Windows 7 email app?

[gasmansteve]

Hi folks
Just got a new laptop with Win 7 and must say I`m quite impressed with the new OS not crashed on me at all (yet :wink
I have loaded Thunderbird again as my email app but wondered if there are better ones about for the new version of windows. I`ve been using Mozilla stuff for years now both Firefox browser and Thunderbird and maybe keep on using them t but I`ve read good reviews about Eudora. Just trying out Safari for a browser and it seems to be much quicker than Firefox.
Cheers
Steve

 

[gidon]

Again I'd go for Msoft's own Windows Live Mail:
http://download.live.com/
Unless there's something it doesn't do that you need it to do. Tight integration to Windows 7 is nice IMO.
Cheers
Gidon

 

[Tenko]

Used 'The Bat' for years when on earlier Windows but after moving onto Vista I have used Windows Mail which comes with Vista and I can't fault it. Why not go with the mail program that comes with 7 ? Windows Mail is 100 times better than Outlook Express and I've had no problems with it. I can't see that Windows 7 email program won't be better.

 

[matt]

Gmail for me. Can access it anywhere I can get Internet and on my phone too. Also handy for when you're PC dies - just log on with a different one!

I fail to understand why anyone would want to download email to a local client these days. Especially as so few people know where their email file resides or, even if they do, think to back it up. It had it's place in the days of dial up - get on, download, disconnect, but the model is out of date.

 

[Tenko]

Matt,

I'm not sure what you mean by 'Local Client' and why you think its the wrong way to go.

I have one primary email address with my service provider (Virgin), one with UKFantastic (an old ISP) and 7 with Freeola.

I receive all emails from all service providers on my PC, my Laptop (on wireless), my Netbook (on Wireless), my Laptop via my mobile phone, my Netbook via my mobile phone and also everything on my mobile phone directly if I want to. Why am I limited by having a local client ? The only thing I cannot do is access mail from a Cyber Cafe because its not web based, but I always have either the Laptop or the Netbook with me so what is the problem ?

Also, web based email accounts are size restricted on downloads if I'm not wrong. I have used Hotmail and 10 minute Mail when they have suited my purposes but that's a different thing all together.

Surely its a matter of knowing how to use what's there to your best advantage ?

 

[matt]

Matt,

I'm not sure what you mean by 'Local Client' and why you think its the wrong way to go.

I have one primary email address with my service provider (Virgin), one with UKFantastic (an old ISP) and 7 with Freeola.

I receive all emails from all service providers on my PC, my Laptop (on wireless), my Netbook (on Wireless), my Laptop via my mobile phone, my Netbook via my mobile phone and also everything on my mobile phone directly if I want to. Why am I limited by having a local client ? The only thing I cannot do is access mail from a Cyber Cafe because its not web based, but I always have either the Laptop or the Netbook with me so what is the problem ?

Also, web based email accounts are size restricted on downloads if I'm not wrong. I have used Hotmail and 10 minute Mail when they have suited my purposes but that's a different thing all together.

Surely its a matter of knowing how to use what's there to your best advantage ?

Thunderbird (ref the OP) is a local client which, unless I'm mistaken, does not support syncing across different machines. Once you've downloaded the emails from the mail server they're on the specific PC running Thunderbird. I may be wrong but I think Windows Live Mail is web based email masquerading as an email client, whereas Gmail you simply access via your browser.

Gmail is limited to 8GB space. I've been using it for years and, on this day, I am up to 1% of my total space.

FWIW - You can also download other POP3 accounts to GMail too so it's all in one place (i.e. same as an email client).

Whilst on the subject of email... I'm in the habit of getting customers to buy their own domain name so, regardless of email provider, they can always keep the same email address.

 

[cambournepete]

Just trying out Safari for a browser and it seems to be much quicker than Firefox.

Been using Chrome on my netbook for ages - it's quick and reliable.

 

[Chris Knight]

I am a fan of gmail. Having changed ISPs several times, it quickly became apparent that that was not a good place to have my email - apart from anything else, you need to advise everyone of a change in address when you move to a different ISP.

I then tried using the mail facilities of my own independe3nt websites and still use a couple of these - they survive the change in ISP but get messy if changing web hosts as there is a bit of a hiatus as domains are transferred.

I have had Gmail since it started and it has proved its worth time and again. First is accessibility - from anywhere in the world that has a web browser.
Second is the search facility (Google of course) that allows me to find anything very quickly

Third is the flexible and very practical interface that threads conversations better than any other email client I have used.

Fourth is the safety net it provides against crashes/hard disk failures etc of your own PC. Google's back up is certainly better than mine!

There are plenty of other reasons to use it as well, including the way it integrates with the calendar, address book etc etc. but the four above are the main ones for me.

There is no limit to the number of accounts you can create and I use one just to store important documents like copies of driving licence, insurance, and passport etc. that I might want whilst travelling abroad.

 

[matt]

There is no limit to the number of accounts you can create and I use one just to store important documents like copies of driving licence, insurance, and passport etc. that I might want whilst travelling abroad.

Smart thinking.

 

[gasmansteve]

Thanks for the suggestions chaps. I`ll try each one out and see which suits me best.
Cheers
Steve