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11-14-2007 , 03:09 PM

wonderwes

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I used Eudora forever but now they stop making it.

What is a good POP3 email client out there for Windows? I just can not stand using Outlook.

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11-14-2007 , 03:47 PM

funkyworms

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Mozilla Thunderbird

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11-14-2007 , 09:01 PM

LuckyTxGuy

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Mozilla Thunderbird

Bingo.

For years I thought that POP mail was the stupidest thing in the world. Why would anyone use Outlook over any old webmail option like Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail etc. Then I was convinced to give Thunderbird a try. Wow. I was shocked and immediately hooked. Goodbye webmail, hello Thunderbird.

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11-18-2007 , 09:22 PM

daveT

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For kicks, I just downloaded this and read the wiki entry. Should come with a warning that computer idiots should not attempt to use. I understand none of it. I don't think that the installation/registration went correctly.

If I understand this correctly, Thunderbird takes e-mail from Yahoo! and puts it in it's own e-mail box. It is not a replacement, just an addition with POP, whatever that means.

I will research a bit more on it.

What is the benefit to this opposed to normal e-mail? It really doesn't seem needed.

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11-18-2007 , 09:33 PM

Golden_Rhino

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Mozilla Thunderbird

I really like this. I stopped using POP3 until this came out.

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11-18-2007 , 09:38 PM

Josem

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If I understand this correctly, Thunderbird takes e-mail from Yahoo! and puts it in it's own e-mail box. It is not a replacement, just an addition with POP, whatever that means.

It means that your emails are downloaded and stored on your machine, rather than on Yahoo's server.

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What is the benefit to this opposed to normal e-mail? It really doesn't seem needed.

Until recently, it was normal e-mail. Webmail is a relatively new thing.

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11-18-2007 , 09:46 PM

LeapFrog

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Until recently, it was normal e-mail. Webmail is a relatively new thing.

Well relative is relative

I've been using hotmail for 7 years now

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11-18-2007 , 09:51 PM

Josem

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Well relative is relative

I've been using hotmail for 7 years now

Sure. Email has been around for around 40 years (according to wikipedia)

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11-18-2007 , 10:14 PM

LeapFrog

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Well relative is relative

I've been using hotmail for 7 years now

Sure. Email has been around for around 40 years (according to wikipedia)

Well by the way most people measure time, webmail is not relatively new. Even looking at it in the nitty context of the evolution of email, its still only somewhat new, heh.

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11-22-2007 , 03:12 PM

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PokrLikeItsProse

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If I understand this correctly, Thunderbird takes e-mail from Yahoo! and puts it in it's own e-mail box.

Technically, you have to pay extra to get POP mail access from Yahoo (or Hotmail). Gmail is free, however. If anyone knows any other free email services with POP access, I would be interested.

I have paid for this in the past because I needed access to my emails while offline.

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11-22-2007 , 05:39 PM

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Josem

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If anyone knows any other free email services with POP access, I would be interested.

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=free+p...GL_enAU246AU246

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