Windows 10: Which email desktop client do you use and why?

I use AOL since day 1. I never had any problem and I like that my mail is safely stored upstream. How often have I seen people struggle to get their mail when their system went south. I also use Gmail - mostly in Android though.

 

I guess I'm old school, I like the email clients too. I've used Outlook Express ever since it was released. Then when I got MS Office, it moved over to Outlook and have never changed since then.

I like having everything in one place, e.g. mail, calendar, contacts, etc. My Android phone has a mail app that I use to view and manage my mail til I open Outlook on my PC.

I haven't seen much of Office 2016, but I will get it when it becomes available. I've gotten all the others prior to it more so for Outlook though I use the other applications as well.

 

I have tried to use a standalone client, but it is too bothersome to setup, maintain and whatever.
I am fine with a browser's extension, which notifies me about email, opening it takes 2-3 seconds.

 

I use WLM and love the quick access bar.

 

Like another member, I've used Outlook Express since, like, forever, up to and including XP/SP3 (still my main OS)

I skipped Vista but do run Win-7 on secondary PC's. In Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, I found a way to re-activate Windows Mail.
It's so close to O.E.6 that the setup and operation is practically identical.

I can't, however, seen to get WinMail to work in Windows 10. If someone knows how, I'd love to know.

So right now, in 10, I'm using Thunderbird, which works OK, but it's not my favorite.
I don't like web mail..... I want my mail and my address book on MY Computer where I can save it, move it to another PC, etc.
It's a Control thing!

*Cool

 

Hi there

If you like OE (I wish it was still available on W10) -- simple -- does exactly what it needs to without all these "features" to integrate whole teams of office people and connect with every device on the planet - why not simply keep running XP as a VM and only use OE.

Shouldn't be any serious danger of XP being "attacked" if you only use OE and don't bother using XP for other Internet access stuff.
As a Virtual machine a minimal XP will use so few resources you won't even know it's running !!!!.

Cheers
jimbo

 

I mostly use outlook.com. I might consider Mail or the Outlook App eventually though, but I already get email notifications through Blackberry Blend so I might use that.

 

I use Windows Live mail because It can configure both Imap and Pop email accounts. I sent my main laptop back for repairs and I have TP build 9926 as the main OS and I'm using Outlook on that PC. On my Android phone I use Mymail and In have Gmail.

 

I hate clutter on my desktop, so I use easy access bar on WLM and minimize the ribbon on both email and Word documents.

 

For WAY over a decade, I've used nothing but Outlook Express, and since I'm on my XP machine now, that's what I'm still using.
But, on any OS from Win-7 to Windows 8.1, I've used "Windows Mail", by tweaking it (Hacking it) to make it work.
However I can't get it to work on Windows 10 (yet) so I'm using Windows Live Mail, a part of Windows Essentials.
I don't like that as well as Windows Mail, but it works, and runs all day, checking my GMail accounts (five) every three minutes, so I never have to go hunting for my email. It's always on my screen when I want to read it. Every time a new email comes in, from GMail, my PC tells me, "You've got mail!" in a friendly female voice. I can hear that, even when I'm working outside. Neat!

I wish someone would write a Clone of Outlook Express that would work with Windows 10. How hard could that be?

Cheers mates!
*Cool

 

Hi there

What's wrong with the XP idea running as a VM -- it probably even as an entire VM uses less resources than opening up Ms office 2010 or 2013. !!!!

For Links / attachments save on to the HOST (use HOST ONLY networking) then your XP VM won't have any security problems.

For example if you have a URL in OE on the XP vm simply copy the link and open it in your browser on your HOST system. If you want to open attachments etc save then on to the HOST and open with the Host application.

Vmplayer is FREE.

Simple.

Cheers
jimbo

 

I don't.

I use the nice simple, basic Mail app. Works just fine for me, always has.

 

Well I have both Pop server and Imap email accounts and Windows Live allows both. I've since Outlook Express and Windows Mail went away in Windows 7.

 

I am starting to prefer the email app on my phone (android) over w/live.

 

Thunderbird, but only because I can't install Outlook. *Confused

Last August, when I rebuilt my PC, something glitched during the Office install and it failed. Now it won't let me install Office at all saying that "D:\\Office is not a valid path", even if I tell it to install elsewhere (don't know why its looking for D: at all, since that is a BluRay drive and not the one I had the install disk in).

And I don't want to do a wipe and reload.