On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:15:24 -0800, OldGuy wrote:

I tried Thunderbird and it is very slow.
Thunderbird programmers do not seem to know how to code to release for
user actions. It locks itself up until it finishes what it wants to
do.
Not good programming. I cannot seem to stop what is happening or do
other simple tasks until TBird finishes.

What simple tasks? I've been using TB for /years/. It's not slow at all.
What hardware are you using?

So what free eMail apps are any good?
Would be nice if it had newsgroups too but that is not mandatory.

You're crossposting between a Windows XP newsgroup, a W7 and a W8
newsgroup. What OS will you be using for this new mailclient? (Or do you
plan to install it on ALL these operating systems?)

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