[ale] OT: Alternatives to Outlook on Winbloze

[Jim Popovitch]

Hi Chris,

I recently moved from Linux to WinXP (for other business software reasons).  I use Thunderbird (Mozilla project) but NOT Norton.  Norton had it's day, but I think that has passed.  I only use Spybot (freeware, but accepts donations) and Spyware Blaster ($$ for auto-updates) and I have good confidence that my system is safe and secure.  I fooled around for a while with Microsoft's Anti-Spyware Beta (formerly Giant), but I didn't like it's reliance on DCOM and (presumably) future reliance on .NET.  Run Spybot resident (optional setting), and show your father how to keep it updated.  Along with Spyware Blaster your father should be as safe as a Linux user (of course he will miss out on the great KDE vs Gnome debate)  :-)  Honestly guys, I am a BIG Linux advocate, but I must say that I am happy using WinXP as a day-to-day OS. <ducking>

-Jim P.

----- Original Message ----
From: Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 7:22:02 PM
Subject: [ale] OT: Alternatives to Outlook on Winbloze

Hello,

I'm going to visit my dad this Christmas and he is on Winbloze running
Outlook.  Well IMO Outlook sucks and what makes it worse is Norton
Antivirus.  He complains about mail not going out.  I can't seem to find
anything wrong.  The mail servers are operational.  I've dealt with this
problem before it came down to NAV not seeing the mail and checking it
therefore it simply sits in the outbox.  Outlook never even pops up an
error message.  They just set there and never leave.  

Is Eudora still around?  How about Evolution?  Will it run on Windows?
What would be a decent alternative?

Thanks,
Chris
 

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