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Figure 5-2: Import your Facebook friends into your People app.
Understanding the Mail App
Windows 8 comes with a built-in app for sending
and receiving your e-mail. Not only is the Mail
app free, but it also comes with a spell checker.
Like many free things, the Mail app carries a cost in
convenience, as described by these limitations:
✓ You need a Microsoft account to use the Mail
app, as well as to use the bundled People,
Calendar, and Messaging apps. I describe how to
sign up for a free Microsoft account in Chapter 1.
✓ The Mail app works only with Hotmail accounts,
Windows Live accounts (including Outlook),
and Google’s Gmail accounts. (It also works with
Exchange accounts, but those require special
equipment usually found in larger businesses,
not homes.)
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