Well I am in the same boat!!
Have a new WIN7 pc which I like very much and was using gmail which is fine but I wanted an email client and after having good success with ThunderBird in the past I just tried 3.1.
IT SUCKS...sucks worse than any MS software I have used....I am not willing to pay MS for outlook...what a $140? so will look at these free options. Any suggestions greatly appreciated!
I have always stayed with the MS products, Outlook Express, Windows Mail and now Windows Live Mail. We are all different, but I am 100% satisifed; but then I just care about performance unlike others who dont like the color and so on.
You're right... but for me Live Mail's performance is very slow...
I think Opera would be a nice alternative. The search functions sound good.
Anyone having experiences with it?
Opera Review - Free Email Program - About Email
No first hand knowledge, but found these reviews.
You can purchase it by itself, separate from the Office suite. It has never been free though.
Amazon.com: Microsoft Outlook 2010: Software
OpenOffice.org - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com
This is a freebie from cnet.com.
I don't know if they have anything like Outlook. Check it out and let us know.
I have MS Office 2007
Well, there USED to be. It really is a disappointment that MS stopped adding Outlook Express for free.
I used Outlook for many years and I was happy with it. It was quite a surprise when I got my new PC & found that it not only wasn't there, but I would have to pay for it.
I reluctantly went with Thunderbird, and although it wasn't what I wanted, I am happy with it.
I have been using this alternative for six months now for my personal email account;
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I have been very happy with it and have had no problems although i have not tried it with multiple accounts.
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