I would suggest you begin worrying about ways and m0eans to port your many gigabytes of email to one or more clients that have a better chance of surviving than OE does. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 11:31 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Application Octet stream > Sir Roger, > It may still be the email program of choice for the list. It's just > not > mine. At least not yet. > > Having spent years working with and helping others get the most out of > OE, I have yet to find enough reason to abandon it for what may or may not > be greener pastures elsewhere. Vista does mark the beginning of the end > of > that era, however, since MS has now abandoned OE in favor of Windows Mail. > When the time comes that I can no longer use WinXP, I will very likely try > out numerous email apps in the hopes of finding one that satisfies my > every > email whim. Thunderbird will certainly be among those that I put to the > test and it may even come out on top. However, I won't know until that > time > does finally come around. In the meantime, I'm merrily churning away with > my old trusty OE and hoping I can put off the absolute need to switch for > several years. :) > > Happy Holidays, > Gman > > "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RMB White" <roguer@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:09 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Application Octet stream > > >> GMan! >> >> Many thanks; I am slightly stunned as I was under the impression that >> Thunderbird was the email program of choice for the List! >> >> I am listening out. >> >> Roger W > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and > everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To unsubscribe or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: > pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: > pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------