Outlook Express is really getting annoying. I have a lot of email accounts I
want it to check
by default every so often and it does check some of them but not all.

I like Outlook's interface/layout etc. so hopefully I can find something
similar in look/style
that will actually do what I want it to do...

Heidi

Previously in alt.www.webmaster, Heidi <blackcat2@XXXXXXXXXX> said:

> Outlook Express is really getting annoying. I have a lot of email accounts
 I
> want it to check
> by default every so often and it does check some of them but not all.
>
> I like Outlook's interface/layout etc. so hopefully I can find something
> similar in look/style
> that will actually do what I want it to do...

I really like Thunderbird - have been using it for a few months now. Was
using Mozilla Mail before that, and Outlook before that. :-)

--
Mark Parnell
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Mark Parnell wrote:

> I really like Thunderbird

I'll second that recommendation. I used to use OE many years ago and
have since used Netscape, Opera, Kmail, Evolution and Thunderbird. Of
all of them, Thunderbird is certainly my favourite.

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"Heidi" <blackcat2@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in message
news:RhAHd.34941$Ta2.34016@fe2.texas.rr.com...
> Outlook Express is really getting annoying. I have a lot of email accounts
I
> want it to check
> by default every so often and it does check some of them but not all.
>
> I like Outlook's interface/layout etc. so hopefully I can find something
> similar in look/style
> that will actually do what I want it to do...

In Outlook Express you can click on TOOLS >> ACCOUNTS and then the MAIL tab

Find the email accounts not being checked and select them and click the
PROPERTIES button

On the first panel that comes up, check the box "Include this account when
receiving mail or synchronizing"

Click OK and then do any remaining accounts...

Clint

Dylan Parry <usenet@dylanparry.com> wrote:

> Mark Parnell wrote:
> 
>
> I'll second that recommendation.

Yep. Finally made the switch to Thunderbird awhile ago and really like
it. The user extension thing is wonderful.

The only major aspect that needs to be improved is in how it handle SMTP
settings. Fortunately, the fix for this is in active development and
will hopefully be released soon.

You can follow progress on this at:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202468

You can still use custom SMTP setting for each account, it's just a
little cumbersome to do so at the moment.

Augustus wrote:
: In Outlook Express you can click on TOOLS >> ACCOUNTS and then the
: MAIL tab
: Find the email accounts not being checked and select them and click
: the PROPERTIES button
: On the first panel that comes up, check the box "Include this account
: when  receiving mail or synchronizing"
: Click OK and then do any remaining accounts...
: Clint

It has been that way for a long time now and still OE just picks and chooses
which accounts it really wants to check.

Heidi

In article <1gqncdt.1sxes4t1chbamfN%egusenet@verizon.net>,
egusenet@verizon.net says...
> Dylan Parry <usenet@dylanparry.com> wrote:
> 
>
> Yep. Finally made the switch to Thunderbird awhile ago and really like
> it.

ok - that's three folk that occasionally display some semblence of
seeming to know what they're talking about all recommending the same
thing.

> The user extension thing is wonderful.

What's that?

> The only major aspect that needs to be improved is in how it handle SMTP
> settings.

Too cryptic - what are you trying to say?

> Fortunately, the fix for this is in active development and
> will hopefully be released soon.
>
> You can follow progress on this at:
>
>   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202468

Ahh - ok, this sounds like the reason I gave up on Thunderbird for
Usenet

> You can still use custom SMTP setting for each account, it's just a
> little cumbersome to do so at the moment.

cumbersome ==> obscure in this case?

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Heidi blackcat2@XXXXXXXXXX wrote:
> Outlook Express is really getting annoying. I have a lot of email accounts
 I
> want it to check
> by default every so often and it does check some of them but not all.
>
> I like Outlook's interface/layout etc. so hopefully I can find something
> similar in look/style
> that will actually do what I want it to do...
>

I've been using Pegasus for some while but the problem there is that
despite its popularity and extensive usage it doesn't have a commercial
concern doing any PR for it, so it's pretty much off the radar when it
comes to "how to" and "what if" FAQs. Otherwise it's excellent.

--
eric
www.ericjarvis.co.uk
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"

Eric Jarvis wrote:

> Heidi blackcat2@XXXXXXXXXX wrote:
 
 

> I've been using Pegasus for some while but the problem there is that
> despite its popularity and extensive usage it doesn't have a commercial
> concern doing any PR for it, so it's pretty much off the radar when it
> comes to "how to" and "what if" FAQs. Otherwise it's excellent.

That was my email client of choice, too.  I was going to mention it, and
then I saw all of the Thunderbird recommendations, and remembered that
OP wants it to look like OE, and didn't.  Great client, though, for
anyone that doesn't need an OE face.

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William Tasso <SpamBlocked@tbData.com> wrote:
 
>
> What's that?

Check out:

<https://addons.update.mozilla.org/e...n=%7B3550f703-e
582-4d05-9a08-453d09bdfdc6%7D>

The extension architecture allows users a relatively easy way to add
additional functionality to Thunderbird that the people working on the
main application would never have time for.
 
>
> cumbersome ==> obscure in this case?

Ya, I guess obscure is a better word. Fortunately, one only needs to do
it once for each account and it does work once done.