Microsoft details updated Mail app for Windows 8.1

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/10/outlook-windows-mail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/03/microsoft-details-updated-mail-app-for-windows-8-1/)Microsoft has been making a big push with its Outlook.com (http://www.engadget.com/tag/outlook/) email service sincemigrating (http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/19/outlook-dot-com-out-of-preview-60-million-active-users/) all of its Hotmail users there, and it's now also set to more deeply integrate the service into Windows 8.1. The company has detailed a number of updates to the operating system's Mail app in a blog post today -- something first promised at its BUILD conference this summer -- which will see the app brought in line with a number of features that have so far remained exclusive to the web-based offering. That includes automatic sorting of newsletters and social updates, Outlook's so-called Sweep feature for organizing email, as well as automatic syncing across devices with Exchange ActiveSync. Outside of those Outlook-related features, the app will now also let you finally drag-and-drop messages into folders, and Microsoft says that the entire app has been optimized for use on a tablet. You can find a full rundown of all the new features on Microsoft's Windows Experience Blog (http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2013/10/03/right-from-the-start-delivering-the-best-email-experience-on-any-tablet-with-windows-8-1.aspx).

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