Attachment preview allows users to view Office e-mail attachments in the reading pane rather than having to open another program.

As a result of user feedback, Hotmail was updated so that scrolling works for users who have the reading pane turned off.

Users can select whether to display Classic Menus, a Search Pane, a Preview Pane, a Reading Pane, and/or the Navigation Pane.

Although the Windows Mail interface has only minor differences from Outlook Express, such as the toolbar icons being replaced to reflect the interface in Windows Vista and some interface features incorporated from Outlook 2003 including the right-hand "reading pane", larger changes have been made hidden from the user.