Max, After learning about a few options to set, I have been very happy with Becky. One of the selling points to me is the fact that you can read a message with the cursor provided by the client itself. I know we are very lucky that virtualization and browse mode exist, but where I have had to use either, it just seems to introduce other issues from time to time. I also find myself uneasy with the constant changing of Thunderbird. In case someone looks at message headers, I must admit that I still use PMMail for some things due to network restrictions, but as much as I like that program it has become outdated. There is no SSL, for example. I have used Windows Live Mail in some instances, too, and it works pretty well. One does use Browse Mode when reading messages, but it seems to be pretty trouble-free there. You might want to try that out. If you are going to change email addresses and you are considering the OUTLOOK.COM or LIVE.COM services, Windows Live Mail supports the protocol that allows one to more or less interface with the web from a client to deal with mail. The advantage is that some locations such as my employer will allow that kind of a connection but non POP, IMAP, or SMTP. Outlook supports this as well through the Outlook Connector, but Windows Live Mail has it built in. You will probably find that there are as many opinions as people on the list when it comes to email, though. Good Luck.
Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 09:57:31 -0500, Max G. Swanson wrote: >I have the goal of ditching my wonderful Squirrelmail Web interface just >to save some money, as it's a service of my secondeary ISP. I'm fairly >bummed with Outlook 2010; why virtualize a message just to read it? >So as a W.E> user, would you choose Thunderbird or Becky? Is there a >third choice as well? (Forget about the $40 for Becky; she's a cheap >date!) >Fairly simple needs at this end: Easy read/write, going to links, playing >and/or downloading the occasional audio attachment, IMOP or POP is up in >the air. WE 8.X on a Win7-64 machine. >Thanks for all comments on or off-list. >-- >"Americans must know the basic architecture of programs designed to >protect them."(Senator Franken.) Regards, Max. >If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. >If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage >your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
