Computer newbies: web mail vs outlook express
web mail vs outlook express
by dcmorris - 5/24/09 5:03 PMBefore anyone chastises me please be informed I "searched" this subject in CNET Forums and got 5,400 plus hits. Not easy to cull out an answer among that many hits. My OS is WinXP, my web mail is Gmail. I currently have used 3MB of the 7,330MB available so storage is not a problem.
Is there any good reason to use one instead of the other?
Currently I use web mail but my wife prefers and uses Outlook Express.
Personal Choice, Use Either One..
by Grif Thomas
- 5/24/09 5:41 PM
In reply to: web mail vs outlook express by dcmorris
Personal preference is exactly that.. Use what you like.. Let you're wife use OE and you use web mail.. Most ISP providers now have virus scanners included in their mail delivery so as long as you've got a little common sense, neither are as dangerous as they once were.. If you like what you're using.....
Why not stick with what you have?
Hope this helps.
Grif
I prefer OE.
by Coryphaeus - 5/24/09 6:48 PM In reply to: web mail vs outlook express by dcmorrisFor the simple reason I do not like to have to wait for a web page to load to read the mail, change folders, compose, etc. OE is real email, you can see all folders, click on one and it shows up instantly, click on any email and it loads instantly, etc.
My cable connection is 15 Mb/s. So I wait on the page to load at their speed.
As far as protection, I use AVG free and have never been infected. And I'm old and have been on line since the 80s.
Wayne
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by dcmorris - 5/25/09 5:36 AM In reply to: I prefer OE. by CoryphaeusThanks Grif and Wayne.
It looks like I can't go wrong in either event so I am sticking with web mail and there is no way I can budge my wife from Outlook Express.
Thanks again.
Sorry, Wrong.. For XP, Outlook Express Still Functions Fine
by Grif Thomas - 5/31/09 10:15 AM
In reply to: Sorry by msgale
For Vista, Windows Live Mail has replaced OE, but for Windows XP, (the original post indicates XP is being used), the Outlook Express will still download various types of POP3 mail.
Hope this helps.
Grif
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by leoleann55 - 5/31/09 12:55 PM In reply to: web mail vs outlook express by dcmorriswell,
1. it can't be down unlike the server on gmail
2.more reliable
3. its a seperate app so you don't need to open your browser and go to gmail.com
4. its faster than a web-based e-mail
Web vs Outlook ... not an either / or
by aln298 - 5/31/09 3:01 PM In reply to: web mail vs outlook express by dcmorrisYou know you don't have to choose. Use both. Using "web mail" allows you to access your email from anywhere; work, home, on the road ... Set up your email client (Outlook or whatever) "correctly" and you can save copies locally on your PC and leave copies on the email server for access from wherever.
An advantage to using an email client is that most email clients will allow more control over the styles of email you send. For example changing fonts or inserting pictures ...
I use Thunderbird for netscape.net, netscape.com, hotpop.com and q.com. It works with IMAP, POP and gmail accounts. Each of my 7 email accounts opens in a single Thunderbird window allowing me to check each email account with out having to open 7 separate web pages. There is a tool that should allow me to open my Yahoo email within Thunderbird but I haven't gotten it to work reliably yet ... It works without hitch in Macintosh's OS X.
An additional advantage to Thunderbird is that it can be tied into Firefox so that you can be notified that you have email while you surf the web.
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