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From: Caesar Romano on 19 Dec 2009 17:35 On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:08:47 -0600, blacky <blacky(a)blacky.void> wrote Re Re: Outlook substitute: >"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in >news:hgj0j202o5p(a)news3.newsguy.com: > >> From: "Yrrah" <Yrrah-acf(a)acf.invalid> >> >>| "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net>: >> >>>> | Santa is putting a Dell Windows7 desktop under my >>>> | semi-literate computer >> >>>> Pegasus Mail. >> >>| That would be my recommendation too, but I'm not sure if it's >>| suitable for a "semi-literate computer user". >> >>| Yrrah >> >> My octogenarian mother uses P-Mail and she doesn't even come to >> being a semi-"semi-literate computer user". >> >How about a clarification? Do you and everyone else in this thread >mean "semi-literate computer user" or "semi-computer-literate user?" >There is a quantifiable difference. There is certainly a difference, but how would you "quantify" it? -- Work is the curse of the drinking class.
From: blacky on 19 Dec 2009 17:47 "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in news:hgjfen01ul(a)news3.newsguy.com: > From: "blacky" <blacky(a)blacky.void> > >| "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in >| news:hgj0j202o5p(a)news3.newsguy.com: > >>> From: "Yrrah" <Yrrah-acf(a)acf.invalid> > >>>| "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net>: > >>>>> | Santa is putting a Dell Windows7 desktop under my >>>>> | semi-literate computer > >>>>> Pegasus Mail. > >>>| That would be my recommendation too, but I'm not sure if it's >>>| suitable for a "semi-literate computer user". > >>>| Yrrah > >>> My octogenarian mother uses P-Mail and she doesn't even come to >>> being a semi-"semi-literate computer user". > >| How about a clarification? Do you and everyone else in this >| thread mean "semi-literate computer user" or >| "semi-computer-literate user?" There is a quantifiable >| difference. > > Yes but... > > Who cares ? > <shrug> I would think anyone attempting to help the OP.
From: PeeCee on 19 Dec 2009 19:34 "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 POKO I am amazed that none of the 'experts' in this group has mentioned 'Evolution' To quote from the Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_(software) "Its user interface and functionality are similar to Microsoft Outlook." Go to the Wikipedia and have a read. A "Windows" version is downloadable from here: http://www.dipconsultants.com/evolution/ For my own interest I've just installed it on my Vista 32bit machine and it seems to run fine, don't see why it won't run on a Windows 7 (32bit) machine. To make it look like Outlook's default layout go to the View Menu, Layout and tick all three options (menu, sidebar & statusbar) Did a test send / receive and it worked fine. If you are looking for other alternative mail clients, then this Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-mail_clients should give you enough links to keep you busy for while. Best Paul.
From: Craig on 19 Dec 2009 21:07 On 12/19/2009 04:34 PM, PeeCee wrote: > For my own interest I've just installed it on my Vista 32bit machine and > it seems to run fine, don't see why it won't run on a Windows 7 (32bit) > machine. > To make it look like Outlook's default layout go to the View Menu, > Layout and tick all three options (menu, sidebar & statusbar) > Did a test send / receive and it worked fine. <http://www.dipconsultants.com/evolution/> For what it's worth, I tried winEvo on xp & win2k... last version was 2.24 just over a year ago. It crashed on both platforms. That was with multiple IMAP accounts. Maybe IMAP support's improved or your brother wouldn't need that. Apart from that though, keep in mind that the windows version is compiled by DIP Consutants. That is, it's not a part of the Evolution project itself. (Novell had been financing it but dropped it right around the time they signed an "understanding" w/MS regarding Mono & patent infringement.) Back to the point... If you think your brother is going to need after-install support, you might want to double-check what's out there for him first. hth, -- -Craig
From: POKO on 19 Dec 2009 22:49
In article <hgjrh7$2e1$1(a)news.albasani.net>, abuse(a)local.host 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 > > > > > POKO > > I am amazed that none of the 'experts' in this group has mentioned > 'Evolution' > > To quote from the Wikipedia > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_(software) > "Its user interface and functionality are similar to Microsoft Outlook." > Go to the Wikipedia and have a read. > > A "Windows" version is downloadable from here: > http://www.dipconsultants.com/evolution/ > > For my own interest I've just installed it on my Vista 32bit machine and it > seems to run fine, don't see why it won't run on a Windows 7 (32bit) > machine. > To make it look like Outlook's default layout go to the View Menu, Layout > and tick all three options (menu, sidebar & statusbar) > Did a test send / receive and it worked fine. > > If you are looking for other alternative mail clients, then this Wikipedia > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-mail_clients should give you > enough links to keep you busy for while. > > Best > Paul. > > Yup I gave him that wiki link earlier today and told him to try them out until he found one he liked as well as telling him that Outlook may indeed work in Win7 as posted by Mike Easter here. Thanks Paul and everyone who jumped in, -- Best - POKO Manitoulin Island, Canada |