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windows live mail won’t start

HI. Pulling my hair out here. Windows Live Mail (v11) suddenly refused to open, after working fine for over a year. It just sits at the opening screen with the circle and says starting. In task manager, wlmail.exe is ope …

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Unable to forward some emails

Original title: when I try to forward when I try to forward some emails they do not send rather they go the outbox - error reads executing but they do not send. Using Windows Live Mail. Help

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How to disable receipt in Windows Live Mail

At one point I figured out how to enable read receipt. Now it is automatic and I want to turn it off or preferably when I specifically ask . Now I can't figure out how to shut it off. The menu icon does not show up on my …

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My phone repeatedly marks my read emails unread

My htc phone repeatedly will mark my read emails un read I have marked them now on three intervals all read and the hotmail system changes them. Please advise how this can be corrected. The other email address with aol, …

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various incoming emails disappears from inbox

I changed over to outlook and noticed that various emails show up in window then quickly disappear, where do they go so I can retrieve them. I've checked all folders including junk folder, email rules, etc. I don't know …

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windows live mail 2012 Error ID: 0x800CCC0D

Hello, I ungraded to Windows 8.1. 10 hours later I am unable to send and receive messages using Windows Live Mail 2012. Error: Unable to send or receive messages for the NAME account. The host 'mail.NAME.com' could not b …

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Windows Live Mail – Read receipt doesn’t work

Hi, I was testing the "read receipt" option under Windows Live Mail to see what it would do. I sent an e-mail to my sister with "read receipt" checked. However when she opened it, I did not get any notification that my e …

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How to set up local staorage folders in WLM 2012?

Hi, I have local storage folders in WLM 2011on my Win XP computer. I'm trying to set up the same files on my new Win 8 computer with WLM 2012. In my 2011 version, the local storage folders showed up underneath an "accoun …

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cant send emails

I can't send e-mails and my account has been blocked. I moved that spam message to the in box and have reset my password but still cannot send email.

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categories do not hold contents

In Windows Live Mail (Windows 7 OS) the categories I have created do not hold the contacts assigned to them. It is very annoying when I chose the category and discover that none of the the contacts or only a few have rec …

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duplicate emails received for outlook account

Hi, I've been receiving duplicate emails recently. I have 2 alias account and 1 main account. Both alias account allows both sending and receiving of email. I thought it was due to the alias that i'm receiving duplicate …

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Received duplicate emails to Outlook.com account.

Original Title: duplicate emails received for outlook account Hi, I've been receiving duplicate emails recently. I have 2 alias account and 1 main account. Both alias account allows both sending and receiving of email. I …

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w.l.m. error codes 0x800CCC92 also 0x800CCC90

Please can you help me. Windows Live Mail ErrorID 0x800CCC92 0x800CCC90 Unable to lock maildrop.Mailbox is locked by POP server Protocol POP3 Port 110 Secure(SSL):No Unable to send and recieve message for my account Inco …

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How to create contact group in Windows Live Mail?

I had contact groups (discussion lists) in MS Outlook. I have switched to Live Mail. How do I create a contact group so I can send an email to the group? Thanks Previous title - Contact group in Live Mail?

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Overnight disappeared folders in WLmail

Hello, Yesterday I tried to reorganize some WLmail folders on my pc but it did not let me create any subfolder therefore i went to outlook.com and performed the action from there. After that I synch few times from my pc …

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Old hotmail.co.uk access

Hello, i had an old hotmail.co.uk account i used for a few things about a year or so back. When i try to log in it tells me the account does not exist, an i have no option to try an recreate a co.uk one. I need the email …

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sending mail

when I send mail the receiver sends back that mail is scrambled and unreadable. why can I read theirs but they cant read mine.

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Cannot open attachments

In hotmail attachment open on same page to view attachment. With MSN e-mail, shows attachment at top , but I cannot open. I Must save to file first it used to open in same window and I could just scroll down Also: Some m …

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open e-mail attachments

In hotmail attachment open on same page to view attachment. With MSN e-mail, shows attachment at top , but I cannot open. I Must save to file first it used to open in same window and I could just scroll down Also: Some m …

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