Windows Live Mail

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live mail will not send and receive

I use Win live mail 2011 for two accounts: one is an outlook account (the former hotmail)), the other a gmail account. Everything worked fine until today: live mail is set to "working offline" (as is usual I think); when …

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Need to close Hotmail account & can’t

I've been trying for months to close my Hotmail account and keep getting placed into a loop I can't get out of, and ultimately can't do it. It tells me that I need to "deactivate my account," which when I click through t …

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Secure private message link has disappeared

I hope that someone from Microsoft can pick this up. I have had lengthy correspondence on a secure private message but the link has now disappeared. The latest posting on this subject (loss of messages from Outlook inbox …

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Digital I.D.

Can someone please help me with this issue? I am still running XP and I use Windows Live Mail to send and receive all my email. The problem I have is that every time I try to send an email I get a message that says " Dig …

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Can’t re-install Windows Live mail.

When trying to re-install I get the following error: C:\DocumentsandSettings\ChuckFerry\MyDocuments\Downloads\wlsetup-web.exe is not a valid Win32 application. Any ideas?

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Windows live mail

I have lost my email contacts a couple of times. Is there a setting that may be wrong?

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Lost email contacts

I have lost my email contacts a couple of times. Is there a setting that may be wrong? Original title:

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How do I recover my old Hotmail emails?

Hi, Email: *** Email address is removed for privacy *** I have been a Hotmail customer since 1998 and been accessing my emails regularly. I remember accessing my hotmail account via mobile and now all of a sudden I logge …

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Windows live mail problems

For the past two weeks I have been receiving Windows Live Mail only sporadically. Some days I receive no mail. other days only one or two vs. when I check Outlook.com, I have dozens of emails every day. I also just sent …

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Live Mail screen refreshing

I'm having the following problems. 1) With Live Mail open and with Inbox highlighted, an incoming email is announced by sound and by the bracketed (1) opposite Inbox folder name. However, its details (From Subject Date e …

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