In my preview of MSN Mail Beta, I examine the current state of MSN's Hotmail successor, codenamed Kahuna, which will include an incredible Web mail experience, calendaring, tasks, contacts, and more! The instantly recognizable Kahuna Inbox appears when you click the Mail tab. There are three vertical panes, as in Outlook 2003, for mailboxes, current mailbox view, and the reading pane. That latter bit is handy: While it's technically designed to provide a preview of the currently-selected email, you can often read an entire email there thanks to its vertical orientation. Nice.

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