Ken, everyone was free to try other options even when MS was supporting OE.
And personally, I was content to use it for both email and newsgroups. I
use Outlook at work and think it's overkill for what I need at home. So now
I have to waste valuable time taking your advice to sample and learn to use
other programs, when I would have been perfectly happy to stay with OE.
"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.invalid.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:10:25 -0700, "PE" <ple@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all: Just bought a new desktop that came with Win7 installed, and
>> discovered the OE is no longer a part and that the easy transfer utility
>> will not transfer the OE files and settings from the old computer to the
>> Win7's live mail. Would appreciate any recommendations and solutions to
>> this email dilemma, as I don't want to have to do all of that stuff
>> manually, and would like to continue using an email program that allows
>> for
>> separate identities without having to go through the logoff/logbackin
>> hassels. Thanks,
>
>
>
> Outlook Express has been gone for several years. Windows XP was the
> last version of Windows to include it.
>
> Windows Vista had Windows Mail as its replacement (it's essentially a
> newer version of Outlook Express), but that is also gone in Windows 7
> (however it can by brought into Windows 7 from a Windows Vista
> machine).
>
> Windows 7 comes with *no* e-mail or newsgroup program. Although many
> people object to this, I think it's a step in the right direction,
> since it leaves everyone more free to choose whatever program(s) he
> likes best. There are many choices available, both from Microsoft and
> from third-parties. Some are free and some are for sale. Microsoft has
> Windows Live Mail (which is essentially also a newer version of
> Outlook Express/Windows Mail, with still another new name) available
> for download for free and Outlook (a
> different program from outlook express) available for sale, either
> alone or as part of Microsoft Office.
>
> Some people will tell you to use Windows Live Mail; others will tell
> you to use Thunderbird; still others may have other recommendations.
> My advice is to ignore all such recommendations. I personally use
> Microsoft Outlook for e-mail and FortÊ Agent for newsgroups, but you
> should try several and choose what *you* like best, rather than make
> your decision based on what I, or anyone else, likes best (or even
> what Microsoft suggests).
>
>
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
>