I use Becky for certain email accounts in particular situations and I like it. It is very stable and basic but with a good deal of flexibility. The fact that it allows one to read message with its own cursor is still something I like. As hard as AI Squared and everyone works, there just seems to be extra trouble when Browse Mode has to be used to read messages even though it has advantages. Becky seems to handle most HTML pretty well which is sometimes a possible drawback with email programs that give you a read window with a cursor.
If I had to point at something I don't like it would be the method one has to use to move messages to other folders. There might be a way around this, though. To move messages to other folders, one has to copy or cut the line representing that message in the message list, go to the destination folder and then paste the message into that folder. This is all very easy to do, but I have not found a completely reliable way to return to where I left off in the original folder. There are options that help, but nothing I have found that works all the time. This isn't a huge deal, though. Someone else here may have found a better way around that problem. You can download and try becky before buying it. That is probably the best way to know how well it would work for you. Email programs seem to be very dependent upon the individual. Like you, I tried Thunderbird and just didn't warm up to it, and I am not one who likes my email program to be updated all the time. Becky is still being updated, but I have found the updates to generally be subtle and they seem to be careful not to break what was working. You will notice some terminology might be confusing. For example, how the original message is handled in a reply is called citation. This makes sense because you are citing the original message, but I skipped right over it when I was trying to set up reply options. I wish Becky would support the protocol that Outlook and Windows Live Maile use to communicate with the Outlook.COM family of sites, but I gather that the use of that protocol is very tightly controlled by Microsoft. Becky does support IMAP, though, as well as the normal POP3 and SMTP with some variations. I hope this helps. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 07:37:21 -0700, Dave via Talk wrote: >Hello, >Those of you using Becky, do you like it? >I have been using eudora 7.1 for years now, and I keep using it >because it is simple, has a great Spell checker, and works well with >Window eyes. >As I am getting ready to purchase a new system, I figure Eudora is >probably not going to transfer to Win 8.1, and so will need to use >another email program. >I've used Thunderbird, at work, and really don't like it. Don't care >for its Spell Checker, which for me, a guy that can't spell Cat, >needs a good Spell Checker. >So, you Becky users, before I download and purchase Becky, is there >any thing about that program you like, don't like, etc? >Thanks, >At 08:55 AM 4/16/2015, you wrote: >>I understand that someone came up with a version of Outlook Express that >>will work with Win 7. It was discussed at length on the Blindtech list. >> >>Andy >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Talk >>[mailto:talk-bounces+andrew.baracco=va....@lists.window-eyes.com] On >>Behalf Of Mike Rogers via Talk >>Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 6:16 PM >>To: Martha Reaney; Window-Eyes Discussion List >>Cc: via Talk >>Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: email recommendations >> >>I've been using Becky for a couple years, and really like it. I'm >>running Windows 7 and previously use Becky with XP. When you install >>it, there are two items that have to be unchecked, for it to work with >>screenreaders. there's a tutorial for installation. 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