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Title: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: talos2 on Oct 20, 2008, 10:24:18
Does anybody know of an alternative mail prog to Win email express, preferably free, I need a spellchecker and have realised I need other (expensive) Microsoft programes to get one to work in Express, I'd rather not add to Bill Gates personal fortune.
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: Simon on Oct 20, 2008, 10:35:22
Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/)?
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: Inactive on Oct 20, 2008, 10:37:08
Windows Live Mail has a free built in spell checker Bob.

It will also transfer your " Express " settings over automatically.  :thumb:
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: JB on Oct 20, 2008, 17:34:48
Quote from: Simon on Oct 20, 2008, 10:35:22
Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/)?
Another vote from me.

UK English dictionary for spell checker available also.
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: kinmel on Oct 20, 2008, 17:52:09
Thunderbird is the way to go  :thumb:
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: Rik on Oct 20, 2008, 17:58:52
Shouldn't that read Thunderbird is (the way to) go? ;D
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: Sebby on Oct 20, 2008, 19:13:58
Windows Live Mail is a much improved version of Outlook Express, and it's pretty good (and it's free!). Otherwise, as everyone else says, it has to be Thunderbird. :)
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: talos2 on Oct 20, 2008, 19:41:09
Thanks all, Thunderbird is go. :ok:
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: Glenn on Oct 20, 2008, 20:02:24
FAB  ;D
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: LesD on Oct 20, 2008, 21:24:29
Quote from: Sebby on Oct 20, 2008, 19:13:58
Windows Live Mail is a much improved version of Outlook Express, and it's pretty good (and it's free!).

And it can have an English Spell Checker if you look here (http://www.idnetters.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=10507.0).

Added just for the sake of completeness you understand ;)
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: Sebby on Oct 20, 2008, 22:50:03
Thanks, Les. :thumb:

I don't use it myself, so any tips are always handy. :)
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: scook94 on Oct 21, 2008, 13:15:47
Had a strange problem with Thunderbird last night that I can't explain, all of a sudden all my mails in my Inbox disappeared. When I checked the directory where the should have been it was only 0 Kb. Thank heaven for Shadow Copy! Was able to restore a previous version that was only 2 days old. I've now set Thunderbird to leave emails on the server for 7 days before deleting them.  :thumb:
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: Simon on Oct 21, 2008, 13:22:41
I can't explain that either, Steve, unless you somehow have two Thunderbird profiles, and it got confused?  :dunno:
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: john on Oct 21, 2008, 13:28:43
Quote from: LesD on Oct 20, 2008, 21:24:29
And it can have an English Spell Checker if you look here (http://www.idnetters.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=10507.0).

Added just for the sake of completeness you understand ;)

Wy wud yu neid a spl cheqer ?  ;D
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: Rik on Oct 21, 2008, 14:38:50
So you knew you had got it wrong?  :whistle:
Title: Re: E-Mail program alternative please
Post by: scook94 on Oct 21, 2008, 16:39:14
Quote from: Simon on Oct 21, 2008, 13:22:41
I can't explain that either, Steve, unless you somehow have two Thunderbird profiles, and it got confused?  :dunno:

I can only assume it was operator error. The last thing I did was to mark an email as spam (this automatically moves it to the deleted folder) and compact my Inbox. I must have somehow marked all my emails as spam and in compacting the Inbox it removes everything from the deleted folder. In any case I only lost a few mails and now I have a way of recovering everything should it happen again!