email for Windows 7
I have Windows 7 and I’ve discovered that Windows 7 does not have windows mail. We have Bigpond account with a proxy server. Can you suggest an email program for me?
Microsoft’s decision not to bundle an email program with Windows 7 was a strange one which is awkward for most users.
There are a number of ways to resolve this; with Microsoft’s free download, with an online service or with a third party email.
Third Party Solutions
If you are installing Microsoft Office on your computer then you may have Outlook as part of the suite. Use that for your email.
Otherwise, look at downloading a program like Thunderbird or the venerable Eudora.
Online Services
For many people the online services are fine. These include Gmail, Yahoo! and Hotmail. These can be set to collect your Bigpond or other ISP emails. The advantage with these is they are easy to use, portable and don’t require you to install anything on your computer.
Windows Live Essentials
The fact Microsoft calls them “essentials” indicate they should have been included with Window 7. The only thought why they were not is as a marketing strategy or a ruse to get around US or EU competition concerns. The Windows Live Essentials pack is free and contains mail, calendar and chat functions.
So there’s plenty of options for mail with Windows 7, have a look at them and see which one works best for you.
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April 13th, 2011 at 10:52 pm
I found messaging services invasive.
But an idea I have is converstion by number and the web
Which means 4Bn3-4590-wem3Q-8127 is conversation that up to 5 people and no more can be privy to
So if Fred in London wants to speak to George in Perth (Aus)
he puts in the number above and either leaves important message or a flag.
An important message will mean a very light will on Georges screen if he is online or if offline then it will flashing for a few seconds on switch on and then just a small light.
A flag means that the message Fred wants to talk George when they are both on line although not urgent.
Each conversation will carry a password made up of the users names.
Paid for be headed notepaper (small ads at the top or bottom of each page)
Any other than semi private google docs like this.