windows mail

[lenny]

I have had the same email for many years now and want to change over to a free email account, which I have done but want to acess it through windows mail but cannot remember how I. I think I need the isp or whatever you call it and change the settings? Can someone bring me up to speed on how again. I have vista

 

[frnash]

I have had the same email for many years now and want to change over to a free email account, which I have done but want to acess it through windows mail but cannot remember how I. I think I need the isp or whatever you call it and change the settings? Can someone bring me up to speed on how again. I have vista

Just two quick recommendations:
1. Gmail.
2. Mozilla Thunderbird (email manager, has many of the benefits of MS Outlook) from the folks that also do the Firefox browser.

 

[yamahauler]

I like gmail EXCEPT is doesn't have a preview pane like outlook. When you click the message it opens in another page.

 

[dgr_calumet]

Email

I have a gmail account as well as a yahoo account! Both are easy to set up and free. Also, both provide more than adequate space to save emails, etc! Personally, I think gmail was a little bit easier to set up but I would recommend either...

 

[harvest1121]

I do like using Gmail and google chrome for a browser. The good thing about google chrome is that is has a spell check and frnash cannot correct me usually. It does take a little bit to get used to but you get use to it. My msn acct is hard to open my gmail acct. Plus gmail is so much faster then my msn acct for using my blackberry.

 

[lofsfire]

I have had the same email for many years now and want to change over to a free email account, which I have done but want to acess it through windows mail but cannot remember how I. I think I need the isp or whatever you call it and change the settings? Can someone bring me up to speed on how again. I have vista

windows mail do you mean outlook or outlook express?

If so what you are looking for is the POP3, SMTP, and SSL settings for your email account. If that account is though your ISP then they will be able to help you.

Just two quick recommendations:
1. Gmail.
2. Mozilla Thunderbird (email manager, has many of the benefits of MS Outlook) from the folks that also do the Firefox browser.

I agree on both of the above. I have used both and like both. One thing to think about is if you get a web based like Gmail account, (something not tide to you ISP account) then if you change ISP you do not have to worry about changing email accounts. Also any email account can be used with Outlook or Thunderbird but the down side is all of your mail get downloaded to your computer. Which means extra junk on your hard drive. Yes the files are small but if you have lots of family pictures emailed to you and you do not delete the email they sit and take up room on the hard drive and in outlook they sit in the master *.pst file which has a 2GB limit. Once that is reached it will lock up outlook. If you use a web base email you only download the mail you want on your hard drive.

 

[frnash]

I like gmail EXCEPT is doesn't have a preview pane like outlook. When you click the message it opens in another page.

FYI: You can have a preview pane with Thunderbird, but I don't use it, I want to see the message in a separate window! Or if you prefer, in a separate tab in the same window.

And Thunderbird will also manage as many separate email accounts as you may have.

 

[polarisrider1]

You may laugh, but I still use AOL and actually like it (old school). You can have multiple email addresses.

 

[dcsnomo]

You may laugh, but I still use AOL and actually like it (old school). You can have multiple email addresses.

AOL? So like, do you have a crank on the side of your monitor, Dude? Turn the crank..."hello Mabel, connect me to that John Dee website"

Sorry, had to do it...

 

[polarisrider1]

AOL? So like, do you have a crank on the side of your monitor, Dude? Turn the crank..."hello Mabel, connect me to that John Dee website"

Sorry, had to do it...

I started with it back in the day on a 386 Packard Bell.

 

[jmpsly]

How about a Sinclair where you used a tape recordeer for a hard drive. First real computer was Kaypro and you had to get Kapro parts if anything went wrong. Nothing like a captive audidnce JohnP

 

[frnash]

How about a Sinclair where you used a tape recordeer [sic] for a hard drive. First real computer was Kaypro and you had to get Kapro [sic] parts if anything went wrong. Nothing like a captive audidnce [sic] JohnP

Omygosh, a 'nuther Kaypro owner!
I still have a Kaypro II and a Kaypro 10 taking up space in a closet somewhere around here.

That was a real "souped up" K-II, too; I upgraded it to use four quad density(!) 5¼" floppy drives, and ZCPR (later ZCPR2 and even later ZCPR3?) as a replacement for the original CP/M operating system.

I could start a large spreadsheet calculation and go out to dinner, then find it still cranking away several hours later! I also had a bit of fun doing some celestial mechanics, written in BASIC(!), to calculate the times of Morning and Evening Civil Twilight for any point on earth by Latitude & Longitude. (I was too cheap to buy an Air Almanac, don'cha know.)

The K-10, with a (dead) 10 MB hard drive(!) and a single 5¼" floppy drive was a turkey from the get-go; I had hoped to replace or upgrade the dead hard drive, but better alternatives arrived on the scene before I got around to it.

 

[Firecatguy]

You may laugh, but I still use AOL and actually like it (old school). You can have multiple email addresses.

same here...free and it works

 

[Professor PC]

You may laugh, but I still use AOL and actually like it (old school). You can have multiple email addresses.

i use it to because it allows you to send 16Mb files and songs where as the other are limited to 10Mb and some even less so you cannot share stuff...i love the option that allows you to open a new mail and then a MY PICTURES and drag it into the message and choose FULL VERSION or OPTIMIZED...that way you can add some of these and whoever views it does not have to download anything

man i hate the limits on this site....hardly any GIF's work and you cannot upload a WMV or WMA...what a pain...it changed that CAT GIF to a JPEG because itw as too big...bummer

 

[Professor PC]

as far as routing your email...open IE...click on TOOLS...INTERNET OPTIONS...PROGRAMS...arrow it down to AOL and you set

 

[frnash]

Dropbox!

Only slightly off topic:
Are you looking for an on-line backup capability? I have recently started using Dropbox, an on-line file storage, sharing and sync service. You get 2GB of on-line storage for free (or 50GB for $9.95/month, or even 100 GB for $19.95 per month). Although it is both private and secure, you may also establish a public folder to contain files that you wish to share, which makes a great place to deposit photos that you'd like to post on this forum. Then to post a picture, as you are entering a message, just click on this icon:

and enter the public URL of the file in your public dropbox folder, as I did with the graphic in this post! (See the Dropbox documentation for how to determine the public URL for the image/file.)

Dropbox: Your Files, Available Everywhere
For those not experienced with Dropbox, it's an online file storage service which functions like a hard drive in the "cloud," meaning your files and folders are available from any computer with an Internet connection. Ideal for mobile devices with limited storage, Dropbox has become increasingly popular over the years as it eliminates the need to actually carry all your files with you on the physical media in your smartphone, netbook or other mobile Internet device

In addition, Dropbox's file synchronization capabilities mean that you can manage your files from any Dropbox desktop client application, where files are stored locally and synced to the cloud, or from its web and mobile interfaces. No matter where you make a change, that change is duplicated everywhere else. The service also lets you access prior revisions of documents and provides sharing features.