Will there be a way to continue using Windows mail instead of the new Outlook?

Wino does not support POP3 server (client), only IMAP server.

Hi Darko I have read that IMAP is better than POP3, I did read below about the various protocols, however every user has their preference, personally anything is better than outlook, and Wino just feels so Windows mail, so far seems to work well, and does seem quicker than the pile of **** outlook when expecting to receive an email.

SMTP is used to actually pass on emails from a mail client to a mail server, or between different mail servers. It's basically the postal service for email.

POP3 is a basic protocol to download emails from your mailbox. It is rather limited, in the sense that it can only be used to download mails (and delete them from the inbox once downloaded - this is optional).

A major disadvantage of this limitation is that your mail client cannot inform the mailbox if you have read an email, or marked it back as unread, or flagged it, etc. These things are purely maintained client-side. This is not ideal if you share a single mailbox with multiple users and you want your changes and mail status to be reflected to all users.

POP3 can be seen as the PO Box for email.

IMAP is more powerful, in the sense that is does not have the limitations outlined above. The status of emails is kept server-side (read/unread, flags, priority, etc.) and even moving email to another folder (or even to another mailbox on another server) will be reflected server-side. These changes are thus visible to all users that connect to that mailbox.

Generally speaking, a principle of IMAP is that emails always remain on the server (until archived explicitly), while with POP3 emails are deleted from the server once downloaded (unless the mail client is explicitly instructed not to delete them).

For end users, IMAP is usually the best way to interact with your mailbox.

For computers systems that want to exchange data/messages with each other, POP3 is still sometimes used (though it would be considered a legacy protocol for this purpose).

Microsoft started blocking the Windows mail app completely this morning (at least for me). It used to be I could go in every day, change Outlook to use the classic version, then Windows Mail could launch. They started switching it automatically on every start and would have to go through the dance to get Mail back, but now even if you manage to get to it, they block it.

Now I have three email accounts (out of six) that are stranded because the new Outlook can't seem to connect to them or authenticate (correct password, correct authentication, but then an error it couldn't connect).

This is a garbage app for consumer mail. I am so pissed about this, am shut out of multiple accounts with no way back in.

Yea, until this morning, I've been able to keep using Mail, by uninstalling Outlook, then opening Mail from the start menu. Now, Mail is still there, but I can't get rid of that popup so I can't interact with it at all.

Does anyone know of a way to get rid of the popup so I can keep using Mail? I've no interest in the piece of **** they're forcibly installing on my computer every day.

Well, turns out that is a lie because they indeed did make it so the app would no longer work.