OT: Software Question

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

I still use Outlook 2003. 16 bit maybe? Works fine with 64 bit OS.

I am a dinosaur as well as a moose, yes.

I still use Office 2000 and Windows XP. If it ain't broke...

Everything post Windows 3.1 is at least 32 bit.

Bill

[Symon]

ORIGINAL: wdolson
I still use Office 2000 and Windows XP. If it ain't broke...

Everything post Windows 3.1 is at least 32 bit.

Bill

I know. Me too. I've been on XP since forever. But this was a hardware offer I could not refuse. And running AutoCAD at 2.8GHz, 64 bit, with 8G memory, is sooo sweet.

Got T-bird. Got it running. Looks good. At least it's letting me send and receive messages; that's good, yes?

Thanks all for your help and recommendations. JWE

[witpqs]

If you two guys are using Office 2000 then you are obviously not really tied to MS Office. When you do upgrade, instead of paying for any version of MS Office switch to Libre Office. It's the successor to Open Office, BTW. You're unlikely to find anything that you want to do that will be in MS Office but not in Libre Office. It's to the point where I just ignore the 'free' sub-sets of MS Office that come with a computer and go right with Libre Office.

[Symon]

Oh, Dude, I love Libre. My most favorite is Cuba Libre; half a lime, 2oz (or more) of Mt Gay or Pussers Rum, ice and a bit of coke. Woof !!

[ed] sorry, was being a bit obstreperous. Nice drink, though [;)]

[JocMeister]

Why use a local client at all with so many web based clients like Gmail? I dumped outlook 4-5 years ago for gmail and I have never missed any features that I can remember! [:)]

[witpqs]

[:D]

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

If you two guys are using Office 2000 then you are obviously not really tied to MS Office. When you do upgrade, instead of paying for any version of MS Office switch to Libre Office. It's the successor to Open Office, BTW. You're unlikely to find anything that you want to do that will be in MS Office but not in Libre Office. It's to the point where I just ignore the 'free' sub-sets of MS Office that come with a computer and go right with Libre Office.

Office 2000 has an advantage over every other package available, whether another version of Office, or some other package: the learning curve is zero. I'd rather invest my computer learning time into something else. I have to constantly learn new things about Windows in my day job.

I also use Access some and there are no programs I'm aware of that have replicated Access. As databases go it's pretty lame, but it works for simple database applications which is what I needed.

To each their own though.

Bill

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Symon

Just got some new toys for the office. Op system is Windows 7. Doesn’t come with email anymore (wtfo??), so either have to sign up for Windows Essentials (that will be a cold day) or get an after-market client. Any Windows 7 people out there that can point me to a good email client for this beast? Thanks. JWE

I use ThunderBird by Mozilla for years both at home and at work (all my users on my system at work use it as well - it is mandatory [;)])!


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi al,

ORIGINAL: wdolson

I started using Thunderbird's ancient ancestor in 1995, Netscape Mail 1.0 Beta. I've been using it ever since. My current mail setup is descended from that first e-mail database, created when I first installed all those many years ago. I just found a joke sent 11/10/95 (just about everything else that old was deleted long ago).

The hardware has changed many times, so has the OS. I don't know how many times I've cloned it to a new hard drive. But it keeps going. 18 years now.

If there are some features you want with Thunderbird that aren't in the basic package, there is a huge base of add-ons out there you can tap. Mozilla maintains a database of ones that have been tested and shown to work well with others.

So I'd strongly recommend Thunderbird.

Bill

Same here! [:)]

I used Netscape Mail both at home and at work for years (and all my users on my system as well) - when Mozilla ThunderBird was introduced and I found it working satisfactory I switched to it (and I switched all my users as well)...


Leo "Apollo11"

[Symon]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11
Hi all,
I use ThunderBird by Mozilla for years both at home and at work (all my users on my system at work use it as well - it is mandatory [;)])!

Leo "Apollo11"

Hi Leo. I got Thunderbird. Good install. Working well. Recomended by lots of people, but your recommendation (for your work) just puts the raisins on the pudding.

Thanks Leo. Ciao. John

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: ncdawg

I use Thunderbird (by the Mozilla guys). It doesn't have all the bells & whistles that Outlook has; however, it also is not a giant resource hog like Outlook.

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/

Been using it for years, with the Calendar plugin, Lightning. Happy customer here. Especially since it is free. [:D]

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Symon

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

I use ThunderBird by Mozilla for years both at home and at work (all my users on my system at work use it as well - it is mandatory [;)])!

Hi Leo. I got Thunderbird. Good install. Working well. Recomended by lots of people, but your recommendation (for your work) just puts the raisins on the pudding.

Thanks Leo. Ciao. John

Glad to hear John! [:)]

We have our own WWW and e-mail on our own Linux server (I never wanted to use MS Exchange e-mail nor MS WWW for obvious security reasons [;)])... the Thunderbird works great with it (and also work great with GMail)... I also give my users free choice choice of using both MS Internet Explorer or Mozilla FireFox...


Leo "Apollo11"