Microsoft Outlook alternatives

Switched from ****ty Outlook Express to Thunderbird and never looked back.
 
Just installed Ubuntu 10.4 and it comes with Evolution. Really cool. +1
 
Windows 7

BradBowlLlama said:
Windows live mail... has calendar, a nice search feature, and synchronizes online so you don't lose stuff when you reinstall. I dig open source, but see no point in changing a simple mail client.
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If I understand correctly Live-Mail is an included client with VISTA ? ( Replacement for Outlook Express )

There is NO *INCLUDED* email client with Windows 7

Do you know if Live-Mail will work on any other versions of Windows ?


MW
 
MidnightWizard said:
If I understand correctly Live-Mail is an included client with VISTA ? ( Replacement for Outlook Express )

There is NO *INCLUDED* email client with Windows 7

Do you know if Live-Mail will work on any other versions of Windows ?


MW
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It works just fine on Windows 7 here, and I also used it when I was on Windows XP. You can get it here: http://download.live.com/wlmail
 
i use Seamonkey cause it's the only one that i could get to work properly.
 
Whatever. I don't see Outlook as my "email program"... I see it as my diary/filofax/personal planner of which email is just one component. So the article does not really go into how these other apps handles your calendar, meeting invites, to-do lists and contacts or integration with your companies address books and not even to mention unified coms.
 
Knersus said:
Whatever. I don't see Outlook as my "email program"... I see it as my diary/filofax/personal planner of which email is just one component. So the article does not really go into how these other apps handles your calendar, meeting invites, to-do lists and contacts or integration with your companies address books and not even to mention unified coms.
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Well then just stick to Outlook.
 
And Outlook 2010 promises to be even better....integration with your twitter and Facebook buddies, hell, you can just have Outlook open and be in touch with everyone. :)
 
Been using Outlook for ages, and it does all I want and more.
 
I have Windows Live running on XP and Vista. It works fine on both.
 
Here's my problem, don't know a solution, so if anyone has one, please tell me.

1. We need to store emails and be able to retrieve them easily, without having to load backups, but rather by pointing to the archived directory.
2. We need to store at least 2 years worth of emails.
3. The email folders / files tend to get to the point where outlook / outlook express won't open rather quickly (over 2Gb).
4. We need to be able to insert XLS docs etc into the email body.

If we use Outlook express, then as the file gets bigger, the risk of losing everything increases dramatically. If using outlook, it doesn't lose the data, it just refuses to open the file. If we use Thunderbird, it's a little unwieldy and doesn't seem to work equally well across platforms (Win 2K, Win 2003 Server, XP, Win 7).

Used to use Eudora, but newer versions aren't that hot.

Does anybody recommend anything ?
 
zambussi said:
Here's my problem, don't know a solution, so if anyone has one, please tell me.

1. We need to store emails and be able to retrieve them easily, without having to load backups, but rather by pointing to the archived directory.
2. We need to store at least 2 years worth of emails.
3. The email folders / files tend to get to the point where outlook / outlook express won't open rather quickly (over 2Gb).
4. We need to be able to insert XLS docs etc into the email body.

If we use Outlook express, then as the file gets bigger, the risk of losing everything increases dramatically. If using outlook, it doesn't lose the data, it just refuses to open the file. If we use Thunderbird, it's a little unwieldy and doesn't seem to work equally well across platforms (Win 2K, Win 2003 Server, XP, Win 7).

Used to use Eudora, but newer versions aren't that hot.

Does anybody recommend anything ?
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The first question is how many is 'we'?

What is your environment - how many servers, are all players on the lan or are some via wan?

It sounds like you need to set up a proper post office on a server.
 
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