[Ham-Computers] Looking for a good email client

[Jim Hill]

Hi Kurt:
thanks to you (and the others for tips and why they are good 
choices).  However, I have heard Microsoft no longer offers Outlook 
Express, but obviously it still works.  I'm guessing they don't 
support win10, and possibly win7.

I'm running win XP, 7, and 10 on various computers, but XP is only on 
those computers that are not suitable for upgrades, and also for 
older hardware and software.  I suggest you have Malwarebytes 
installed on your computer (there's a good free version), and also 
make an image file so you can recover in case you are unlucky.  I use 
Terabyte International Image for Linux (works fine on win setups), 
but it is a little "techie".  I have heard that Macrum is good, but 
have not tried it.  If you are "dragged" again, win7 is very much 
like XP, and win10 is somewhat different - some things are better and 
some worse, but the plusses exceed the minuses in my opinion.  I 
still have a hard drive with win7 installed, which I can use in place 
of my win10 drive by moving cables.  It was handy when coming "up to 
speed".  I could use win 7 and tinker with win10, but now I use win10 
and start up 7 primarily to get Microsoft updates.
Jim

At 07:46 PM 12/8/2016, you wrote:
>I've used Outlook Express for about twenty years, still do, does all you
>mention, fast, efficient, using version 6 right now.  Tried Thunderbird,
>looked/worked like a Chinese/East Indian copy of a ripped off version of
>Outlook Express, clunky, not nearly as easy or efficient, everything about
>it quite odd.  I get up to 800-900 e-mail a day, filter them into several
>dozen folders, click the folder, speed read the subject line at about six a
>second, delete them as fast, over-all a few minutes, then spend just a
>little time reading/responding to what I kept/care about.  I've also tried
>various versions of Outlook as well.  A lot of bells and whistles not needed
>for basic e-mail, so I dumped it.
>
>As for "support", if it worked to begin with, it'll work forever.  I only
>upgraded to 6 because I got drug into Windows XP and 4 wouldn't play nice
>with it or I'd still be using that.  So long as it works with your OS, you
>don't need "support", just something functional from day one.
>
>Now if you've upgraded to something like windows 10, which in a year and a
>half I have yet to see play nice with anything, including itself, find
>something simple that works and if so, great, but can't help you with
>specifics on that OS yet.
>
>Kurt
>
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