Windows Live Mail

Send emails, read news feeds, and stay connected to the web, this are the main advantages of the Windows Live Mail 2011 client from Microsoft.
Those of you that use a dedicated mail client, know that Windows Live Mail, tries to offer a complete e-mail solution to the regular user.
Nowadays, mail clients are built to offer more that the standard e-mail function. For example, Windows Live Mail 2011, also features a calendar, that lets you synchronize your events with your Windows Live account, a detailed contact list, and a news feed reader, that lets you stay informed with what happens in the world.
The program is very easy to install, although, it does take a couple of minutes for the operation to complete. Fortunately setting up the e-mail client can be done in just a couple of seconds, after you've entered your e-mail credentials, you're basically done.
A certain plus is given by the fact that you can setup up the client to receive emails from multiple accounts, such as Gmail, Yahoo!, and of course Hotmail. More than that, you will be able to explore all your e-mails or calendar events even in offline mode.
Windows Live Mail 2011 also lets the user customize the way it displays your information. You can activate the different available panes, change your account colors, modify the sort order, activate the conversation mode or filter your messages. The filter option can be quite useful if you want to keep receive only certain e-mails, or only messages from certain users.
Other than that, Microsoft manages to offer you a tool that can easily send e-mails, keep track of all your events via the calendar, and stay updated with the latest news with the help of the feed reader.