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Which E-mail client or service are you using?

Discussion in 'General Internet' started by Arie, 2011/04/27.

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Which E-mail client or service are you using?

Poll closed 2011/05/31.

  1. Outlook (Microsoft Office)

    36 vote(s)
    20.3%

  2. Outlook Express

    18 vote(s)
    10.2%

  3. SeaMonkey

    4 vote(s)
    2.3%

  4. Thunderbird

    47 vote(s)
    26.6%

  5. Windows Live Mail

    34 vote(s)
    19.2%

  6. - - -

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  7. Other Mail Client

    19 vote(s)
    10.7%

  8. - - -

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  9. Webmail: AOL

    5 vote(s)
    2.8%

  10. Webmail: GMail

    39 vote(s)
    22.0%

  11. Webmail: Live Mail / Hotmail

    30 vote(s)
    16.9%

  12. Webmail: Yahoo

    34 vote(s)
    19.2%

  13. - - -

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  14. Other Webmail

    16 vote(s)
    9.0%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. 2011/04/27
    Arie

    Arie Administrator Administrator Staff Thread Starter

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    Which e-mail client (program) are you using? Or if you don't use a client, which Webmail service do you use?
     
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  2. 2011/04/27
    wildfire

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    Windows Live Mail (or blackberry) as a client and lavabit.com for webmail - lavabit have pop/imap as well but sometimes it's convenient to access some emails where ever you are (even when you're without your BB).

    EDIT: I should point out that I have a couple of gmail accounts as well but those are used as spamtraps, once I trust a new sender they are given one of my other genuine accounts.
     
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  4. 2011/04/27
    MitchellCooley Lifetime Subscription

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    With my Windows Live Mail I manage my Roadrunner and hotmail accounts. At work we use Microsoft Web Outlook and haven't yet figured out how to manage it with Live Mail.
     
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  5. 2011/04/27
    MrBill

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  6. 2011/04/27
    wildfire

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    :D

    MrBill, now it's a poll. Let the system collate the results, why should we do the math? :D
     
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  7. 2011/04/27
    MrBill

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    WLM in Win 7. OE in XP, as I don't use XP much anymore. Have 4 PC's with XP on them and the grandkids use them and I only get on them if I one of the grandkids or is on mine. In OE, I have it set to leave a copy on the server, so I can download it later and do something with it if I need to.
     
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  8. 2011/04/28
    retiredlearner

    retiredlearner SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    Use Thunderbird on the laptop, wife's and my main comp. Three other units are just running Outlook. TB seems to operate quicker and updates smoothly except for one glitch a couple of years ago. Neil.:)
     
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  9. 2011/04/28
    bbsusr

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    OUTLOOK EXPRESS

    i'd use outlook if it were possible to protect it with identities with passwords.
    i hate web-based mail clients, including and ecpecially those that use a browser interface.

    will stop at little to get it all in one client without forwarding. want it straight fr horse's mouth. get yahoomail, hotmail and gmail all in OE by hook and by crook. to hell with their ads and their logins.

    not very happy with what i'm using [old, not maintained], but can't find anything better
     
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  10. 2011/04/28
    JSS3rd Lifetime Subscription

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    Thunderbird 2.0.0.24, with several extensions to make it just a little more user friendly than it already is, on both my desktop and laptop. I've tried TB 3.x, but don't like it as well as 2.x, so I'll stay with what I do like (and I don't like Microsoft's email clients at all).

    I also have Gmail and Yahoo mail accounts, but don't use them much, except as spam traps.
     
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    use both Outlook and Yahoo. Have more then one account in both, used for various purposes. One yahoo is shared with my daughter who travels for business and needs me to handle some things for her. One yahoo and one Outlook for possible junk and spam and the rest for isolated purposes. One Yahoo account is a paid one and allows almost no spam.
    When I used netscape ( awhile ago) i used netscape email and really liked that.
     
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  12. 2011/04/28
    Evan Omo

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    I have been using Astound webmail for many years. Its been pretty good since I don't get any Spam whatsoever which is nice and we use Astound as our ISP as well. Haven't had any problems since we signed up to use their services 7 years ago.
     
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  13. 2011/04/28
    rasrealtor

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    TB 3.1.9 Was fine as a 2.x, but it's awful now. Very slow, but mem is good. I set it up to receive all mail from GMail and Comcast accounts. I'm going to try to reinstall my earlier ver. 2.0.4 and see if that helps.
     
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  14. 2011/04/28
    Miz

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    I have always used whatever came with Windows since 99% of the people who call me for computer help use whatever comes with Windows.

    Some of them have done some amazing things to break their email software so it pays me (literally) to know Outlook Express (and now Windows Live Mail) inside out.

    So far, no one who has bought a new system with Windows 7 has called me for help, though.
     
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    Lis Lifetime Subscription

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    Please explain?
     
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    Miz

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    Do you want something in my post explained or something else explained?
     
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  17. 2011/04/28
    JCinvan

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    I use Outlook at work and Gmail at home.
     
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  18. 2011/04/29
    jpChris

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    Ditto for me. I've been doing this for years with my main 2 e-mail addresses only for friends and family. I find it amazing how many sites guarantee privacy, only to find hundreds of SPAM's a week later.
     
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  19. 2011/05/03
    fdamp

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    I use "SmartZone" which came with the Comcast ISP package. It's a pile of junk, but I've learned to live with it.

    Before Verizon got divorced from MSN and bailed out of the ISP business, I was happy with the way MSN Mail worked. It used a username for access and all your accounts appeared in the same window, with full capability on them all.

    SmartZone uses your e-mail address as its entry qualification and so you need to sign in and out of each mailbox to get to the contents. It has a crude "copy over" feature which allows you to read mail from the other account, but you can't do anything else with it.
     
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  20. 2011/06/13
    DeaconBernie

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    Gmail
     
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  21. 2011/06/13
    rasrealtor

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    E-Mail Client Update

    Well, I wound up with Thunderbird 3.1.10 still receiving GMail and Comcast Mail there, but remains slow. Now, since the last update, I have a Folder structure. Cannot find a way to get rid of that. :mad:
     
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