Sending an E-Mail from Windows Messenger

While you are communicating in Windows Messenger, you can click a link to view your Inbox or send an e-mail message to a Windows Messenger contact using Outlook. Outlook needs to be your default e-mail program, and your e-mail address cannot be from MSN or Hotmail, which opens Web mail in your browser. When you choose the Send E-Mail command in Windows Messenger, Outlook opens with a new message window addressed to your contact. All you need to do is complete the message and send it.

Send an E-Mail from Windows Messenger

In Windows Messenger, right-click the contact to whom you want to send an e-mail message.

Click Send E-Mail.

Type your message, and then click Send.

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You can quickly switch back to Outlook . In Windows Messenger, click the Go To My Inbox link. Outlook needs to be your default e-mail program, and your e-mail address cannot be from MSN or Hotmail, which opens your browser.