Introduction

If you’re like many people today who are using the Internet to communicate with friends and business associates, you probably have piles of information (names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, etc.) that you need often. Unless this information is in one convenient place, and can be accessed immediately, the information becomes ineffective and you become unproductive. Microsoft Windows Mail (the successor to Outlook Express) solves these problems by integrating management and organization tools into one simple system. Windows Vista includes Microsoft Windows Mail, a powerful program for managing electronic mail (known as e-mail), and contact information like names, and e-mail addresses.

Using Windows Mail with an Internet connection allows you to accomplish several tasks:

• Create and send e-mail messages

• Manage multiple e-mail accounts

• Use the Windows Contacts (New!) to store and retrieve e-mail addresses

• Create stationery or add a personal signature to your e-mail messages

• Attach a file to an e-mail message

• Set junk e-mail options and mark e-mail messages as block or safe

• Join any number of newsgroups, which are collections of e-mail messages on related topics

• Use the Windows Calendar (New!) to make and manage appointments and tasks

• Send invitations to meeting participants from within Windows Meeting Space (New!)