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Windows Mail
For many people, sending e-mail is the most important thing they do on a computer. As e-mail's popularity and importance have grown over the years, some annoyances and risks have also emerged. Windows Mail is designed to help you meet these challenges so your e-mail experience is as productive and fun as possible. Windows Mail includes features that help you reduce the risks, while enjoying the many benefits, of e-mail.
Windows Mail includes features that help you minimise the annoyances and risks associated with using e-mail while enjoying the benefits of staying in touch with others.
Quick Search
Some of us have thousands of e-mail messages stored in our Inbox, making it challenging to find a specific message when we need it. To help you, Windows Mail includes a built-in Quick Search box that lets you search all of your e-mail messages almost instantaneously without leaving Windows Mail. Quick Search is not just confined to e-mail; this feature is available throughout Windows Vista. And when you search from Search Explorer in Windows Vista, you can find documents and other files in addition to e-mail messages.
Junk mail filter
Unwanted junk e-mail (spam) is annoying and disruptive, forcing you to wade through useless or offensive messages to find the ones you care about. To help reduce the hassle, Windows Mail includes a built-in filter which automatically screens e-mail to identify and separate junk e-mail. Unlike other filters which require you to "train" the filter to correctly identify junk, Windows Mail automatically identifies it from the first use, without the need for feedback from you. You can choose to adjust the sensitivity of the filter to block more e-mail, or to block less e-mail, depending on your needs.
Phishing filter
Phishing is a type of fraud designed to steal your identity. In phishing scams, scam artists try to get you to disclose valuable personal data—like credit card numbers, passwords, account data, or other information—by convincing you to provide it under false pretenses. Phishing e-mails claim to be from a trusted financial institution or online service. By including links to fraudulent Web sites, these e-mail messages can trick you into providing your personal information. Windows Mail has a phishing filter that analyses e-mail to help detect these fraudulent links and help protect you from these online scams.
Reliability
In the past, people who used Microsoft Outlook Express occasionally had problems opening their large data files of saved e-mail. Windows Mail is based on brand new technology for storing e-mail, and is significantly more reliable so you can have more confidence in your e-mail experience.