Re: getting critical

  • From: "The Elf" <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:05:31 -0700

hmmm,

a note: windows mail is on the win 7 machine, it was disabled and a file removed it takes some finagling and a couple registry edit files to make it work again, and I have the instructions and the files that are needed. ; it's said to be a lot like O.E.

windows live mail has about a 50/50 split between those who use it ok, and those who hate it and trashed it, Eudora will also work in win 7, and yes thunderbird and u can get the scripts that Jamal made if you go with it.

from what I understand most of the alternatives will convert the O.E. .dbx files if you move them to a external drive of some sort and use the import feature of the new mail client.

now then, as to anti virus, many on blind access help and the blind geek zone lists, including myself and the owner of geek zone are using microsoft security essentials as there AV with no problems. so that is what I would recommend.

HTH,
elf
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Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 9:41 AM
Subject: getting critical


... as in serious, not as in criticism...*smile*

Hi all --
I absolutely have to get off my old system permanently, which includes
moving a good number of mail folders to a new machine.
My XP box has been flaky for some months, and now is down to a paltry 9GB on
the hard drive.
That with loads of stuff like mp3s offloaded onto an external drive.

I have used outlook express forever (since getting onto windows) -- now I
need to choose between either thunderbird or live mail or whatever else.

So could someone tell me which is more accessible? And which can convert OE
.dbx mailboxes to whatever other internal format it uses? And is there a
mail client that saves mail in a common format that wouldn't depend on just
one program?

Pushing things off thill the last minute... not a good idea. I have got my
windows7 box ready except for antivirus and mail client.  I need
recommendations.

Meanwhile, I am uninstalling and deleting programs right and left so this
old box will run.  Then if it does, maybe I can procrastinate a little
longer.

Thanks in advance.
--le

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