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  • #1

    EMail Clients

    I'm bored to death with Outlook Express.
    It's ridiculous that it no longer processes Hotmail etc, and as I have 6 different domain accounts plus several different Hotmail / Live /Google accounts for different purposes it's doing my head in trying to keep up with them all in different places.

    I'm looking for a good alternative that will handle everything, modern, fast and skinable.

    Suggestions anyone?

    Anyone use Thunderbird? Incredimail?

    Both look quite good. Don't mind a paid for one, within reason...

    Shep x
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  • #2
    Re: EMail Clients

    I use Thunderbird.

    Has the advantage for me that it's commonly used and available for any system I might use. Windows, Linux etc. Means that if I need to switch to a new compute I can install Thunderbird, copy over my profile folder and I'm up and running.

    Plus lots of extensions available.
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    • #3
      Re: EMail Clients

      I have managed to force Outlook (not express) to accept my live email.

      Only other client I have used is Pegasus (dont even know it thats still going)
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      • #4
        Re: EMail Clients

        I found incredimail a PITA and VERY difficult to get rid of should you want to change your mind! (wraps itself around damaged registry etc)

        Happy for a fair while now with Thunderbird

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        • #5
          Re: EMail Clients

          Thunderbird it is then!

          Is the live email capability built in or is it a plug in?

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          • #6
            Re: EMail Clients

            Also I have zillions of stored emails in Outlook that I don't want to copy across. I'll just disable each account from being checked and use it offline as an archive.

            I will need the account settings importing though, so hopefully will be able to do this but choose not to pull in the old emails?

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            • #7
              Re: EMail Clients

              For most providers it has auto-setup for accounts.

              e.g. you put in your email address, etc and then TB goes off to a database on a Mozilla server or similar to find the email server, port numbers etc it needs to set up. No plug-in required.

              I have a hotmail account somewhere. Can try adding it to TB as a test if Phil etc can't tell you for definite.
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              • #8
                Re: EMail Clients

                Just downloading it....

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                • #9
                  Re: EMail Clients

                  Originally posted by Shepherdess View Post
                  I will need the account settings importing though, so hopefully will be able to do this but choose not to pull in the old emails?
                  If the old email program has left copies on the server, then it may download the lot first time it checks. Not sure if there is a way to stop that?
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                  • #10
                    Re: EMail Clients

                    That's OK..I have 'em set to delete after 5 days ...

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                    • #11
                      Re: EMail Clients

                      Back when I used to use windows my favourite client was pocomail.

                      PocoMail by Poco Systems Inc

                      Worth having a look at!

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                      • #12
                        Re: EMail Clients

                        Originally posted by rizzle View Post
                        For most providers it has auto-setup for accounts.

                        e.g. you put in your email address, etc and then TB goes off to a database on a Mozilla server or similar to find the email server, port numbers etc it needs to set up. No plug-in required.

                        I have a hotmail account somewhere. Can try adding it to TB as a test if Phil etc can't tell you for definite.
                        Well, my old hotmail account no longer seems to exist.

                        MS must have zapped it due to lack of use.

                        I just created a new one however, and Thunderbird fetched the server details and downloaded the "welcome message" from MS just fine.
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                        • #13
                          Re: EMail Clients

                          Yep, no problems here either
                          All installed, with a rather nice "Vista" theme and all my live mail accounts up and running.

                          What has struck me though is that I don't particularly want my OH rummaging through EVERY account!

                          Nothing sinister, just that I use one for buying online..including Christmas/birthday prezzies and ....CLOTHES. (The girls will understand this, LOL)

                          So when you get the question "Is that new", stock answer of "No I've had it ages" wouldn't work.....

                          So I'm going to keep this seperate for my stuff, and let OH keep using good ol' Outlook.
                          Being a technophobe I don't think he'd manage TBird very well anyway.
                          He recently managed to lose a complete folder in OE...deleted it then deleted the deleted items contents.

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                          • #14
                            Re: EMail Clients

                            Poor BBoo's been running around like a blue arsed fly in pure ignorance of any of this stuff being available.

                            I think you've just freed up about 2 hours a day!

                            Thanks folks!

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                            • #15
                              Re: EMail Clients

                              Tell me about it! Signing in and out of different live accounts was a right pain in the..
                              a$$!!

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