Jim:
Personally, the strategy I prefer for using an e-mail account that is not
tied to my ISP, I would open a domain with a responsible hosting service,
set up an e-mail account which would give me the flexibilitiy to access the
mail anywhere and change ISP without the hassel of changing mail account
information for every personal and/or business contact or account.
And for my software on my computer I would prefer to use Outlook Express or
Thunderbird -- I dislike Outlook 2007 and later because the ribbon menus are
fundamentally not accessible and quirky, and tied to Microsoft with it's
idiosynchracies .
Outlook does, or at least did have a size limit and the messages are all in
a single PST or OST file, depending.... And because the messages are all
stored in a consolidated file, things are slower than needed. The original
Outlook Express used a dbx file for each of the folders in OE which made it
somewhat more efficient than Outlook; the problem was that OE was designed
with a limitation on how large a total amount of data was in the dbx folders
taken together, I believe. There is a new version of Outlook Express that
is available that I ran across about a year ago and it is being developed by
a group other than Microsoft. When I talked with them, they told me that
they were not finished making it accessible with a screen reader but that I
should check back -- which I am about to do. This OE version will work with
Windows versions since Windows XP, unlike the MS version of OE which was
only compatible with Xp, and maybe Vista, but not Windows 7 or more recent.
This new OE is more rich in features and , better otherwise from what it
seemed. The cost is $25.
If interested, let me know and I'll dig out the contact information for the
developer company.
I find MS products to be ever more complicated, and quirky, with continual
updates which require contued need to update the screen reader and other
interdependent programs.... And the auto-updating often doesn't work
properly and/or settings are not retained making it erratic and
unnecessarily labor intensive to use.
Thanks for the links you provided. I'll dig out the OE link for the new
version for you.
Oh, BTW, Outlook is a memory hog and has been causing frequent problems on
my computer by "not responding" for a few minutes, and sometimes, completely
locking up my computer -- ... I don't see a reason for the performance
deterioration arising from the computer's limitations as it is an I7-870
quad core that has 2 threads per core, runs at 2.93 with a booster up to
3.something when needed, and has 16 GB ram and a 2 TB hard drive... The
performance degradation makes no sense. The "program not responding" seems
to occur with MS programs and I don't ever remember it has ever happened
with any non-Microsoft programs. What I've found as a work around is to
periodically clear out many of the temporary files on my computer using
C-Cleaner or shutting down the computer periodically - there seems to be a
problem with build-up of temporary files or something with a similar effect.
Stan
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Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2017 11:49 AM
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Steve:
Being the "luddite", that I am, I prefer to avoid storing things anywhere on
the web. I do not need all the easy features of e-mail clients ike "GMAIL";
but, I recognize that, if I were not such a "luddite", I would probably go
that route.
So, for those who feel as I do about the "cloud", OUTLOOK, or OUTLOOK
EXPRESS, are among the better options - in my view. In fact, if someone is
looking for OUTLOOK EXPRESS, she/he could check out the following link:
http://www.whitestick.co.uk/download.html
This site has downloads of various kinds, e.g. OUTLOOK EXPRESS V: 6, and
others. OUTLOOK EXPRESS used to be my e-mail client of choice. However, it
has a "maximum" storage limit; so, I have stuck with OUTLOOK since
discovering that!
Hope this is helpful.
Jim H
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Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 6:05 PM
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Hi Yvonne and listers:
I'm interested in the comments about Gmail and AOL "driving me crazy".
Gmail seems so easy for me, I use it online and store no Email on any
machine and have all my folders etc just like one might have in Outlook.
The benefits I've found are these:
1. Nothing ever lost in a computer crash or change.
2. No lack of continuity if and when internet services change.
3. Access to all my material whereever I am and from whatever machine I
choose.
4. Darn near infinite storage.
5. An easy interface with fast delivery and easy retrieval.
I used to use Hotmail and, in fact, still have a Hotmail address that I've
forwarded to my Gmail account.
I used Outlook for a few years with a couple of employers and thought it was
a bit bloated and not particularly intuitive so, for my personal stuff I've
just stayed on Gmail online.
I'd love to see more opinions and discussion on this thread; I've set my
wife up with a Gmail account and she uses it across two platforms Apple
IPhone and her NetBook. I've used Gmail from Windows '98 thru Windows 10
quite seamlessly. I have, however, given up worrying about privacy and
tracking because I feel that it is inevitable in this day and age; if I want
private I'll encrypt things.
Steve Hoad
On 11/10/17, Yvonne Garris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have been using Outlook 2007 which just crashed and Microsoft no
> longer supports it so I am in a position that I need to upgrade.
> Currently I am using both AOL and Gmail online and it is driving me
> crazy! So I am wondering what experiences people have had with Outlook
> 2016 and Office 365 and does 365 even have Outlook? Thanks in advance
> for any help you can can give me. The other thing I am struggling with
> is if I want everything to be online - just not sure how I feel about
> that one. Looking forward to hearing what people have to say.
> Thanks,
> Yvonne
>
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