| Windows 7: Just upgraded from Vista - what email application |
29 Jan 2012
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Just upgraded from Vista - what email application Just upgraded Vista to Windows 7 32bit Ultimate.
Upgrade seems to have gone ok ... Did report net framework 4 needed repair, and it did carry out repair.
I used Winmail with Vista, had the message about no email client installed with Windows 7
What is best advice here, need to recover all my filed mails.
A quick Google shows that Winmail is but hidden, do I mess about and try & enable this? Or is there a better approach.? | My System Specs |
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29 Jan 2012
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 3,650 posts New Jersey |
This is the exact reason I tell people to never use the mail program that comes with the OS.
I always use the service providers mail program. Do you have the windows.old folder in your new OS ? | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built by Me ! OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 CPU Intel Core i5 3570k @ 4.2 GHz Motherboard MSI Z77A-G45 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 MHz 10-10-10-27 Graphics Card MSI GTX660 Twin Frozr3 2GB/OC Sound Card Realtek HD Monitor(s) Displays Dell 19" HP 23" Sony Bravia 40" Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Fellowes KWD 855 Mouse Microsoft Wireless PSU Corsair HX750 80+Gold Case Corsair Vengeance Series C70 Gun Metal Black Cooling Cooler Master Hyper N520, Arctic Alumina Thermal Compound Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 4 119GB SSD
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29 Jan 2012
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| | Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit 7,566 posts |
I assume this was an "upgrade install" rather than a "clean install"?
Did you make any overt attempt to backup your mail prior to installing Windows 7? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333 Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202 Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD Screen Resolution 800 x 640 Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2 PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular Case Antec Solo II Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500 Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
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29 Jan 2012
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| | Windows 7 Enterprise Trial 32-bit SP1 2,038 posts |

Quote: Originally Posted by sargan ...I used Winmail with Vista, had the message about no email client installed with Windows 7
What is best advice here, need to recover all my filed mails.
A quick Google shows that Winmail is but hidden, do I mess about and try & enable this? Or is there a better approach.? Microsoft does not support Windows Mail on Windows 7, so look at this tutorial if you want to see what's involved and the problems that may occurr if it's "reinstated" on Windows 7: Windows Mail .
If you want to stick with the Microsoft way, the equivalent free email for Windows 7 is "Windows Live Mail" which can be selected from among the Suite of free Microsoft Programs called "Windows Live Essentials": Download: Windows Live Essentials - Microsoft Download Center - Download Details
The default web installer will let you select the programs you want. I'd choose only "Mail" to start since you can always go back to the small installer file to add another program later. (WLM may have some quirks or bugs still, so it may help to go to the "Windows Live Essentials" entry under "Programs and Features" and do a pre-emptive "repair".)
The main mail window will have the option to "import" messages from the "Windows Mail" format you used in Vista. The Contacts window will provide the option to import contacts from "current Windows user" which refers to the <username>/Contacts folder in Windows Explorer. So even before you install a mail program you should put Vista's contacts there. However once they are imported into WLM contacts, you will no longer be using the Explorer "<username>/Contacts" folder.
Before actually importing anything, I'd play with WLM to become familiar with it. Start by adding your email accounts as you originally added them in Vista. Also, you must decide whether or not you want to use WLM when "signed-in" or "not signed-in", since the contacts list for each is separate and you can only view the list that corresponds to your status as "signed-in" or "not signed-in". The advantage to signing in is that your contacts will always be backed up to the "contacts.live.com" website under your LiveID. Another minor feature is the ability to optionally use "Photo Email" to send large numbers of pictures using SkyDrive to hold them instead of attaching them to the email itself. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number OQO 2+ OS Windows 7 Enterprise Trial 32-bit SP1 CPU Intel Atom 1.86 GHz Motherboard OQO 2+ Memory 2 GB Graphics Card Intel GMA 500 Sound Card IDT Monitor(s) Displays LCD Screen Resolution 800 x 480 (portable) 1280 x 1024 (docked) Keyboard Slide out (portable) DiNovo Edge (docked) Mouse Eraser head (portable) Logitech Bluetooth (docked) PSU 9 Ah Battery (portable) or OQO Brick (docked) Case Shirt Pocket Sized Cooling Tiny Fan Hard Drives 64 GB SSD Internet Speed WWAN or 802.11G (portable) T1 (docked) Other Info DVD-RW OQO Docking Station |
30 Jan 2012
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| | Windows 7 Pro with SP1 32bit 1,162 posts Gurgaon, India |
I have used both Thunderbird and Windows Live Mail with Windows 7. I prefer WLM to Thunderbird because it is somewhat like OE that I was using in Windows XP. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 Pro with SP1 32bit Motherboard Intel D845GVS1 X86-based PC Memory 2 gigs of RAM Graphics Card Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller Sound Card Realtek AC'97 Audio Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 931BF Black 19" LCD Monitor Screen Resolution 1280X960 Keyboard COMPAQ Standard PS/2 Keyboard Mouse iBall Laser Precise Speedster Hard Drives 1. SAMSUNG SP0822N ATA Device ~ 80 GigaBytes
2. Seagate FreeAgent Go USB Device ~ 500 GigaBytes Internet Speed 4 mb/sec |
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To answer the Q's ...
