In message , KenK
writes:
Using xp home.

Suddenly, yesterday, Eudora 7.1.09 insisted on being reinstalled. I deleted
about 800 messages in the in-box in the previous use but there are still
many more so I don't see why that should be the reason. I tried a backup
copy of Eudora in my backup directory - same thing. Made a few efforts to
restart it but no success so far. Looking for a quick setup guide to print.

In the meantime, assuming things don't go well as so often happens, what's
a good replacement? This is my backup email app connected to my ISP.
Normally I use Gmail.

Thoughts? TIA

Thunderbird is a reasonable compromise: it's close enough in how it
looks/works to most other clients, and there are lots of people who will
be able to help you with it. (There's not a lot that will look _that_
like Eudora - Turnpike is a _bit_ like it, but I wouldn't suggest that
to anyone not used to it. Probably best to get used to the conventional
way.)

I'm not sure if you can still get an XP-compatible Thunderbird from the
usual sources, but if not, all the old ones are available - through
things like oldversion, but also I think direct from Mozilla if you know
(or can find) where to look. (Certainly they are for Firefox.)
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