Posted by Pierces Notary Services on 6/4/08 7:01pm
Msg #250019

email programs

What other good email programs are out there besides Outlook that someone can recommend?

Reply by PAW on 6/4/08 7:13pm
Msg #250020

Thunderbird n/m

Reply by MikeC/NY on 6/4/08 7:20pm
Msg #250022

I second PAW n/m

Reply by MikeC/NY on 6/4/08 7:25pm
Msg #250023

Fumble fingers...

What I started to say is that I second PAW's suggestion - Thunderbird is an excellent email client, and you can't beat the price (free). I have about 6 email accounts on different servers for various things (including 2 for the different businesses I have), and Thunderbird pulls them all together without a blip.

Reply by Pierces Notary Services on 6/5/08 7:38am
Msg #250073

Re: Fumble fingers...

Thanks - I'll give it a try.

Reply by Karen/OK on 6/4/08 10:39pm
Msg #250042

Please forgive my ignorance but what is wrong with using Outlook Express?

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 6/4/08 11:52pm
Msg #250051

It would be easier telling you what's right with it .....

Download and give Thunderbird a try. It runs faster, more secure, spam controls are better ..... syncs with your handhelds with fewer errors ... downloads large files faster ......... You won't go back once you use it ... ......

Reply by Joan Bergstrom on 6/5/08 12:36am
Msg #250056

Gmail is the best email system in my opinion

Google email system:

1. Free

2. You never have to delete an email because the storage is so large.

3. Great search feature within the email; put in the "Miller documents" and it immediately brings every email with the name "Miller."

4. Opens all attachments with one "click." I don't mean all attachments open instantly, but you don't have to do the "earth to back scenario for each attachment."

5. You can send attachments quickly and also open them quickly.

6. It does the stuff that other accounts do/ put a message on your cell phone when you get an email.

I am a big fan of Google and I am sure there are many other features with their email accounts that I don't know how to use or don't have any use of the feature.

I use: [e-mail address] for my email address and send everything up to my Google email. I have many marketing venues that I use this Yahoo email address and I don't want to establish a new email address.

My motto is "never change any marketing information about yourself unless you absolutely have to."

I pay $19.95 per year to Yahoo to have this forwarded to my Gmail address.

Reply by PAW on 6/5/08 7:09am
Msg #250069

Webmail is not secure and time consuming

Local PC email clients are better, more secure and more reliable than web based email. The only requirement of the mail server is that it supports POP3 (receive) and SMTP (send) services from the email client.

When you download the email and attachments to your own PC, you don't have to rely on the internet connection to read, respond or review the mail. And, the attachments will be local to your PC whenever you want them, unless deleted, of course. Just about every mail server that supports local email clients allows the option to keep the email and attachments on the server for a period of time, or indefinitely. This provides for immediate redundancy in case of a problem with the local PC. And, most also provide the ability to access your mailbox online.

Yahoo, MSN, Google and a host of others, all support POP3/SMTP mail protocols. Some are free services, such as Gmail, some are fee based, such as Yahoo.

Just another perspective.

Reply by MikeC/NY on 6/5/08 1:20pm
Msg #250150

A caveat about SMTP serevrs

Some ISPs (mine is one of them) will block the SMTP ports and force all your outbound mail to go through their server. This is an anti-spam measure; they want to make sure you're not hopping to an open relay somewhere.

I can use any email address I want, but the outbound mail must go through my cable provider's SMTP server. So I've got Thunderbird configured to pull my Yahoo mail from Yahoo's POP3, but send it out via the cable provider's SMTP.

If anyone is trying to set up an email client to work with Yahoo or Gmail or anyone else, and finds they can receive mail but can't send it, this is probably the reason. It's easy to fix.

Reply by Pierces Notary Services on 6/6/08 8:14am
Msg #250208

Re: A caveat about SMTP serevrs

hey thanks for your help - I'll have to check it out this weekend - I do use gmail for my personal email address.