On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:03:58 -0500, Nil wrote:

On 29 Nov 2011, "Mortimer" wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

The problem with installing any other email program than WLM is that
I'd have to install it on my Vista laptop as well in case I wanted to
forward any messages from the Sent Items mailbox on the laptop to the
Sent Items on the Win 7 desktop for consolidation and backup to
external HDD, and I bet if you attach an email in Windows Mail format
and send it to Thunderbird or whatever, Thunderbird won't be able to
read it as a valid email.

That's not an issue. You should try it yourself and see.

I've used Thunderbird for years now. I gave up on Windows email clients a
long time ago. It's very easy to move anything to a different computer w/
T-Bird. I move my entire email from desktop to laptop for a trip and back
again when I return. It take less than two minutes.