E-Mail program alternative please

talos2 · Oct 20, 2008, 10:24:18

Does anybody know of an alternative mail prog to Win email express, preferably free, I need a spellchecker and have realised I need other (expensive) Microsoft programes to get one to work in Express, I'd rather not add to Bill Gates personal fortune.

Simon · Oct 20, 2008, 10:35:22

Thunderbird?

Inactive · Oct 20, 2008, 10:37:08

Windows Live Mail has a free built in spell checker Bob.

It will also transfer your " Express " settings over automatically.

JB · Oct 20, 2008, 17:34:48

Quote from: Simon on Oct 20, 2008, 10:35:22
Thunderbird?

Another vote from me.

UK English dictionary for spell checker available also.

kinmel · Oct 20, 2008, 17:52:09

Thunderbird is the way to go

Rik · Oct 20, 2008, 17:58:52

Shouldn't that read Thunderbird is (the way to) go?

Sebby · Oct 20, 2008, 19:13:58

Windows Live Mail is a much improved version of Outlook Express, and it's pretty good (and it's free!). Otherwise, as everyone else says, it has to be Thunderbird.

talos2 · Oct 20, 2008, 19:41:09

Thanks all, Thunderbird is go.

Glenn · Oct 20, 2008, 20:02:24

FAB

LesD · Oct 20, 2008, 21:24:29

Quote from: Sebby on Oct 20, 2008, 19:13:58
Windows Live Mail is a much improved version of Outlook Express, and it's pretty good (and it's free!).

And it can have an English Spell Checker if you look here.

Added just for the sake of completeness you understand

Sebby · Oct 20, 2008, 22:50:03

Thanks, Les.

I don't use it myself, so any tips are always handy.

scook94 · Oct 21, 2008, 13:15:47

Had a strange problem with Thunderbird last night that I can't explain, all of a sudden all my mails in my Inbox disappeared. When I checked the directory where the should have been it was only 0 Kb. Thank heaven for Shadow Copy! Was able to restore a previous version that was only 2 days old. I've now set Thunderbird to leave emails on the server for 7 days before deleting them.

Simon · Oct 21, 2008, 13:22:41

I can't explain that either, Steve, unless you somehow have two Thunderbird profiles, and it got confused?

john · Oct 21, 2008, 13:28:43

Quote from: LesD on Oct 20, 2008, 21:24:29
And it can have an English Spell Checker if you look here.

Added just for the sake of completeness you understand

Wy wud yu neid a spl cheqer ?

Rik · Oct 21, 2008, 14:38:50

So you knew you had got it wrong?

scook94 · Oct 21, 2008, 16:39:14

Quote from: Simon on Oct 21, 2008, 13:22:41
I can't explain that either, Steve, unless you somehow have two Thunderbird profiles, and it got confused?

I can only assume it was operator error. The last thing I did was to mark an email as spam (this automatically moves it to the deleted folder) and compact my Inbox. I must have somehow marked all my emails as spam and in compacting the Inbox it removes everything from the deleted folder. In any case I only lost a few mails and now I have a way of recovering everything should it happen again!