[NFBCS] E-Mail Issues Again, Mail Client Suggestions Please

[Peter]

Hello Ed and everyone,

	As mentioned in my last message we always had more than one mail
program running on our desktops with all of the features Outlook has. We use
the ability to save messages in various formats a lot. Hopefully that will
give some of you an idea of the features we need in an e-mail client. We
hoped that the Microsoft Mail Client would fit the bill but for our needs it
does not. Eudora and Thunderbird have all of the same features Outlook Does.
I'm not familiar with the Becky Mail Program. We would use one of the mail
clients mentioned above if they're as accessible as were versions that ran
under older versions of Windows. We have Windows 10 running on both desktops
and are using Jaws 2020 for our screen reader. We've obviously made a
serious mistake in being too dependent on a single mail program when as we
did in the past there should have been multiple mail programs that meet our
requirements on both desktops for those times when one of them decides to
act up. All the best.

Peter Donahue



-----Original Message-----
From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ed Barnes via NFBCS
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2021 4:07 PM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Ed Barnes <edbarnes7 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] E-Mail Issues Again, Mail Client Suggestions Please

Hi Peter, whether it is in the context of my job or personally as it is in
this case, I still stand by the suggestions I gave you regarding the issues
you were having with Ms Outlook's unresponsive nature a few days ago whether
you liked them or not, I don't much care. The suggestions are based upon my
work experience providing IT/desktop support for the provincial government
in NL Canada where I live for the past 15 years and 3 years prior to that
providing technical support to xwave which is now a part of the large
Canadian telco Bell.
I would have thought that you would be eager to follow my suggestions
considering that the suggestions were free and based upon "real world
experience" vs telling me that you had to wait to upgrade to windows
11 to uninstall and re-install office 365 which just means you wait longer
to solve your own problem.
 If you want suggestions of other mail clients which are not "dumbed down"
as you put it when comparing outlook to for example windows mail, the
suggestions you get in return will likely be "dumbed down"
when comparing them to outlook if you are looking for something that is
free.
In my opinion, if you compare them "side by side", it is not fair to compare
Outlook with Eudora or Thunderbird as outlook has many features which the
other programs do not.
In concluding, I think you will be hard pressed to solve your own problem is
you don't want to take advice that is tried and true from people who work in
the IT field whether that advice is from me or from other members on this
list.
Thanks and best regards,
Ed Barnes

On 11/11/21, Peter via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello again everyone,
>
>
>
>                 Last week I wrote concerning issues with Microsoft 
> Outlook not opening after crashes. I was told that this could only be 
> fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling Microsoft 365. This is not 
> going to happen until we upgrade to Windows 11. The alternative would 
> be to use another full-featured e-mail client. No one gave me any 
> recommendations. I would appreciate suggestions of accessible E-Mail 
> programs to consider so we have a backup mail program should issues 
> with Outlook continue to occur. I've used Eudora and Thunderbird in the
past under earlier versions of windows.
> Given its "Dumbed down" nature Windows Mail is out of the question.
> Truthfully we've always had multiple mail programs installed to 
> protect us from e-mail client failures and need to go back to doing 
> that. Your mail program suggestions that work under Windows 10 and 11 
> will be very much appreciated. All the best.
>
>
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
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