William Hindman
wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Thu Feb 4 11:25:42 CST 2010
jc ...I moved from OE to LM without a glitch ...LM installed, found my OE directories, both mail and newsgroups, and imported them all seamlessly ...the only thing I had to do was add back in my folder rules for receiving mail ...I have to admit that I was surprised at just how well it worked ...MS did their homework on LM. William -------------------------------------------------- From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:16 AM To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: Re: [AccessD] SPAM-LOW: Re: Survey - Preferred Email and NewsGroups client > I develop for Outlook but I stopped using it for my own stuff because the > process of moving > everything related to outlook to a new machine is ... cumbersome tending > toward impossible. > Settings, signatures and the like are scattered to hell and back. > > Thunderbird OTOH does most of what Outlook does and has a little widget > that packages everything up > into a file for transfer to a different machine. > > I just got tired of losing half my stuff when I moved from one laptop to > another. Microsoft doesn't > seem to care if I lose my stuff, they make (made) no effort to make the > move easy. Screw em'. > > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > > Rocky Smolin wrote: >> A.D.: >> >> Could the results of the survey be skewed by the fact that the >> respondents >> are Access developers and, like myself, use Outlook because of >> development >> requirements? >> >> Rocky >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of A.D. Tejpal >> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:21 AM >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Survey - Preferred Email and NewsGroups client >> >> Gustav, >> >> This survey was meant to facilitate choice of suitable desktop client >> in >> the context of eventual move from Win XP to Win 7. As per the results >> reported in a separate post, office Outlook (OL) appears to be currently >> the >> most preferred choice amongst the respondents. >> >> At present I am using Outlook Express (OE) for handling emails as >> well >> as news groups. Archived messages spanning many years serve as a source >> for >> ready reference and quick search. In case of any new installation of >> operating system, all the old archives become readily available by >> setting >> the storage path for freshly installed OE to appropriate folders. >> Availability of multiple identities has proved very convenient in >> tracking >> postings related to different forums in an uncluttered manner. One can >> switch from one identity to another without having to close the >> application. >> Each identity ha its own storage folder, providing added flexibility. >> >> OE is no longer available on Win 7. Trying to use it on Win 7 via >> guest >> Win XP on virtual pc is also not found practicable as OE declines to >> accept >> shared folders for storage. >> >> It is observed that on installations prior to Win 7, OL makes use of >> OE >> engine for accessing news groups. It appears that in case of Win 7, OL >> might >> have to depend upon Windows Live Mail (WLM) for this purpose. >> >> On Win 7, WLM is meant as a replacement for erstwhile OE. Neither WLM >> nor OL provides for multiple identities. However, WLM does offer separate >> Inboxes dedicated to each account. As compared to OL, WLM is a self >> contained application capable of handling emails as well as news groups. >> >> It is noticed that imports from OE to OL appear to distort dates of >> old >> stored messages. WLM is found capable of clean import from OE - >> identity-wise. Moreover, in case of WLM, the import can be conducted >> directly from individual storage folders of OE. This can be of helpful, >> as >> program to program import under Win 7 is liable to run into the hurdle >> that >> programs installed under earlier operating system won't be visible in Win >> 7. >> >> In view of the factors outlined above, if the choice for mail client >> were to be restricted to Windows or Office components, moving from OE to >> WLM >> would appear to be the convenient approach. >> >> Members of this forum are welcome to offer their considered views. >> >> Best wishes, >> A.D. Tejpal >> ------------ >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Gustav Brock >> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com >> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 21:37 >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Survey - Preferred Email and NewsGroups client >> >> >> Hi A.D. >> >> Sooner or later you should reveal why you are researching this ... >> >> To confuse you, my colleagues use the desktop client when in the office >> and the web interface when at clients, and at home I use the client at my >> workstation, the web interface on the laptop, and (not so often) my >> mobile >> phone via a web access. >> >> /gustav >> >> >> >>> adtp at airtelmail.in 03-02-2010 06:43 >>> >> >> .. you are accessing web based services without using any desktop >> client >> ? >> >> Best wishes, >> A.D. 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