Active Search in Windows Live Mail Desktop

The Discussion

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  Bryan,
      Don't show us Fred Wilsons blog....show us yours! (6:53)
  
  EDIT: Man you guys did a lot of CYA (Cover your Rear) on the privacy stuff....that got me thinking....
  
  "This is not the spyware you are looking for"
  

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  Here is my blog, http://bryanstarbuck.spaces.msn.com and here is the blog for the product http://morethanmail.spaces.msn.com/.
  
  Here is the blog post giving all of the details about the ActiveSearch feature.
  
  Here is the link to the report from Jefferson Wells International.
  
  -Bryan
  
  Bryan Starbuck
  

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  > EDIT: Man you guys did a lot of CYA (Cover your Rear) on the privacy stuff....that got me thinking....
  
  
  Privacy is very important to people.  Our goal is to:
  a) Get the design right because respecting people's privacy is big priority at Microsoft.
  
  b) Be transparent about the details.  The privacy advocates are wonderful.  They provide a service by verifying claims in order for the community to be able to have trust in the product.

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  Bryan;
  Will users with email addresses on domains registered through Windows Live Custom Domains be able to use the software?  I've submitted my address for the beta but I presume it's being ignored because it's not a @hotmail.com or @msn.com address - but I am currently using my WLCD registered email address with Windows Live Mail Beta.
  

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  Guys,
  
  I need the ability to right-click --> add domain to junk email and put in junk-email folder

  It will take me ages to click the top menu every time I want to get rid of junk email.

  Also a question: when i move email to the junk email folder, is it considered junk email or am i just moving a message to a folder?
  
  Cheers
  
  Edit: Also i need the ability to right-click on a IMAP folder and click Mark All as Read

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  So how do we hide that pane altogether?  It takes up way too much valuable horizontal screen real estate when running at 1024x768.

  And BTW ActiveSearch is a terrible feature.  If I want to search for something, I'll just go search for it.  Why in god's name do I want this thing constantly eating up my CPU cycles doing something I didn't ask it to do, and I could do better utilizing my own brain?  I can't believe MS actually wastes time and money on such a non-sensical 'feature.'