mail address"). The "Get a free e-mail account" link Windows Live Mail displays allows you to obtain a Hotmail account; you can ignore it if you are trying to setup a standard POP3 or IMAP email account.
 

With the second field ("Password"), Windows Live Mail requests your email account's password to be able to connect to your mail server. Windows Live Mail will by default remember your email account password; you can opt to supply it every time by unchecking the "Remember password" checkbox.

The last field, "Display Name", determines what Windows Live Mail will show as sender's name to people you email from it. The display name can be your real name or not: it does not have to match your email address or its user name (the portion of the email address that comes before the "@" character).

The "Manually configure server settings for e-mail account" checkbox is unchecked by default, and Windows Live Mail will attempt to configure your email account automatically. It is worth letting Windows Live Mail give it a try, it could save you a couple minutes.

Finalize your new email account setup in Windows Live Mail


Click the Next button: Windows Live Mail should display a successful email account setup message.

After that, it will start downloading your emails from the mail server. You will see appear in the left pane your new email account and its default folders. If you setup an IMAP account, you will also see all the folders you created on the server through a webmail service or another email client.

That it! You have finished setting up your new email account in Windows Live Mail.


These steps can be followed for windows live mail on Windows Xp and Windows 7

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