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  #1  
Old October 18th 10, 11:54 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Lee Waun
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Default WLM 2011

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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  #2  
Old October 18th 10, 04:34 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Jeff Layman
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Default WLM 2011

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
  #3  
Old October 18th 10, 04:53 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Dave \Crash\ Dummy
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Default WLM 2011

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.
  #4  
Old October 18th 10, 07:25 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
housetrained
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Default WLM 2011

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
--

John the West Ham Fan





"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.

--
Crash

What happens online, stays online.


  #5  
Old October 18th 10, 07:31 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Alias[_47_]
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Default WLM 2011

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
  #6  
Old October 18th 10, 07:41 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Char Jackson
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Default WLM 2011

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.

  #7  
Old October 18th 10, 08:07 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Dave \Crash\ Dummy
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Default WLM 2011

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.
  #8  
Old October 18th 10, 08:18 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Sunny Bard
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Default WLM 2011

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.
  #10  
Old October 18th 10, 11:49 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Lemon Saucy
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Default WLM 2011

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
  #11  
Old October 19th 10, 02:17 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Jack[_13_]
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Posts: 76
Default WLM 2011


"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.

  #12  
Old October 19th 10, 05:05 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Valorie *~[_4_]
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Default WLM 2011


"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.

  #13  
Old October 19th 10, 05:08 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Valorie *~[_4_]
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Default WLM 2011


"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.


  #14  
Old October 19th 10, 05:10 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Valorie *~[_4_]
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Default WLM 2011


"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.

  #15  
Old October 19th 10, 07:15 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Frank
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Default WLM 2011

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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