outlook express replacement?

clinehall · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:44 pm

I've asked this before, but lets see what's new. A trusty old computer has died and I need a new email system. What's the best/easiest?

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:59 pm

clinehall wrote:

I've asked this before, but lets see what's new. A trusty old computer has died and I need a new email system. What's the best/easiest?

I've used Outlook since 2000, and I've never had any problems.

Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

What are you trying to do exactly? Who's your email provider? Price range?

Free options are basically Thunderbird and Outlook Express, paid is Outlook. If you are using some sort of web-based email, you can use IMAP to push emails to the desktop client/your phone.

DickRasmussen · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:29 pm

Andrew Jonell wrote:

What are you trying to do exactly? Who's your email provider? Price range?

Free options are basically Thunderbird and Outlook Express, paid is Outlook. If you are using some sort of web-based email, you can use IMAP to push emails to the desktop client/your phone.

Outlook Express went away with Vista I think. Current free Windows replacement is Windows Live Mail which is one of the programs included in the Windows Live Essentials download. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... essentials

With Vista and 7 you can choose which of the included programs you want. I only used Window Live Mail to help my Dad with his Windows Live Mail.

I'm very happy with the recent versions of Thunderbird for just basic email which is all I do. Probably because my first email program was Eudora many years ago and the look and feel format is similar (and I'm a Ford guy :lol:

). T'bird works fine with Mindspring, now Earthlink, (pop) and gmail (IMAP). Both are configured so it is easy to download emails to my primary PC, travel laptop, and android smartphone (set the email clients to "leave on server" when being downloaded but watch out for your message limit if you have one). I only use webmail for access from other computers and for "housekeeping" regarding message limit if big attachments build up before my preset "keep on server" time limit deletes them from the server. I think this issue is just with Mindspring. I rarely use Gmail so I don't know about its limits, if any.

Apologies if this long reply duplicates any posts since I started typing and, of course, for any "stupid" things I may have said in my relative ignorance. :lol:

Dick

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

gmail.com

I bet you still listen to music on 8-track tapes too, right?

Richard Casto · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2013 4:19 pm

I used Thunderbird on my PCs at home. I actually am not crazy about it, but also don't want to pay for Outlook. I tend to like Outlook better. If Mike is going to toss out gmail.com, you could also look at outlook.com (which I think actually is live.com) which is MS answer to gmail.

Richard

DickRasmussen · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:33 pm

MikeWhitney wrote:

gmail.com

I bet you still listen to music on 8-track tapes too, right?

Not me . . . probably never did either. I do still drive solid axle cars called Mustangs though. :lol:

If you need or prefer :lol:

a "desktop" client email program over webmail here is one set of recommendations:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2027870/ ... ience.html

FYI T'bird may not be "actively developed" anymore but they certainly are maintaining it. Lots of updates this year that seem to by tied in with Firefox updates. Both are on version 24 now.

Donnie Barnes · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:37 pm

Buy a Mac.

(Someone had to say it.)

--Donnie

clinehall · **Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2013 10:03 am

Donnie Barnes wrote:

Buy a Mac.

(Someone had to say it.)

--Donnie

Mac's are not supported by insurance company software. My world revolves around insurance!

Donnie Barnes · **Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2013 10:31 am

clinehall wrote:

Donnie Barnes wrote:

Buy a Mac.

(Someone had to say it.)

Mac's are not supported by insurance company software. My world revolves around insurance!

Then your world is a sad, broken place, my friend. Sad indeed.

--Donnie, ducks for cover

MarekRozanski · **Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:29 pm

Unfortunately, innovation in desktop email software ceased about 10 years ago, and web based mail 5 years ago. The action now is on mobile devices. On the desktop you're probably stuck with Thunderbird, Live Mail, or Outlook, as others have mentioned. On the web Gmail is terrible, but the alternatives are even worse, so that stinks.

JamesShort · **Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2013 2:18 pm

Pine /thread

:sing:

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:31 pm

JamesShort wrote:

Pine /thread

:sing:

ncurses? Might as well install X.

Gwen Habenicht · **Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:49 pm

MikeWhitney wrote:

gmail.com

What Mike said...sans the music part.

gmail=quick, easy, free. Don't make it more difficult than it needs to be.

clinehall · **Posted:** Sun Oct 13, 2013 9:03 am

MikeWhitney wrote:

gmail.com

I bet you still listen to music on 8-track tapes too, right?

If they still worked, I sure as hell would.

I went with Thunderbird because it was on one of my other workstations. I am using gmail for my personal, probably will just migrate everything over to that at some point. I just think either Apple or Google (or both) are the AntiChrist and I will soon have to get the mark of the beast to function on them.

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