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I downloaded the new WLM 2011 and found I hated it. I really liked the
older 2009 version and I just could not uninstall the newer 2011 version so I downloade Thunderbird and I'll it as it is more like the older outlook express that I did like years ago. |
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On 18/10/2010 11:54, Lee Waun wrote:
I downloaded the new WLM 2011 and found I hated it. I really liked the older 2009 version and I just could not uninstall the newer 2011 version so I downloade Thunderbird and I'll it as it is more like the older outlook express that I did like years ago. Welcome to the TB club. I, like you, tried WLM with Win7, but found it too unreliable, as it frequently failed to post. IMO it wasn't as good as OE6 under XP. And if MS isn't going to fix the "show previous post" issue (ie it doesn't show anything, even a "" for previous text), that makes it unusable. Remember also that MS has no interest in Usenet news now - it prefers its own forums where it has full control. TB isn't perfect, but it is better than WLM. -- Jeff |
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Jeff Layman wrote:
On 18/10/2010 11:54, Lee Waun wrote: I downloaded the new WLM 2011 and found I hated it. I really liked the older 2009 version and I just could not uninstall the newer 2011 version so I downloade Thunderbird and I'll it as it is more like the older outlook express that I did like years ago. Welcome to the TB club. I, like you, tried WLM with Win7, but found it too unreliable, as it frequently failed to post. IMO it wasn't as good as OE6 under XP. And if MS isn't going to fix the "show previous post" issue (ie it doesn't show anything, even a "" for previous text), that makes it unusable. Remember also that MS has no interest in Usenet news now - it prefers its own forums where it has full control. TB isn't perfect, but it is better than WLM. Me three. What I really wanted was OE6, but the closest proximity I could find is TB 2. It has the added advantage of being available in a portable version. I find myself sticking to older versions with a lot of programs. -- Crash What happens online, stays online. |
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On 10/18/2010 08:25 PM, housetrained wrote:
good - you may be able to help me. I am thinking of using TB but: Can you have more than one hotmail address at the same time? Yes. Can you make your own stationery & signatures? Yes but you will need the add on Quick Text for sigs unless you only want one sig. Had a quick look but could not find out so I uninstalled it. TIA You didn't look long enough. TB is far superior to Outhouse Distress by a long shot. To wit: real time spell check as you type. Junk filters. Very, very, very, very easy to back up. Take a longer look in both Preferences and Account Settings. It auto compacts itself so you won't have to look forward to the old OE, "would you like to compact now even though you haven't a back up and the process may lead to message loss" trip. All that said, if you use Windows, buy Outlook if you want OE on steroids. -- Alias |
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On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:25:58 +0100, "housetrained"
wrote: good - you may be able to help me. I am thinking of using TB but: Can you have more than one hotmail address at the same time? Can you make your own stationery & signatures? Had a quick look but could not find out so I uninstalled it. TIA 60 seconds with Google tells me the answers are yes, yes, and yes. |
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housetrained wrote:
good - you may be able to help me. I am thinking of using TB but: Can you have more than one hotmail address at the same time? Can you make your own stationery & signatures? Had a quick look but could not find out so I uninstalled it. TIA I don't know about hotmail, but I have multiple POP3/SMTP accounts with the same server. You can make your own signatures (as I have here), but I don't know about stationery. I'm a text only guy. I'm really a newbie when it comes to Thunderbird. I suggest subscribing to the mozilla.support.thunderbird group on the news.mozilla.org server. That's where I go for answers. -- Crash Atheism is a matter of faith, too. |
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housetrained wrote:
I am thinking of using TB but: Can you have more than one hotmail address at the same time? Yes, either all delivered into a single inbox, or kept separate. Can you make your own stationery Dunno, why would you want to? html formatted email is evil. signatures? Out of the box, you can have one signature per identity, and multiple identities per account. If you want random sigs, or to select sigs from your own list, there are extensions for that. |
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On 18/10/2010 6:54 AM, Lee Waun wrote:
I downloaded the new WLM 2011 and found I hated it. I really liked the older 2009 version and I just could not uninstall the newer 2011 version so I downloade Thunderbird and I'll it as it is more like the older outlook express that I did like years ago. Don't use it for newsgroups until they (the people at Microsoft) fix the plain text reply posting which is broken. Instead try Thunderbird for newsgroups - it's free for the download. LS |
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"Lemon Saucy" wrote in message ... Don't use it for newsgroups until they (the people at Microsoft) fix the plain text reply posting which is broken. What's broken? It works fine here. |
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"Lee Waun" wrote in message ... I downloaded the new WLM 2011 and found I hated it. I really liked the older 2009 version and I just could not uninstall the newer 2011 version so I downloade Thunderbird and I'll it as it is more like the older outlook express that I did like years ago. You can also move WindowsMail to W-7 and remove WindowsLiveMail. A quick Google will show that many people hate WLM. We did so I loved WM from my Vista PC to my W-7 PC. |
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"Dave "Crash" Dummy" wrote in message ... Jeff Layman wrote: On 18/10/2010 11:54, Lee Waun wrote: I downloaded the new WLM 2011 and found I hated it. I really liked the older 2009 version and I just could not uninstall the newer 2011 version so I downloade Thunderbird and I'll it as it is more like the older outlook express that I did like years ago. Welcome to the TB club. I, like you, tried WLM with Win7, but found it too unreliable, as it frequently failed to post. IMO it wasn't as good as OE6 under XP. And if MS isn't going to fix the "show previous post" issue (ie it doesn't show anything, even a "" for previous text), that makes it unusable. Remember also that MS has no interest in Usenet news now - it prefers its own forums where it has full control. TB isn't perfect, but it is better than WLM. Me three. What I really wanted was OE6, but the closest proximity I could find is TB 2. It has the added advantage of being available in a portable version. I find myself sticking to older versions with a lot of programs. From what I see a lot of the changes in W-7 were not for the better. Now MS doesn't even give us an email/Usenet client. WLM is installed by HP before they sell their PCs. Have you tried moving OE6 to your W-7 PC? It would have to go into the (x86) folder. -- Crash What happens online, stays online. |
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"housetrained" wrote in message eb.com... good - you may be able to help me. I am thinking of using TB but: Can you have more than one hotmail address at the same time? Can you make your own stationery & signatures? Had a quick look but could not find out so I uninstalled it. TIA Copy WindowsMail from a friend's Vista PC and move it to your W-7 PC. I used a flash drive. Maybe MS will smarten up and add WM to W-7 in the future. |
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On 10/18/2010 9:10 PM, Valorie *~ wrote:
"housetrained" wrote in message eb.com... good - you may be able to help me. I am thinking of using TB but: Can you have more than one hotmail address at the same time? Can you make your own stationery & signatures? Had a quick look but could not find out so I uninstalled it. TIA Copy WindowsMail from a friend's Vista PC and move it to your W-7 PC. I used a flash drive. Maybe MS will smarten up and add WM to W-7 in the future. You're dreaming. WLM id great and here to stay. No going backwards. |
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