Alternatives to Windows Live Mail 2011

[thomasblake222]

Are there any alternatives to Windows Live Mail 2011?

Like I mentioned in some of my previous posts, I am having trouble with it.

Are there any?

Thomas

 

[mickey megabyte]

thunderbird is a very popular email client - it's free and made by the same folks as firefox.

oops kk was faster than mm!

 

[BrightBlessings]

Have a look here.
Top 11 Free Email Programs for Windows - About Email

 

[thomasblake222]

Just installed thunderbird. Works gr8. One question - Do you know how to import contacts from my hotmail account?

 

[mickey megabyte]

do you still have wlm installed?

you'll probably need to export your contact from there in a format that thunderbird can read.

 

[thomasblake222]

Ok. Which format does thunderbird support? Does it support CSVs

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Export in all possible formats and hope that Tbird can import one of them.

Be prepared to enter all your contacts by hand if necessary.

Changing email programs is full of pitfalls, so beware and don't have expectations too high.

 

[thomasblake222]

Ok. One problem windows live mail keeps on crashing as mentioned here. Is there another way of exporting contacts?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I gave up on Windows Live Mail 3 years ago. All I remember is that I hated it.

If nothing else, find out where your contacts reside on your hard drive. Then manually copy that folder to a safe location on another drive. If you are lucky, you may be able to open your contacts with notepad or a similar app and copy the necessary info.

Or maybe take a series of screen shots of your contacts?

You have to be creative with email migration. It is stuck in the stone age and you should expect to be frustrated.