Windows Mail

[237SJ]

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Re: the above. I`m not really any further on with this but a friend told me last night that because I use web-based email, that is why I can`t email a photo. I have the Windows Mail app but he said that is on the Cloud and not my computer. My first computer used Outlook Express, then with Vista it was Windows Mail. What`s it now with Windows 8 - Outlook com? If I download this, will it send emails via my BT email address like it used to and will it link automatically when I click "Send to mail recipient"?

[Buenchico]

From your original post:
>>>I click on Associate a file type or protocol with a program and a huge list comes up with three headings:- Name Description Current Default

Scroll down the left hand column until you get to 'MAIL TO'. The right-hand column ought to show 'Mail' (because that's Microsoft's rather boring way of referring to their Windows 8 Mail app, which should be there by default) but, from what you've written, I assume that it doesn't. Double-click on that line. You'll then be presented with a list of options. Choose the one which is appropriate for you.

Things you should know:
1. The Windows 8 Mail app (ridiculously) does NOT support the POP3 mail protocol (which, despite the rise of IMAP, is probably still the most popular way of transferring email from a provider's server to a user's computer). It can only be used with email services which support IMAP. (Fortunately BT's service does).
2. Outlook.com (confusingly) has absolutely nothing to do with Outlook. Outlook.com is the new name for (the totally dire) Hotmail, which is a web-based email service and nothing to do with any email client on your computer.
3. Outlook Express and Windows Live Mail can't be used with Windows 8 but (if you've got it) Outlook can, as long as it's Outlook 2007 or later.

[237SJ]

Thanks but there is nothing in the left hand column that says 'Mail to'

[Buenchico]

A correction to my earlier post. Windows Live Mail 2012 can be used with Windows 8 and, given that the web has thousands of posts from people saying that Windows 8 Mail is totally useless (especially when trying to send attachments, as you are), it's probably the best way to go.

Download and install Windows Live Essentials (which includes Windows Live Mail 2012) from here:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-live/essentials
Then open Windows Live Mail. It will hopefully ask if you want to use it as your default email program. (Rather obviously), select 'Yes'.
If you don't get offered the option to set Windows Live Mail as your default program, try my original instructions again (because the presence of Windows Live Mail may have made 'MAIL TO' an available option).