NO BUILT IN EMAIL CLIENT?? HELP!!

[mpcom]

Hello,
A BILLIONS OF DOLLARS COMPANY. (MS) PUTS OUT AN OS (W-7 64 BIT) WITH NO BUILTIN MAIL CLIENT. WHATS WITH THAT? I PURCHASED A NEW PC (HP) WITH HOME 7. DOES ANY BODY KNOW THE FIX ON THIS? I KNOW MS PROBABLY DOESINT. THERE HAS TO BE MONATARY PROFIT IN THIS FOR MS. AND MISERY FOR IT CLIENTS.

 

[geofelt]

MS offers you a free e-mail app for windows 7 via download . It is called Windows live mail.
It is excellent.
They also offer microsoft security essentials which is an effective low resource and free anti virus.

 

[danny2000]

Relax. It should show up in Windows Update as "Windows Live Essentials."
I believe that it was part of the agreement with the Justice Dept. to help competition by not having Microsoft include the email client, Photo Gallery, and one or two other things.

 

[Open511]

There are tons of free email clients for Windows like Windows Live Mail and, my personal favorite - TrulyMail. Microsoft is just tired of being taken to court for cramming software down users' throats (they got into a lot of problems bundling IE with Windows). Just download a free client and you're good to go.

 

[RetiredChief]

Blame The EU, not Microscoft for this one.

 

[runswindows95]

As the others said, just download a free one. I personally prefer Thunderbird:

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Plus 1 for Thunderbird ^

 

[mpcom]

Hello,
A BILLIONS OF DOLLARS COMPANY. (MS) PUTS OUT AN OS (W-7 64 BIT) WITH NO BUILTIN MAIL CLIENT. WHATS WITH THAT? I PURCHASED A NEW PC (HP) WITH HOME 7. DOES ANY BODY KNOW THE FIX ON THIS? I KNOW MS PROBABLY DOESINT. THERE HAS TO BE MONATARY PROFIT IN THIS FOR MS. AND MISERY FOR IT CLIENTS.

THANKS EVERYONE. GREAT INFO. WORKED OUT WELL.