This section describes developer features that are new with Microsoft Windows Mail (formerly Outlook Express) for Windows Vista.

Disclaimer

New applications should not use this technology. This technology exists for backward compatibility with legacy applications. This technology will be unavailable in the future.

Accounts

Windows Mail for Windows Vista uses a new mechanism for storing account data. For more information, see New Handling for Account Data.

Contacts

The Windows Vista mechanism for storing and retrieving contact information is new. For more information, see Windows Contacts.