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Thread: Re: Windows Live Mail Beta Refresh

Re: Windows Live Mail Beta Refresh
"D. Spencer Hines" <panther[ at ]excelsior.com> 12/27/2008 9:33:07 PM
Nope...

My impression is that it went to the entire newsgroup.

Who is this "Tanja [MSFT]"?...

Is she actually a Microsoft employee?

Did she not intend her message to go to the entire newsgroup?

Someone Here Knows...
-------------------------------------

DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor

"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary[ at ]NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:uKmISlxYJHA.5108[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

[Quoted Text]
> I also received that message from "Tanja [MSFT]" .
> I assumed at the time that it was only addressed to the official
> beta testers (of which I'm one).
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
> "D. Spencer Hines" <panther[ at ]excelsior.com> wrote in message
> news:e7$FqXwYJHA.5828[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> This was the first message in this thread. See _Tanja's_ message
> below.
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> It's good to see the release of this "Beta refresh", build
> 14.0.8050.1202, just before Christmas.
>
> I had been anticipating that -- as have many others, I'm sure.
>
> I'm still having a problem with Contacts...
>
> I import 41 contacts in a *.wab file and they import successfully...
>
> Then I close WLM...
>
> When next I return to WLM and reopen it all contacts have
> disappeared -- none are retained.
>
> Comments and Advice?
> --
> DSH
> Lux et Veritas et Libertas
> Vires et Honor
>
> "Tanja [MSFT]" <test[ at ]microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:%238%23GLtuXJHA.1272[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> Today we announced a Beta refresh of our Windows Live Essentials
> programs, including Windows Live Mail, Messenger, Photo Gallery, Movie
> Maker, Writer, Toolbar, and Family Safety.. You can download the
> latest versions here.
>
> Over the last few months we have been receiving lots of great feedback
> and working hard to get ready to release the final versions. But,
> before we do that, we are refreshing the beta versions once more to
> make sure we've ironed out the final kinks.
>
> Please download and install the latest beta, and let us know if you're
> running into any issues that we need to take care of before we release
> the final versions.
>
> Thanks, and as always.Enjoy!
>
> --Tanja
> --
> DSH
> Lux et Veritas et Libertas
> Vires et Honor
>
> "Bob Lucas" <bob[ at ]nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:u5MSUvoYJHA.2572[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> "D. Spencer Hines" <panther[ at ]excelsior.com> wrote in message
> news:u0DSs1kYJHA.5272[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> It's very curious...
>
> Someone named _Tanja_ from Microsoft, otherwise completely
> unidentified, tells us about a new "Beta Refresh" Release of WLM, in a
> brief email utterly devoid of any technical or scheduling
> information...
>
> She tosses it out to us with a URL...
>
> And then disappears back into the shadows once again.
>
> Is this anyway for Microsoft, indeed for any reputable corporation,
> to do business?
> --
> DSH
> Lux et Veritas et Libertas
> Vires et Honor
>
> How do you know "Tanya" has anything to do with Microsoft? What is
> the URL?
>
> I'm probably teaching my grandmother to suck eggs - but if in doubt,
> NEVER click on a link or visit a suspect site.
>
> Incidentally, the best way to download any update (Beta or otherwise)
> is to type the full address into your browser (having obtained the URL
> from a reliable source). A search on the Microsoft website points to
> http://download.live.com/wlmail. That should be the starting point.
--
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor


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