Jan182012

What is the best alternative for Outlook Express?

Ted asks:

I installed Windows Live Mail to take the place of Outlook Express and have found it unreliable. Is there any other email handling software?


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  • Jane Parker January 25, 2012

    There
    are various email handling software, to name a few : Microsoft
    Outlook, Thunderbird, Pegasus, Eudora or other web mail client like
    Gmail. All these email programs have their specific features, but I
    like and use Microsoft Outlook due to its distinguished features and
    support. You can try it if you want a more professional mailing
    experience.

     

  • Ted Roadhouse January 21, 2012

    Having asked the original question, I was impressed with the speed of the replies and I did set up gmail in parallel with Windows Live Mail with success.  However, I have since managed to fix WLM so that it works OK. Thanks to everyone who contributed!

  • Alfredfwalsh Walsh January 21, 2012

    Simple solution , just switch to g-mail
    try it if you not happy with that just go to control page and remove it.I use Google for everything and its worked great and continues to get better all the time. GOOD LUCK
    AL
    alfredfwalsh.walsh@gmail.com

  • Lee January 21, 2012

    I’ve used Mozilla Thunderbird for a few years and it’s pretty nice (it’s made by the same company as Firefox). If you have MS Office (or can get it for a discounted price), Microsoft Outlook is widely used as well (not Outlook Express, just Outlook).

  • Anonymous January 19, 2012

    Postbox
    http://www.postbox-inc.com/

  • Mike January 19, 2012

    I would add Windows Live Mail to the list.

  • Jay.0 January 19, 2012

    Check the list of email clients by makeuseof :
    http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/best-windows-software#email

  • Jwanleo January 19, 2012

    hi
    IncrediMail is good solution and Freeware that
    manages all your email messages, communications, contact details, and
    email transactions.
    you can manage all your emails from different accounts (like Yahoo and Gmail) in one place

    good luck

  • FIDELIS January 18, 2012

    Hello, have you tried thunderbird?  It is free email software created by Mozilla, same creators of Firefox.  Here is the link:

    http://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/features/

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