Email Programs - Recommendations

[Darren B]

OK

I have always used thunderbird and still do but that is on one of the xp machines which i do not use alot nowadays. So have been using the windows mail on the vista machines and been gettins a few problems lately with not sending mail, and an p****d off with having to check a 1000 and 1 thinks to find out why. Oh and the MS website for the code is of no help what so ever, but i guess you guys know that anyway

So im going to try something different and thought before i immediately jump in to thunderbird again what do others use.

you thoughts / recommendations appreciated

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[gabrielcrowe]

dont think about anything but thunderbird. its magic.

eudora used to be good. but theyn stopped selling it :(

and started giving it away.

[Darren B]

went with it - new versions seems abit more - i dont know, but all set up and working OK. The only thing is it would not import my mail boxes from windows mail? not a big issue though could do with spring cleaning, getting loads of emails lately ;)

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[Darren B]

Gabs

Do you know if they do a plugin for thunderbird that lets you lock a folder with a password, just some times i like to keep emails private and on the odd days im not around i'd like to know that they still are.

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[gabrielcrowe]

install pocket thunderbird on an encrypted drive.

put:
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable

in here:
http://www.truecrypt.org/

unbreakable.


also this:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Protecting_the_contents_of_the_profile_-_mail

[Darren B]

Bit more drastic than i wanted but hey time to sort out a new portable drive

cheers Gabs (dont mind me refering to you as Gabs do you? can use G as G is G)

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[gabrielcrowe]

call me whatever you like, i am the bad wolf.

and also, you can use a hardfile, you dont need a usb key to use this.

the file it uses in UNBREAKABLE. so you could burn offa cd with all your most precious data stored in truecrypt and hand it to a competitor, and they'd literally never get in.

see?

[TraceyHand]

wow Gabe....MI5 have got nothing on you, have they?
:D

[Darren B]

miss bumps your posting to get the counts up again, your nearly over the hill i see :D

[TraceyHand]

working on it, D

and oi...who you calling "over the hill"?

[Darren B]

Women are so touchy about these things, i never mentioned you were over the hill, just your counts reaching 2k :D

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[TraceyHand]

nahh, I'm not touchy about it. I was just kidding :p

Maybe I'll stop posting for a while...let you catch up..

[Darren B]

You gonna do a George on us with the 2k post, something big, mind you your gonna struggle to be apocolypse day :D