hi i have downloaded the windows messenger beta which is great apart from when i click on my emails it wont open it at all. also when i type a message my custom emotions dont show at my end but do at the recipetants is this normal?

Your emails open in the default browser, or email handler, so make sure your default email handler is set up, or if you do not have a desktop email program, that you have Internet Explorer set as your default browser, because Firefox does not seem to work when loading E-Mails from the new beta, it just redirects to msn.com. About your custom emoticons, this is a new and known bug with the beta and nothing to worry about, you may not see them but your friends will see them, it will be fixed in the next release of Windows Live Messenger.