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Microsoft: Ads in Mail client were experimental only
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Quote:Advertisement in email clients has always been a controversial topic. Microsoft pushed an update to the default Mail application on Windows 10 for Insiders recently that brought ads to the client; a feature that the company claimed later was never "intended to be tested broadly".

The Mail application of Windows 10, and Windows 8 as well, is a basic program to manage email accounts on the desktop.

It is not really suitable for users who use email a lot, but works fine if mail is used occasionally only. Other email clients for the desktop, be it the open source program Thunderbird or Microsoft's own Outlook application, provide far better functionality.

Twitter user mehedi noticed yesterday that Microsoft started to display advertisement in the default Mail client for Windows 10.
Full reading: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/11/17/micros...ntal-only/
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