If you want a mail program with stationary, backgrounds, and emoticons try Windows Live Mail that comes bundled with Windows Essentials from Microsoft.
To add a background (stationary) to your email first make sure that sending as HTML is enabled by checking your options:
Then start start a new photo email and see the stationary menu for more options:
Depending on your version of WLM you may need to click the menu button for Plain Text vs Rich Text:
There are also a variety of emoticons available:
Unfortunately the stationary feature exists in older versions of Windows Live Mail on Windows XP but appears to have been discontinued in the latest versions of WLM available on Windows 7 and Windows 8.
To add a background (stationary) to your email first make sure that sending as HTML is enabled by checking your options:
Then start start a new photo email and see the stationary menu for more options:
Depending on your version of WLM you may need to click the menu button for Plain Text vs Rich Text:
There are also a variety of emoticons available:
Unfortunately the stationary feature exists in older versions of Windows Live Mail on Windows XP but appears to have been discontinued in the latest versions of WLM available on Windows 7 and Windows 8.