Thanks, Steve.

At least now I know that if I can't successfully troubleshoot this Outlook 
thing, there are other viable options out there.

I'll continue to be interested in the experiences of others on the 
list--what works, what doesn't work, has anyone been able to successfully 
use Outlook, etc..

As always, thanks to everyone for the help.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Extreme E-mail Program Frustrations


> Tom,
>
> I also use Thunderbird, but can't comment on the gmail thing since I
> don't use it.  I'm far from a power user of Thunderbird, but it suits my
> needs on Win 7 for the past 3 years.   Never had any JAWS issues, up to
> and including version 14.
>
>  Since software marches on, I'm not sure if this tutorial is out of
> date,  but the one from  blindcooltech.com helped me get up and running
> with Thunderbird.
>
> There is also a tutorial  on blindcooltech for  Windows Live Mail, which
> is  in Windows 7, but  it didn't exist at the time I was going to  that
> OS.   Maybe that is another option for you.
>
> 73, Steve  KW3A
>
> On 11/18/2013 8:25 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
>> Ron:
>>
>> Also, when I was out in Colorado, the Freedom Scientific tech support 
>> folks
>> adamantly said that they were not able to provide Jaws support for
>> Thunderbird users.  And, that was another thing that kind of turned me 
>> off
>> to that possibility at that time.
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 7:59 PM
>> Subject: Re: Off Topic: Extreme E-mail Program Frustrations
>>
>>
>>> Hi Tom.
>>>
>>> If you don't want Microsoft stuff, use Thunderbird.  It is free and
>>> works reasonably well with screen reading software.
>>>
>>> On 11/18/2013 7:55 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
>>>>       Hi, all.
>>>>
>>>> As many of you know, I am in the process of upgrading the main home
>>>> computer
>>>> to Windows 7 from Windows xp.
>>>>
>>>> My original plan to update my e-mail management program was to move to
>>>> Outlook 2010 from Outlook Express.  This was based on the idea that I 
>>>> had
>>>> very successfully accessed my personal g-mail account via Outlook 
>>>> Express
>>>> on
>>>> my Windows XP computer, and that shifting to Outlook 2010.   should be 
>>>> a
>>>> pretty simple matter.
>>>>
>>>> Well, I'm beginning to seriously believe that I was very wrong.
>>>>
>>>> I am having all kinds of pproblems with the version of Outlook 2010 I'm
>>>> working with, including Outlook itself constantly freezing.  The 
>>>> software
>>>> was
>>>> purchased as part of an Office 2010 software package through my
>>>> University
>>>> as a University employee, but I am becoming convinced that something
>>>> might
>>>> be defective in the software.
>>>>
>>>> I checked with our University's tech center, but they say the copy I 
>>>> have
>>>> is
>>>> the only one they have.
>>>>
>>>> This is leading me to two questions:
>>>>
>>>> 1.  Does anyone know where I might be able to get a trial version of
>>>> Outlook
>>>> 2010 to see if I can get it to work any better?
>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>> 2.  Perhaps better yet, what other e-mail management programs have any 
>>>> of
>>>> you found that work well with g-mail, and windows 7?
>>>>
>>>> For the record here, I'm using Jaws 14.
>>>>
>>>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>