Email other than Microsoft

[gsfan]

Hi guys,

Because I travel a good deal, I frequently need to transfer email back and forth from desktop to laptop. In OE this transferring process has always been a headache for me because of OE's inability to simply copy files back and forth, requiring its own Import-Export utility, which I often stumble over.

So after years of using OE, I have finally become totally impatient with it, and I'm looking for alternatives. But on the other hand I realize that stepping away from Microsoft courts trouble with "foreign" applications.

So I'm asking what people's experience is with other email programs. I need 1) easy portability of email files and 2) seamless interfacing with Windows XP.

What can you tell me?

TIA

Gil

 

[Xaqte]

A real good one (and widely used):

http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Let us know your results!

X

 

[mattjurado]

Thunderbird is a nice client, and I disagree with your assumption that "foreign" applications court trouble. I have a number of clients that have been running Eudora, Netscape, and other mail clients for years. In fact, I see more mailbox corruption with Outlook and Outlook Express than I do those mail clients. Anyways, copying Thunderbird mail files is as easy as copying Outlook Express's .dbx files.

http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq#q2.10

Matt J.

Please always take the time to backup any and all data before performing any actions suggested for ANY problem, regardless of how minor a change it might seem. Also test the backup to make sure it is intact.