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Post by marcycn on Mar 15, 2013 9:30:45 GMT -5
I have just upgraded from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 8 Pro. I use to use Windows Live for my mail program but I'm having trouble with it in Win8. What is the best free email program people use on their machines? I'm not trying to fix Live - just want to try something new. I've never liked Outlook and always loved Eudora.  |
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Post by Peter on Mar 15, 2013 10:49:40 GMT -5
One of the first and most innovative email programs ever authored is Pegasus. It was first released in 1990, in MS-DOS, and is still in active development. The most recent release was September 2012, but David Harris, the author, is working on the next major upgrade. The interface and layout is unique, and takes a bit of time to get used to. One could call it quirky  But it is extraordinarily stable, and is immune to many of the diseases that other email clients are prone to. Take a quick look at the "Features" paragraph in Wikipedia : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_Mail , which lists both its major advantages and its main criticisms. The support for the program is outstanding. I still subscribe to the Pegasus listserve, but today most people use the Pegasus Forum. A number of the forum members have been using Pegasus for years, have beta-tested the program, have authored supplementary support-type programs, have written books, and who still answer all kinds of questions posted there. I am using it on a Windows 7 64-bit computer, and have used in on all versions of Windows from 3.0 on. I do not use Outlook, and do not know Eudora -- because I was already using Pegasus. I have not "upgraded" to Win 8, but I checked on the Pegasus forum, and see that Pegasus data files have been successfully transferred from Win XP directly into Win 8 x64. I have used Pegasus for years, and have no inclination to exchange it for any other. Cheers, Peter |
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Post by marcycn on Mar 15, 2013 11:46:45 GMT -5
Thanks. Interesting since I too used it years ago before finding Eudora - back in the 3.0 + days. I wasn't aware that Pegasus was still around and hadn't given a thought to look. :-)
As for Wikipedia, I don't trust a word on that site since anyone, yes, anyone can write anything they want on that site. It was once seen as gospel, but it is far from that. :-( You would be better sending people to the Pegasus site. :-)
Anyway, I will give it a look. I wonder if it imports mail from Eudora and Windows Live? Any idea?
Added after checking the Pegasus Site:
Ok, what am I missing? The Pegasus page says it is for Windows up to Vista in 32bit and 16bit. I can't find anything about covering Windows 7 64bit or Windows 8 64bit?
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Post by budgall on Mar 15, 2013 21:38:04 GMT -5
Not free but only $10 is Postbox which is based on Thunderbird code is my email program of choice.
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Post by cyberdiva on Mar 16, 2013 9:14:22 GMT -5
Not free but only $10 is Postbox which is based on Thunderbird code is my email program of choice. I don't use Windows 8, but I thought I'd nonetheless second budgall's recommendation of Postbox. Long-in-the-tooth Mulberry is still my favorite email client, but there are a number of things Mulberry can't handle well, and for these I turn to Postbox. If I didn't love and depend heavily on Mulberry's "cabinets" feature, I might turn exclusively to Postbox. |
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Post by blueboxer on Mar 18, 2013 13:03:18 GMT -5
I still find Thunderbird satisfactory, but admit to having had had experiences with upgrades that lost my whole profile - it was weeks of discussion in the T-bird forum before I managed to get most of my lost mail back. T-bird went through a period of neglect at Mozilla but is now into their "upgrade every week" mode (not literal, that's just how I perceive it). But now that I have learned to disregard Mozilla's nags, and use MozBackup to save the profiles each time I do upgrade, things run much more smoothly.
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Post by drmark on Mar 18, 2013 16:28:37 GMT -5
The only bad thing about Thunderbird is that Mozilla announced last month that it has ended any further development of Thunderbird. It appears they are getting out of the email business.
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But it is extraordinarily stable, and is immune to many of the diseases that other email clients are prone to.
