Had Windows 7 arrive yesterday (Not a bad deal £44 for home premium from pc 
world on pre order) and installed it for a first quick look yesterday.One 
thing im wondering is that because ive been in the dark ages OS wise i was 
using IE6 and outlook express but now that i installed IE8 as part of 
Windows 7 i have noticed it doesnt even come with an email client.I liked OE 
as i found it easy enough for using with email and NG viewing but does 
anyone know if there is a close enough replacement for it?

cheers,

JB

"Jonbhoy"  wrote in message 
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> Had Windows 7 arrive yesterday (Not a bad deal £44 for home premium from 
> pc world on pre order) and installed it for a first quick look 
> yesterday.One thing im wondering is that because ive been in the dark ages 
> OS wise i was using IE6 and outlook express but now that i installed IE8 
> as part of Windows 7 i have noticed it doesnt even come with an email 
> client.I liked OE as i found it easy enough for using with email and NG 
> viewing but does anyone know if there is a close enough replacement for 
> it?
>
> cheers,
>
> JB
>

Since going over to Vista the updated version of Outlook Express is simply 
called Windows Mail. Can't find a download for it but you can use Windows 
Live Mail for both news & NG's though I don't like the fact that it's web 
based, try it.

Isn't XP built into Windows 7, might be you can do something with Outlook 
Express there.

"Jonbhoy"  wrote in message 
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> Had Windows 7 arrive yesterday (Not a bad deal £44 for home premium from 
> pc world on pre order) and installed it for a first quick look 
> yesterday.One thing im wondering is that because ive been in the dark ages 
> OS wise i was using IE6 and outlook express but now that i installed IE8 
> as part of Windows 7 i have noticed it doesnt even come with an email 
> client.I liked OE as i found it easy enough for using with email and NG 
> viewing but does anyone know if there is a close enough replacement for 
> it?
>
> cheers,
>
> JB
>

Since going over to Vista the updated version of Outlook Express is simply 
called Windows Mail. Can't find a download for it but you can use Windows 
Live Mail for both news & NG's though I don't like the fact that it's web 
based, try it.

Isn't XP built into Windows 7, might be you can do something with Outlook 
Express there.

"Andy Morrison"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Jonbhoy"  wrote in message 
> news:hbn5tv$k1n$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> Had Windows 7 arrive yesterday (Not a bad deal £44 for home premium from 
>> pc world on pre order) and installed it for a first quick look 
>> yesterday.One thing im wondering is that because ive been in the dark 
>> ages OS wise i was using IE6 and outlook express but now that i installed 
>> IE8 as part of Windows 7 i have noticed it doesnt even come with an email 
>> client.I liked OE as i found it easy enough for using with email and NG 
>> viewing but does anyone know if there is a close enough replacement for 
>> it?
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> JB
>>
>
> Since going over to Vista the updated version of Outlook Express is simply 
> called Windows Mail. Can't find a download for it but you can use Windows 
> Live Mail for both news & NG's though I don't like the fact that it's web 
> based, try it.

Thanks,yeah that version was mentioned when i searched on google but didnt 
have time to look at it.Is it any good? Id prefer a stand alone thing like 
OE rather than web based but guess if thats the best i can get so be 
it.Shame really as it seems a step back rather than forward.

> Isn't XP built into Windows 7, might be you can do something with Outlook 
> Express there.

Think it is on the higher version of Windows 7 but not home premium,only on 
Pro and Ultimate.

Jonbhoy wrote:

> Had Windows 7 arrive yesterday (Not a bad deal £44 for home premium from
> pc world on pre order) and installed it for a first quick look
> yesterday.One thing im wondering is that because ive been in the dark ages
> OS wise i was using IE6 and outlook express but now that i installed IE8
> as part of Windows 7 i have noticed it doesnt even come with an email
> client.I liked OE as i found it easy enough for using with email and NG
> viewing but does anyone know if there is a close enough replacement for
> it?

Windows Live Desktop is the replacement for it.  You have to download it
either from Windows Update, or Microsoft's website.

Alternatively you might want to look at Mozilla Thunderbird.

