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Have you heard any rumors of a different email client (or a second one in addition to the current one) for next windows version?

I keep hoping that MS will finally listen to the howls of power email and business email users and give us a new Windows Mail/Outlook Express for the next Windows (or even for the current one).

Has anyone heard any rumors about giving US what we need?

Thank you.

In Windows 8 developer Preview there is a Windows Mail folder in both program files (x86) and program files. This may mean nothing at all – since those folders were included in Windows 7. It doesn’t make any sense that they’d put that folders in Windows 8 — unless they are just leftovers from Windows 7. Developer Preview is very sparse – so perhaps we’ll all know more when Windows 8 Consumer Preview debuts on 2/29/2012. Microsoft would be doing every Windows laptop and desktop user a favor by including a good, free email client. Sure, you can download Windows Live Mail –and it’s free. But it’s not good. It’s one of the worst. But I don’t hold out much hope for Windows Mail. Microsoft wants you to use “Live Essentials”. If you need an email client that isn’t quirky, doesn’t crash, and doesn’t consume inordinate amounts of RAM — you’ll have to use something besides Windows Live Mail — Microsoft hopes yyyou’ll go buy MS Office and hence, Outlook.