Microsoft has released the first beta version of Windows Live Mail.It can be freely downloaded and will replace Outlook Express in Windows XP and Windows Mail in Windows Vista.The application is in beta version and has number of bugs and missing features but still it looks very interesting and appealing.

The new program brings in features from both of the previous Windows mail applications. I spent some time today playing with Windows Live Mail and its quit interesting. It has a “feeds” feature as well as an option to add new blog entries into Windows Live Space from the WLM(Windows Live Mail) . Oh!! by the way in order to install WLM you require Windows Installer 3.1 or later version in your system.

Well overall the program looks good and runs well after some initial setup and tweaks, but it is to be expected with a initial beta version of any software and may not enjoy much but then you may want to wait to download Windows Live Mail.