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Ben thinks Vista Mail Sucks. While i understad his point, it does seriously rock on some other points.

• Mail messages are now stored in individual files instead of in a single database file. A transactional index database enables real-time searching and improves the stability and the reliability of the stored data.
• Account setup information is no longer stored in the registry. It is instead stored alongside the mail itself.
• A Bayesian junk-mail filter.
• Contacts are stored as VCards instead of in a single database file.

A really cool thing it does (well i like it) Vista Mail downloads ALL your mail (from IMAP) and caches it localy, i know this sounds silly, but if your like me and using a laptop with a slow network connection, (or on a train) its usefull.
Now if only Outlook would start using this methord of sensable structuring, and something that would make it much cooler…. The ability to Tell Mail where to store its files

• z:\skippy\emails\termisoc
• z:\skippy\emails\university
• z:\skippy\documents\contacts\

then life would be so much easer, and make sense for me.