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    Needed: World's simplest MS-Windows email client

    Hi

    My mother has internet access. She has had a Microsoft Hotmail email account set up. Dear, oh dear, oh dear. What a mess that interface is.

    Her needs. To send emails, to receive emails, to keep a small email address book, errr. That’s it. She doesn’t need web access to email so I could set her up with an Outlook client to her service provider’s mail system.

    What would be nice is the world’s simplest email client stripped of all extraneous features or at least with a configurable interface.

    What should I install for her?


    Clive

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    Re: Needed: World's simplest MS-Windows email client

    Mozilla thunderbird.. IMHO

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    Re: Needed: World's simplest MS-Windows email client

    Quote Originally Posted by Beowulf1970 View Post
    Mozilla thunderbird.. IMHO
    For pc anyway.

    BUT, unless she pays M$ she won't be able to POP or IMAP hotmail. They scrapped that as a free feature quite some time back. It is now only available to commercial customers.

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    Re: Needed: World's simplest MS-Windows email client

    the smallest mail client is - www.checkmyemail.com - no install at all, works on any OS...etc...

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    Re: Needed: World's simplest MS-Windows email client

    Quote Originally Posted by Beowulf1970 View Post
    Mozilla thunderbird.. IMHO
    World's simplest??? Thunderbird??? Surely some mistake?

    A Google search turns up FamilyMail, designed for this sort of task...

    There's probably others...
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    Re: Needed: World's simplest MS-Windows email client

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
    World's simplest??? Thunderbird??? Surely some mistake?

    A Google search turns up FamilyMail, designed for this sort of task...

    There's probably others...


    I would call Thunderbird anything but simple

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    Re: Needed: World's simplest MS-Windows email client

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
    World's simplest??? Thunderbird??? Surely some mistake?
    Quote Originally Posted by azande View Post
    I would call Thunderbird anything but simple
    Really? I found it very simple to set up and use.. Sure you can complicate it with plug-ins and what not but essentially it's fairly easy to use??

    "Think our minds must be too highly trained Majikthise"

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