Neowin posted a review on Windows Live Essentials 2011 - Mail
Windows Live Mail (Hotmail) is one of the biggest email providers on the Internet, so being able to access your email anywhere, anytime and anyplace is valuable to consumers, especially with so much competition out there. With Google providing such a massive service free to consumers, it isn't any wonder that Microsoft needed to answer back with a desktop client to view, manage and send emails.Windows Live Essentials 2011 - Mail Review
Windows Live Mail is a great little desktop client, if you don't already have Microsoft Office. All the features you would normally have on Hotmail are all present in Mail, without any limitations. With all the great services Microsoft is providing, using Windows Live Mail is a great desktop client to organize your emails and connect all your services in one.