Posted on 08/24/2010 6:56:40 PM PDT by Blogger
Don't like the idea of Windows potentially being able to look at all my private info. Thoughts on a good email client that would work with Windows 7?
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Thunderbird
None that would work with the operating system you don't want to use.
Thunderbird works okay? Saw it got 2 out of 5 stars in some reviews.
Thunderbird Version 3.1
It’s free and it’s, by far, the best real email client I’ve ever used (I hate webmail).
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
I use thunderbird.
I use Thunderbird as my email client. I used Eudora back in the day.
Works seamlessly with window 7 and is infinitely more secure then Microsoft’s own mail program.
Thunderbird
I just got Windows 7 last month and found out that Outlook Express did not run on it. I am just using Windows Live mail and love it.
I use Eudora, but I’m not sure that they’re still current. I like it because of the “personalities.” All members of the family can send under their own email addresses.
Assuming you don’t need an integrated calendar function (which never made a whole lot of sense to me anyway since email and an appointment list are mostly unrelated) Thunderbird is the only way to go.
I’ve been using Thunderbird for over 4 years. I really like it. I use it for my personal and business email. I’ve never had any problems with it.
What’s wrong with Outlook 2010? Not secure?
Didn’t want to spend the money for what I use it for. I use Outlook at work, but home simply doesn’t require that kind of a client.
I have read in several articles that Thunderbird 3 is really bad, full of bugs and vulnerabilities.
I am sticking with the last Thunderbird 2, it works great and I don’t need anything else.
Email client? That’s so 20th century...gmail is the bomb, I’ll never go back to anything else.
Windows Mail is Outlook Express for all intents and purposes.
It fits my needs perfectly.
I'd be lost without it.
See all the complaints about Thunderbird 3 here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/13/thunderbird_and_woeful_email_mailbag/
Suggest you research the dealings between Google, it’s executives and this administration and their clear support of the nanny state agenda.
Everything you do in Google apps is cataloged and reported - you can be sure of it.
If you care about your privacy you will dump Google.
There is a decent email client. It is called PocoMail. Check it you...bet you like it a lot.
http://email.about.com/cs/winclientreviews/gr/pocomail.htm
btw...i am also using inbox.com for public email address...works great and is fast.
I just get tired of downloading security updates for Outlook. In the past year, I have yet to download one security update for Thunderbird, none needed. Outlook 2010 might be the most secure software in the world, but with it’s reputation, why take a chance?
I use Windows Live and have had no problems with it. Hotmail and POP mail in one program.
Remember pgp? Still works great!
Besides all your email belong to us! You have no privacy whether you are on with Google or not, so you might as well take advantage of the free stuff.
2.1 Eudora OSE 1.0rc1 (2 July 2010)
Other than that, Windows Live Mail and Thunderbird are about your only choices, if you want an email program that is installed on your computer. (eg if you want to be able to download and then read your email when off line)
Thunderbird. PGP.
gmail is the only way to go.
My email client from my internet provider is strictly for collecting dust.
The new Eudora is a relabeled version of Thunderbird.
Why would anyone trust Google with all of their personal email? Use a local client.
The wine, right? LOL
If I cared that much about my privacy I would only send and receive encrypted emails, would hide behind a proxy to obfuscate my ISP location, would use Grecian Formula to darken my hair and adopt a fake name on FreeRepublic.
Otherwise I don't have any real problem with Google. For reasons I don't fully understand though, they seem to present me with an inordinate number of advertisements for girls dance wear, body stockings, Danskins, etc. Some glitch apparently.
with all those ads...sounds like your posing about something...LOL
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I’ve used Mozilla Thunderbird for many years now. Great software.
Hey, in New Hampshire it gets cold starting about now. And I have circulation problems. Couple times a year I go online and shop for leg warmers. Is that a problem?
I'll second that. Thunderbird. It rocks. Be sure to get Lightning, the integrated calender add on.
Agreed. I don’t even use google as a search engine. AltaVista and WebFerret work just fine, and don’t require any compromise of ethics.
surfer is correct, but he’s too kind; GOOGLE HATES AMERICA. How is it that some don’t know this? (please don’t force me to consider the other possibility: that some among us don’t really care) America has made “G” (to speak their name makes me sick) who they are today, but “G” hates the USA like a typical ungrateful progressive liberal child would disdain a good mother.
GOOGLE DELENDA EST!
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that was a great response...definite LOL
I see you are a historian...perspective is everything.
With fizzies...
Thunderbird 3.1 or Outlook 2011.
Yep, Thunderbird is an excellent choice. I just installed it on my neighbor’s new WindoZ 7 computer. It was a little different on the setup from previous versions I had used. It detected a SMTP server where I needed to set up a POP3 e-mail setup. Had to delete the setup and manually setup the POP3. I suspect the mail server had the option of SMTP for their employees.
Beautiful mail client with more options than you really need.
And of course it is much less likely to be compromised than Outlook or Outlook Express was.
Thunderbird 2. T’bird 3 is a disappointment. Or, Gmail or Yahoo mail. The benefit there is that you can access your email from anywhere.
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