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| Thread ID: 37106 | 2003-08-28 20:59:00 | Whats the BEST e-mail program out | teddybear (2443) | Press F1 |
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| 171270 | 2003-08-29 00:16:00 | Its a very subjective thing. I also use Eudora, for the simplicity and functionality. I have used it for years, and think enough of it to pay for a full version. If you dont mind a small inoffensive advert on the screen, its free. Even in the free "lite" mode without the ad its quite useable, but I clear several e-mail accounts with it, so need the full functionality. Also high on my list of reasons is that Eudora is seldom targetted by Viruses, as its not a Microsoft product. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 171271 | 2003-08-29 00:25:00 | > Also high on my list of reasons is that Eudora is > seldom targetted by Viruses, as its not a Microsoft > product. That's a very good reason to use anything but OE. I've heard many great things about Pegasus, and Eudora is great although I don't like it's interface. I use Netscape Messenger which is fantastic, but if you're sticking with Internet Explorer as your browser then it's probably a bit bulky, as it incorporates Netscape Navigator |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 171272 | 2003-08-29 08:39:00 | > Another (free) one that you might be interested in is > Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/) which > I would be using if it were not for a couple of > features that I need and it does not have. Another vote for Thunderbird - its great! It has some great spam filtering options built into it too. |
segfault (655) | ||
| 171273 | 2003-08-29 08:55:00 | Don't want to hijack the subject, but I guess you could call it evaluation by usability. my problem is with Thunderbird. I have downloaded it 3 times now and can not get it to run. I presume you unzip it into a folder and hit Thunderbird.exe, Nothing happens! I delete the folder and try again with a new download(delete previous folder) There do not appear to be any detailed instructions immediately available on the site. Anyone? |
Rod ger (316) | ||
| 171274 | 2003-08-29 09:18:00 | That is strange Rod ger, Thunderbird should just launch when you double click on the .exe. Here is the FAQ's (texturizer.net) for Thunderbird which you may find useful. They won't help your current problem as you are already doing what is needed to install/run Thunderbird. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 171275 | 2003-08-31 09:08:00 | LOL, what the hell is wrong with OE? Its got every feature you could possibly want. All the others a pale imitations. IMHO anyway |
Holy Cow (4475) | ||
| 171276 | 2003-08-31 09:48:00 | Hi HC, OE has been shown to have vulnerabilities, and as Godfather said , tends to be a target for virus's. Remember other email programs like Eudora have been around since before Microsoft was even aware there was an internet, or at least before Microsoft thought there was any profit to be made from the internet. Newbies may not be aware that MS came very late into providing internet software, and then only as a belated catch up to Netscape and others. Many of the bells and whistles of email are quite unecessary, and just take up bandwidth. Email protocol was intended originally just for plain vanilla text. My own preference is Foxmail, which I have been loyal to since 'Internet in a Box' became outdated. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 171277 | 2003-08-31 09:52:00 | ...and Trabants' are reliable cars too, and really safe in a crash!!! | Rod ger (316) | ||
| 171278 | 2003-08-31 09:58:00 | 100 of 763,000 here (www.google.com) | Rod ger (316) | ||
| 171279 | 2003-08-31 10:01:00 | Why not just use your browser to access your hotmail account? | mark.p (383) | ||
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