Hi Lou,

If you like Outlook Express and unless you don't mind the ribbon menus 
in your mail program like they have in Outlook and Windows Live Mail, I 
would choose Mozilla Thunderbird.  It does not use ribbon menus, it has 
all of the features that Outlook Express has, (I like certain features 
that it has that Outlook doesn't have--such as spell as you go) and best 
of all, like Firefox, it's free.

It is still being updated and last but not least, it is accessible with 
all major screen readers.
On 5/21/2013 12:49 PM, Lou Kolb wrote:
> My 5-year-old laptop just died,and, fortunately, we had just finished =
> getting my wife's laptop refurbished.  It's only a couple years old at =
> most and is much lighter and cooler than the HP I'd been using.  It runs =
> on windows 7 and I'm wondering what the best mail solution would be.  Is =
> there something like Outlook Express built in or do I need to switch to =
> something else?  I still have a functioning desktop machine to keep me =
> in the loop until I master this new keyboard and all.  Any info =
> apreciated.  73,  Lou
>