"C" <c@nospamers.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:hm8rgr$v16$1@speranza.aioe.org...
> SC Tom wrote:
>>
>>
>> "C" <c@nospamers.com.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:hm8l8e$fdu$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>>> SC Tom wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "C" <c@nospamers.com.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:hm8i7t$90o$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>>>>> JoJo wrote:
>>>>>> Hello:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am using Microsoft's Windows XP (SP3) platform and Outlook Express
>>>>>> 6
>>>>>> (OE6) is my main email application.
>>>>>> Recently I installed Internet Explorer 8 and so I am wondering if OE6
>>>>>> has a
>>>>>> corresponding upgrade to say OE7 or OE8.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * Can Outlook Express 6 (OE6) be upgraded to say Outlook Express
>>>>>> 7 or 8
>>>>>> ?
>>>>>> * If this upgrade is possible; I am interested in how to do it ?
>>>>>> * Can Microsoft Outlook client work as a stand alone application
>>>>>> or do I
>>>>>> need the Server also ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I like OE6 but I need to be able to add audio alarms (using message
>>>>>> rules)
>>>>>> when certain emails arrive. Thus the need to upgrade
>>>>>> from OE6 to something higher.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> JoJo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> OE is history. No more updates. No new versions. I would suggest using
>>>>> Thunderbird as it is a FAR superior product to Outhouse Distress. It
>>>>> has an excellent junk filter, corrects your spelling as you type and
>>>>> has hundreds of add ons like a calendar and a to do function. Get it
>>>>> at http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> C
>>>>
>>>> You should try the newer version. You'll have even more fun!
>>>
>>> I don't do newer versions in Linux. When it comes down the repository
>>> pike, I'll upgrade. I've got it on my Windows boxes too and TB3 is
>>> pretty cool.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> C
>>
>> You're right, it's not too bad. I prefer OE6 on XP and WLM on Win7
>> myself. I tried TB for a few weeks, but never could get the newsreader to
>> display like I wanted it to (or, probably more correctly, like I was used
>> to), so I dumped it and went back to WLM. I know there are separate
>> programs for each, but I kinda like the "all in one place" concept.
>
> I found the news reader in TB to be superior to OE. I have never tried WLM
> on any OS. What is it you wanted to do that OE could do and TB couldn't?
>
> --
>
> C
I could never get the sorting the way I wanted it without the settings
affecting my mail also. IIRC, any new replies showed up as separate from the
original, even though I didn't have it set up to break them apart. It's been
a while, but that was part of it, and other minor stuff that I chose not to
deal with. I was also trying to write some message rules and was having a
terrible time trying to find any real support for it. So I just went back to
what I knew. I used to thrive on aggravation and adversity when I was a
working stiff, but I don't need that in retirement
--
SC Tom