I am still using XP, and as far as I am concerned, there is no better e-mail
client than outlook express.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Jacobson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: Better Email Program?
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program it has become outdated.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.
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.
