Be still, my beating heart!!! Beth Benoit New Hampshire On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > One of my sons is a computer guru. He was the one who suggested I use > Outlook, but he said that Outlook is not Outlook Express and that I wouldn't > have your problem in Outlook. Anyone have any info about this? > > Riki > > In a message dated 5/12/2009 8:42:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Think twice about using Outlook Express. > > A couple of months ago, I reached my limit in size with Outlook. Couldn't > even open it. My computer guru told me that Outlook has a limit and once > you reach it, you may be able to open it again with a special program that > allows you to pare down your total inbox so you can at least open the > program. But it didn't work for me. He said that's the dirty little secret > of Outlook Express. I'm now a True Believer in Gmail. You can import your > emails into Gmail (though I don't know about folders). And when you reach > its free limit (I haven't yet, and I save everything) you can buy more > memory. And you can access all of your emails from any computer, unlike > Outlook Express. I'd say, "Run from Outlook Express." I was depressed for > days to have lost - who knows? - thousands of emails. (Thank goodness at > least TIPS has an archive. Thanks, Bill!) > That said, there are amazingly efficient supports and help groups for > gmail, so I'm betting if you ask, you shall receive. Try this: (tells > how gmail uses labels instead of folders): > http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=10708 > Or here's the basic Help. http://mail.google.com/support/?hl=en > > Beth Benoit > > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:22 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I have been using AOL for my email for many years and have saved thousands >> of letters in folders by topic. I am considering changing to gmail. Does >> anyone know an easy way to transfer the contents of all the folders >> to Outlook without copying each email one by one? >> >> Riki Koenigsberg >> [email protected] >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the >> U.S.<http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002> >> >> --- >> To make changes to your subscription contact: >> >> Bill Southerly ([email protected]) >> >> > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > > ------------------------------ > Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the > U.S.<http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002> > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
