Just went over to windows live from outlook express after installing windows 
7 and it all works fine except that it leaves the email on the server as 
unread.
Previously with outlook express when emails downloaded they were cleared off 
the server at the same time 
Is there something I'm missing here, I'm getting really annoyed at windows 7 
shortcomings and the adjustments you have to make.

Windows 7 and Windows Live Mail are not "joined at the hip" like WinMail & 
Vista and OE and earlier operating systems, so don't confuse your dislike 
of Win7 with your dislike of WLMail.

Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Advanced. If: "Leave a copy...." is 
checked, uncheck it.
-- 
           Bruce Hagen
         MS-MVP [Mail]
      Imperial Beach, CA


"howesy" <howesy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:FEE2DEB4-BD10-44BA-8816-50CA10CC07FD@microsoft.com...
> Just went over to windows live from outlook express after installing 
> windows
> 7 and it all works fine except that it leaves the email on the server as
> unread.
> Previously with outlook express when emails downloaded they were cleared 
> off
> the server at the same time
> Is there something I'm missing here, I'm getting really annoyed at 
> windows 7
> shortcomings and the adjustments you have to make. 

It's not a shortcoming of Windows 7.

Windows Live Mail(WLM) default configuration when setting up a pop3 account is to "Leave messages on the server' thus the user is 
required to manually uncheck that option in the account's properties(right click the account in the left hand pane, select 
properties. The option is on the 'Advanced tab')

-- 
  ...winston
  ms-mvp mail

"howesy" <howesy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FEE2DEB4-BD10-44BA-8816-50CA10CC07FD@microsoft.com...
> Just went over to windows live from outlook express after installing windows
> 7 and it all works fine except that it leaves the email on the server as
> unread.
> Previously with outlook express when emails downloaded they were cleared off
> the server at the same time
> Is there something I'm missing here, I'm getting really annoyed at windows 7
> shortcomings and the adjustments you have to make.