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From: POKO on 18 Dec 2009 17:48 In article <7p25n8FjhgU1(a)mid.individual.net>, me(a)privacy.net says... > > > "POKO" <pokokat(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.259592c9a7cd4aa99896d2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > In article <7p1v20Fe0aU1(a)mid.individual.net>, me(a)privacy.net says... > >> > >> > >> "POKO" <pokokat(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > >> news:MPG.25958676993637c59896d1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >> > Santa is putting a Dell Windows7 desktop under my semi-literate > >> > computer > >> > user brother's christmas tree. He uses Outlook on his XP box and loves > >> > it as he posts a lot of mail (newslettters, etc). Any recommendations > >> > on > >> > a good client? Sorry..saw something here a while ago but didn't clue > >> > in, > >> > -- > >> > Best - POKO > >> > Manitoulin Island, Canada > >> > >> I think the easiest switch under the circumstances would be Windows Live > >> Mail. It replaced OE and can import all his settings. > >> > >> > > Not having vista or win7 can you tell me if Windows Mail is as good as > > Outlook? He puts out a lot of newsletters and appreciates Outlook's ease > > of use. He looked at Thunderbird which I recommended but didn't like its > > gui, > > -- > > Best - POKO > > Manitoulin Island, Canada > > I'm still using XP, POKO. When MS did away with Outlook Express I switched > over to Live due to my Hotmail account (among other reasons). I can't tell > you if it's "as good as Outlook" (or Outlook Express) because that's > relative, but I think he'll find it to be an easier transition. It moved > all my settings (including 3 e-mail accounts) with no fuss or muss, and once > I spent a little time poking around the settings to get used to it, has been > plenty easy to use. > > Yup, XP here as well on my work machine. Now for those 20 odd boxes sitting in the corner (http://www.manitoulinchamber.com/) -- Best - POKO Manitoulin Island, Canada
From: Caesar Romano on 18 Dec 2009 18:19 What's the word? Thunderbird What's the price? Free -- Work is the curse of the drinking class.
From: POKO on 19 Dec 2009 07:14 In article <qd3oi5dkd4u3mhrie50o1lpndrlsq15pdv(a)4ax.com>, Spam(a)uce.gov says... > What's the word? Thunderbird > > What's the price? Free > I agree. But you know older brothers, -- Best - POKO Manitoulin Island, Canada
From: Mike Easter on 19 Dec 2009 07:58 POKO wrote: > Mike Easter >> I am talking about OE Outlook Express but you are saying Outlook -- >> which discrepancy you are ignoring. > Sorry I wasn't clearer - Outlook, as I know it here in the north country > is Outlook and not Outlook Express. Since he is using OL and likes OL there is no reason to substitute something else for OL. Win7 can run Office XP, Office 2003, Office 2007, and Office 2010, all of which have an OL. -- Mike Easter
From: Bob Villa on 19 Dec 2009 08:34
On Dec 18, 11:47 am, Mike Easter <Mi...(a)ster.invalid> wrote: > POKO wrote: > > Santa is putting a Dell Windows7 desktop under my semi-literate computer > > user brother's christmas tree. He uses Outlook on his XP box and loves > > it as he posts a lot of mail (newslettters, etc). Any recommendations on > > a good client? Sorry..saw something here a while ago but didn't clue in, > > Some people misspeak when they say Outlook. > > Outlook OL is a mapi messaging client for MS Office suite. OL is not > Outlook Express OE which is not a mapi client and does both mail and > news. Most people who use 'some kind of' Outlook are using OE not OL. > They are very different; and one would 'replace' OL differently than > one would replace OE. > > That being said... > > Unlike previous versions of Windows which came with a mailclient, Win7 > does not. XP came with OE. Vista came with WinMail, similar to OE. > > Since Win7 doesn't come with an agent, he is 'free to' install whatever > kind of mailagent he likes, perhaps something like OE or perhaps > something like OL. OL is more than a mail agent, as it is a PIM > personal information manager with a calendar, task manager, contact > manager, journal - an more importantly, migrates differently than OE. > > I would think he might care about how he migrates his either OL or his > OE stuff over to whatever agent he chooses. > > You should get straight on OL vs OE before you go further in your research. > > -- > Mike Easter Mike, instead of being anal...when someone says Outlook maybe they actually mean "Outlook"! bob_v |