Windows Live Essentials

[netsavy006]

I'm trying to install windows essentials (specifically windows live mail)

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/wind ... r-programs

It isn't letting me install it on wine, it gives me an error message before the install even has a chance to show up.

Does anybody know how I can get windows essentials (windows live mail in particular) to install and run?

Thanks,
~ Andy

[DanKegel]

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... &iId=10752
says "not likely".

[netsavy006]

I don't know the proper mediums to ask about this, so I'm sorry if I'm doing this in the incorrect way, but is there a way that the wine team could work together to help develop the ability to get this app working?

Thanks,
~ Andy

[DanKegel]

That should probably be in the FAQ, but isn't yet!

Here's how it usually works: some wine developer gets interested in an app, either
because he needs it himself, a lot of users need it, or some company needs it and
is willing to pay to get it working

I kind of doubt that many Wine developers use MS Live mail.
Judging by
http://litmus.com/resources/email-client-stats
not many users care about it, either.
And as far as I know, no company has put up money to get that app working under Wine.

So you're probably out of luck, unless you're a developer yourself and you want to start
hacking on it. Even then, since it's a Microsoft app, chances are it'll be hard to get working.

Why not switch to, say, gmail? Or just use hotmail's web interface?