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Outlook Email

I presume this has gone out to everybody........
More hassle coming up I think.

Dear user,
In a few weeks, we will be making some changes to our email services that might impact your @outlook.com, @hotmail, @live or @msn email account.
These changes will prevent your email from being delivered to the Windows Live Mail 2012 application that you use.
In order to continue using Windows Live Mail 2012 to send and receive email for your account, you need to install the latest update published here.
If you use Windows Live Mail 2012 on Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, we recommend that you switch to the built-in Mail app in Windows to stay connected and get the latest feature updates on Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
Windows Live Essentials 2009 and 2011 are not supported any more, and you will need to update to Windows 8/8.1 or Windows 10 and use the Mail app, or use www.outlook.com. To learn more about the Mail app, please click here.
We also recommend all Windows Live Mail users on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 to upgrade to Windows 10 and use the built-in Mail application to stay connected and get the latest feature updates.
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  • grumpycrab
    grumpycrab Posts: 5,006 Forumite
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    edited 12 December 2015 at 9:37AM
    What's it got to do with Outlook? (as per your heading). Just use https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/
    If you put your general location in your Profile, somebody here may be able to come and help you.
  • Fightsback
    Fightsback Posts: 2,504 Forumite
    Alternatively, use Thunderbird.

    edit

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  • Oblivion
    Oblivion Posts: 20,248 Forumite
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    I presume this has gone out to everybody........
    More hassle coming up I think.

    Dear user,
    In a few weeks, we will be making some changes to our email services that might impact your @outlook.com, @hotmail, @live or @msn email account.


    Sorry if I'm being thick but who sent you this email?
    ... Dave
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    I am cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
    Bring me sunshine in your smile
  • firefox1956
    firefox1956 Posts: 1,548 Forumite
    Oblivion wrote: »
    Sorry if I'm being thick but who sent you this email?

    Received it from
    outlook@communication.microsoft.com
  • Oblivion
    Oblivion Posts: 20,248 Forumite
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    Received it from
    [EMAIL="outlook@communication.microsoft.com"]outlook@communication.microsoft.com[/EMAIL]


    Oh ok. I'm using Windows Live Mail with 3 Virgin Media email accounts and 1 Gmail account. I can't really deduce from the email you received whether I will be affected or not. I love Windows Live Mail and wouldn't want to change it. I wonder if the update to WLM 2012 they refer to changes its appearance much.
    ... Dave
    Happily retired and enjoying my 14th year of leisure
    I am cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
    Bring me sunshine in your smile
  • grumpycrab wrote: »
    What's it got to do with Outlook? (as per your heading). Just use https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/

    I would have thought it was perfectly reasonable to use a topic heading of 'Outlook Email' when that was what my post was about.
    Perhaps grumpy by name grumpy by nature........
    Try getting out of bed the other side next time.
    :D
  • Oblivion wrote: »
    Oh ok. I'm using Windows Live Mail with 3 Virgin Media email accounts and 1 Gmail account. I can't really deduce from the email you received whether I will be affected or not. I love Windows Live Mail and wouldn't want to change it. I wonder if the update to WLM 2012 they refer to changes its appearance much.

    I have about 6 email account using Windows Live Mail worked well for me for many years.
    I don't want to start messing with it to be honest.
  • Inner_Zone
    Inner_Zone Posts: 2,853 Forumite
    I would have thought it was perfectly reasonable to use a topic heading of 'Outlook Email' when that was what my post was about.
    Perhaps grumpy by name grumpy by nature........
    Try getting out of bed the other side next time.
    :D

    Outlook is and was the name of a e-mail client and PIM program for many years and is different to Outlook.com, so a more suitable heading would have been:

    Using Outlook.com with Windows Live Mail 2012
  • I've had the same email and was wondering if it was 'real' or a scam - I'm suspicious of any email that invites me to click a link.

    Also I'm using Windows Live Mail 2011 which according to the email is no longer supported and I will have to update to Windows 8/8.1/10 and use the Mail app. Or I could log in via outlook.com.

    I've been avoiding the probably inevitable Windows 10 upgrade and would prefer not to be pushed by this. I currently access 5 email accounts using Live Mail, an arrangement which I'm quite happy with.

    How easy is it to set up thunderbird, with multiple accounts including transferring contacts?
  • RumRat
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    Thunderbird is simple to set up. You can download it and give it a go without getting rid of your current methods. You can run two email clients together without doing any damage.
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