NY wrote:
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The real problem with Win 10 is that it doesn't have a proper
email/newsgroup client, now that Windows Live Mail has been withdrawn from
being available for download. The client built into Win10 is merely a toy,
which means you have to go for a paid-for client like Outlook (*) or else a
free program like Thunderbird which is good but has its problems - like not
being able to add recipients from the address book after you've opened a
blank email (as far as I can tell - you have to go the address book, select
users and then say "send to these people").

Why not just type in - part of - their name - in the To:/Cc:/Bcc:
boxes? I.e. if I want to send mail to David something, I just type 'D'
and presto I get a list of people who have a 'D' as the first letter of
their first or/and last name and I select the David I want.

And I don't think Thunderbird
has the ability to select photos from a folder, say "send these photos by
email" and then *crucially* have it offer to shrink those photos from
camera size to 800x600 or whatever.

I don't think TB has that ability, but File/Windows Explorer can do it
just the other way around, i.e. select the files in File/Windows
Explorer - right-click - Send to - Mail recipient - select the
desired 'Picture size' - Attach. After clicking attach, your mailer
(TB) will be invoked wtich a blank message window with the attached
files.

Of course this is a think-before-you-compose method, but perhaps it
suits your needs, because it does do the shrinking.

The only little quirk (at least I have), is that the 'Write: (no
subject)' window does not pop up by itself. It sits in the Taskbar to be
clicked on.

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