No OE in Windows 7 - which way to go?

[John Gray]

Just looking for opinions, really, for a Windows XP Outlook Express user who has just bought a 64-bit Windows 7 laptop, and suddenly finds that there's no Outlook Express any more. And Office 2007 Home and Student doesn't come with Outlook, the logical path.

I suppose the downloadable mail choice is between Windows Live Mail and Thunderbird, and for webmail probably Googlemail.

Which would you suggest, and why? Thanks!

[Claude]

I'd go Thunderbird or, if possible, redirect all your mail to a Gmail account and let it handle all your spam (it does a good job of it BTW)

[DaveA]

I see no problems with using a installed version of Live Mail.

Then of any other machine, you can use the internet version to access your mail.

[viking33]

Just looking for opinions, really, for a Windows XP Outlook Express user who has just bought a 64-bit Windows 7 laptop, and suddenly finds that there's no Outlook Express any more. And Office 2007 Home and Student doesn't come with Outlook, the logical path.

I suppose the downloadable mail choice is between Windows Live Mail and Thunderbird, and for webmail probably Googlemail.

Which would you suggest, and why? Thanks!

After trying a few other mail handlers including Live Mail, I have settled on Thunderbird. After a little "getting used to", It seems to be very flexible and customizable, if you wish it to be so. Many add ons and themes, etc.
Someday I might even use Mozilla Firebird more as my browser? I have it installed but not as my default.
Have Gmail as my backup email because I STILL can't get mail from my brother-in-law who lives in Turin, Italy. Good old Verizon will NOT unblock his .it emails? Please don't start me on that subject again! Gmail has no problem with it.

[JoeP]

Just looking for opinions, really, for a Windows XP Outlook Express user who has just bought a 64-bit Windows 7 laptop, and suddenly finds that there's no Outlook Express any more. And Office 2007 Home and Student doesn't come with Outlook, the logical path.
I suppose the downloadable mail choice is between Windows Live Mail and Thunderbird, and for webmail probably Googlemail.
Which would you suggest, and why? Thanks!

I use WLM for a couple of accounts at work. More for backup for e-mail and as a primary newsreader. Primarily use Outlook for email access. At home I use it for a newsreader although I have a couple of email accounts defined that I almost always access through Outlook. If you use other Windows Live products such as Live Writer, Live Photo Gallery, Live Moive Maker, etc. you get some fairly easy integration.

Joe