# MSoft Live Mail - Outlook Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 13, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msoft-live-mail-outlook-question/643963 "2012-12-13T21:39:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msoft-live-mail-outlook-question/643963/1 "2012-12-13T21:39:48Z")
Has Live Mail replaced Outlook or is it simply an “Outlook Lite” product? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msoft-live-mail-outlook-question/643963/2 "2012-12-13T21:43:03Z")
> [@SanDiegoTim](#): > > Has Live Mail replaced Outlook or is it simply an “Outlook Lite” product? Live Mail replaced Outlook Express - so yes, it’s Outlook light. I Just use Outlook as I like the features. ETA - both are clients, you need an email provider to use them (your own or an internet one). ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msoft-live-mail-outlook-question/643963/3 "2012-12-13T22:01:45Z")
Microsoft also recently introduced [Outlook.com](http://Outlook.com), a webmail service intended to replace Hotmail. ---
**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msoft-live-mail-outlook-question/643963/4 "2012-12-13T22:23:14Z")
Anyone know if you can print labels directly from the Live Mail Contacts? If not is it possible to export data from Live Mail into Excel? ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msoft-live-mail-outlook-question/643963/5 "2012-12-14T00:42:35Z")
I’ve been wondering this for a while: Why can’t I choose [hotmail.com](http://hotmail.com) as my default e-mail program from MSIE? When I click on an e-mail address link it either opens up outlook (if I have it installed) or tells me that I don’t have an e-mail program. I’ve gotten used to just right-clicking on an e-mail address link and choosing “copy shortcut”. I don’t understand why MS won’t let one of their products work with another one of their products. I love web-based e-mail. I can access it from anywhere, and my e-mail address doesn’t change; not when I change jobs, or when I change ISPs. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Microsoft also recently introduced [Outlook.com](http://Outlook.com), a webmail service intended to replace Hotmail. Why would they replace hotmail? Didn’t they pay $3 mil for it, and haven’t they been modifying it all along? When you go to [hotmail.com](http://hotmail.com) it redirects you to [mail.live.com](http://mail.live.com). So why this move to [outlook.com](http://outlook.com)? Sometimes I don’t understand WTF they are doing. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msoft-live-mail-outlook-question/643963/6 "2012-12-14T01:20:56Z")
Actually, [Microsoft paid $400 million for Hotmail](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmail) and that was in 1997. Why are they replacing Hotmail? I don’t work for them, so I can’t say. But the interface looks a lot like the desktop Outlook client and the Wikipedia article says that it’s integrated with the other Office applications.