I did do a full back up .. using 'export mail' options were Outlook or Winmail format (I chose latter) .. so I have a full back-up of all mail folders.
I have no specific desire for an MS solution ....
I started with OExpress, and only moved to WinMail when it changed to it as part of upgrade to Vista.
I just need a basic Pop3 mail client, which will accept all my filed mails (hopefully with some import tool) ... and folder structure.
I use - spellchecker, and usenet reader
Don't use Calendar or Contacts. (though would if they were there)
I do also read all of mail 'live' using an Android Smart phone, but that does not impact in nay way the PC mail client.
Last edited by sargan; 30 Jan 2012 at 09:03 AM..
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30 Jan 2012
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| | Win7 Pro-64 Bit 1,172 posts |
Hello sargan
WLM works well and will do what you want, follow what roncerr suggested and have a bit of a play around with it to see if it suits you. If it does'nt Mozilla Thunderbird is ok as well, it's all personal prefrences as to what one likes or does'nt like, I have used WLM for a couple of years now and have had no trouble with it at all.
Hope this helps you, but ultimately it is your choice. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Put together OS Win7 Pro-64 Bit CPU i7-2600-3.4GHz Motherboard ASRock Z68M Memory 8 GIG DDR3 Graphics Card onboard Sound Card onboard Keyboard Microsoft Mouse Microsoft optical PSU 550 Case black Cooling stock fans Hard Drives Seagate 1TB 7200RPM |
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| | Windows 7 Pro with SP1 32bit 1,162 posts Gurgaon, India |
Agreed that WLM works very well, I would say that it almost works like a charm.
But for e-Mail Servers having both pop and imap (like gmail and lavabit etc), one has to configure the accounts manually. If you don't then WML automatically configures them to imap.
I am not saying that imap is bad, in fact it is very good but yet I don't like it and prefer the good old pop3. 
Quote: Originally Posted by BrightBlessings Hello sargan
WLM works well and will do what you want, follow what roncerr suggested and have a bit of a play around with it to see if it suits you. If it does'nt Mozilla Thunderbird is ok as well, it's all personal prefrences as to what one likes or does'nt like, I have used WLM for a couple of years now and have had no trouble with it at all.
Hope this helps you, but ultimately it is your choice. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 Pro with SP1 32bit Motherboard Intel D845GVS1 X86-based PC Memory 2 gigs of RAM Graphics Card Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller Sound Card Realtek AC'97 Audio Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 931BF Black 19" LCD Monitor Screen Resolution 1280X960 Keyboard COMPAQ Standard PS/2 Keyboard Mouse iBall Laser Precise Speedster Hard Drives 1. SAMSUNG SP0822N ATA Device ~ 80 GigaBytes
2. Seagate FreeAgent Go USB Device ~ 500 GigaBytes Internet Speed 4 mb/sec |
30 Jan 2012
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 178 posts Manchester UK |
re : Vista mail client on Windows 7 -
I run x64 so I just deleted everything in the 2 Windows Mail folders and replaced with stuff from x64 Vista. Shortcut in Start Menu points to
"C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WinMail.exe"
and its been OK from week 1, no patching, reg tweaks etc. Have 3 Google pop accounts and 1 from my webhost. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self build OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Intel i7-2600k o/c to 4.6GHz Motherboard MSI Z68-GD80 Memory 8GB Mushkin 1866MHz Graphics Card Radeon HD5770 Sound Card integrated Monitor(s) Displays Liyama ProLite 27" Screen Resolution 1920*1080 px PSU Coolermaster GX 750W Case Antec 300 case + 6 fans Hard Drives Seagate 2TB Internet Speed 58Mbit down 15Mbit up Other Info Blackgold BGT3650 Quad HD TV card Just upgraded from Vista - what email application problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:02 AM. | |