[nabs-l] email clients for Windows 7

[David Andrews]

Yes, Thunderbird has shortcut keys for many things.  Address book 
seems ok, although haven't used it a lot.  JAWS 13 has scripts for Thunderbird.

Dave

At 12:40 PM 12/10/2011, you wrote:
>Thanks for all the suggestions! Thunderbird sounds like a very
>promising solution. Does it have keyboard shortcuts for things like
>creating, replying to, and forwarding mail? Is the address book
>feature user-friendly? Like Arielle I also use the basic html web
>version for gmail but need an email client for my university email
>account. Of course, I could potentially have my university mail
>automatically forwarded to my gmail account, which I hear is a common
>practice among my fellow students.
>
>On 12/10/11, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Carley,
> > Eudora is eudora regardless of what operating system you have. So 
> how do you
> > like it? Are there keystrokes for all the clicking a mouse does.
> > Like do you press control N for new message?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carly
> > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 1:17 AM
> > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list ; National
> > Association of Blind Students mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] email clients for Windows 7
> >
> >
> > Hi, I use an ancient, version of both the OS and Eudora. As ai said,
> > I didn't realize you'all were talking about using Eudora, with W7.
> > Sorry for the confusion!
> > C. At 06:07 PM 12/9/2011, Ashley Bramlett wrote:
> >>Carley,
> >>I've thought about getting that. Can you explain? Is eudora for purchase?
> >>Can you still sort email into folders? Does it have a menu system?
> >>
> >>-----Original Message----- From: Carly
> >>Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 7:46 PM
> >>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list ; nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> >>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] email clients for Windows 7
> >>
> >>
> >>Without having experienced any other email clients, I hear Eudora is
> >>buy far, the simplest. Not exactly fancy or particularly modern, it
> >>cannot be beat in simplisity. At 10:15 AM 12/9/2011, Katie Wang wrote:
> >>>Hi all,
> >>>I have been using Windows XP until very recently and always used
> >>>Outlook Express as my primary email client, as I prefer its simple
> >>>interface. However, I just purchased a new computer running Windows 7,
> >>>and, as you know, this easy-to-use email tool is no longer available.
> >>>I switched to using MS Office Outlook 2010, and although it is
> >>>definitely accessible with JAWS, I found the interface much more
> >>>complicated and cumbersome. I am aware that I'm still in the process
> >>>of getting used to a new program and may come to like it better over
> >>>time, but I was wondering whether anyone has had similar experiences?
> >>>For those of you using Windows 7 computers, do you use MS Office
> >>>Outlook, or would you recommend an alternative email program? Thanks!
> >>>Katie