Thanks to everyone who responded.

I tried Newsleecher. However, after fiddling with it for a while I found it
to be too clunky. Doubtless if I had been willing to spend more time on it I
would have become used to it, but patience is not one of my virtues.

In the end I found out how to revert to the 2009 version of Windows live
Mail, and everything now works the way that I like.

Cheers,

Indrek Aavisto

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Criticism is easy; achievement is difficult W.S. Churchill