16. Windows 10 Internet Communications

Working with Email

The short history of the Mail app is not a particularly happy tale. Beginning with Windows 8, you can safely say that, despite its prominence on the Windows 8 Start screen, Mail might have been the most underwhelming email client ever created. You could literally use the fingers of one hand to count the tasks you could perform with the original version of Mail: send new messages, read incoming messages, reply to a message, forward a message, and move a message to a different folder. Yes, that’s the complete list.

The Windows 8.1 version of Mail was an improvement, to be sure, with new features for easier folder management, designating favorite people, and selecting multiple messages. ...

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