"Jonbhoy"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Andy Morrison"  wrote in message 
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>>
>> "Jonbhoy"  wrote in message 
>> news:hbn5tv$k1n$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> Had Windows 7 arrive yesterday (Not a bad deal £44 for home premium from 
>>> pc world on pre order) and installed it for a first quick look 
>>> yesterday.One thing im wondering is that because ive been in the dark 
>>> ages OS wise i was using IE6 and outlook express but now that i 
>>> installed IE8 as part of Windows 7 i have noticed it doesnt even come 
>>> with an email client.I liked OE as i found it easy enough for using with 
>>> email and NG viewing but does anyone know if there is a close enough 
>>> replacement for it?
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>>
>>> JB
>>>
>>
>> Since going over to Vista the updated version of Outlook Express is 
>> simply called Windows Mail. Can't find a download for it but you can use 
>> Windows Live Mail for both news & NG's though I don't like the fact that 
>> it's web based, try it.
>
> Thanks,yeah that version was mentioned when i searched on google but didnt 
> have time to look at it.Is it any good? Id prefer a stand alone thing like 
> OE rather than web based but guess if thats the best i can get so be 
> it.Shame really as it seems a step back rather than forward.
>
>> Isn't XP built into Windows 7, might be you can do something with Outlook 
>> Express there.
>
> Think it is on the higher version of Windows 7 but not home premium,only 
> on Pro and Ultimate.
>

If 7 is like vista then the Windows Live folder will be in your start > 
programs list, open the folder & Windows Live Mail is one of the options. It 
may well be a stand alone like OE, I just took it for granted that it would 
be web based mail like Windows Live Hotmail which is a horrible web based 
mail system.

"Windows Live Mail includes the familiar features of Windows Mail, the mail 
program in Windows Vista, plus new features such as the ability to 
automatically configure itself to work with some of the most popular e-mail 
services, including Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo!, AOL, and Gmail."
How do you rate Windows 7, I've been hanging off for a few months to renew 
my machine, waiting for 7. People complain about Vista but I've had no 
problems with it at all in the 2 yrs since I got my last PC but I like to 
keep up with the latest technology.

Andy Morrison wrote:

> If 7 is like vista then the Windows Live folder will be in your start >
> programs list, open the folder & Windows Live Mail is one of the options.
> It may well be a stand alone like OE, I just took it for granted that it
> would be web based mail like Windows Live Hotmail which is a horrible web
> based mail system.
> 
> "Windows Live Mail includes the familiar features of Windows Mail, the
> mail program in Windows Vista, plus new features such as the ability to
> automatically configure itself to work with some of the most popular
> e-mail services, including Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo!, AOL, and Gmail."
> How do you rate Windows 7, I've been hanging off for a few months to renew
> my machine, waiting for 7. People complain about Vista but I've had no
> problems with it at all in the 2 yrs since I got my last PC but I like to
> keep up with the latest technology.

It's not.  You have to download it separately.  You can find it as an
optional download in Windows Update.

On 2009-10-21 15:30:16 +0100, "Jonbhoy"  said:

> Had Windows 7 arrive yesterday (Not a bad deal £44 for home premium from pc
> world on pre order) and installed it for a first quick look yesterday.One
> thing im wondering is that because ive been in the dark ages OS wise i was
> using IE6 and outlook express but now that i installed IE8 as part of
> Windows 7 i have noticed it doesnt even come with an email client.I liked OE
> as i found it easy enough for using with email and NG viewing but does
> anyone know if there is a close enough replacement for it?
> 
> cheers,
> 
> JB

I went with Thunderbird years back

Just using the live mail thing now.It is a stand alone reader and not web 
based im glad to see and will take a bit of learning but apart from not 
having a send/receive manual button looks ok.

Thanks for all the help,very much appreciated.

Jonbhoy wrote:
> Just using the live mail thing now.It is a stand alone reader and not 
> web based im glad to see and will take a bit of learning but apart from 
> not having a send/receive manual button looks ok.
> 
> Thanks for all the help,very much appreciated.
Thanks also gents from Surprise AZ.  Reading this thread has further 
enhanced the superiority complex which sometimes comes over folks such 
as myself who use Linux as an OS (specifically Ubuntu).

And, OnTopic is there any chance Dominic Cervi will be sent out on loan 
to St. Mirren?  I like to follow the Yanks and semi-Yanks in the 
Scottish League and this transaction would make it a lot easier, on me 
at least.:-)