email client suggestions please

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Hi, I need to find an email client for my friend that will

(1) display chinese characters and HTML
(2) import all the currently outlook express *addresses* +
*emails* into the new client.
(3) as easy to use as Outlook Express

I already helped her to switch to Firefox but her Outlook
Express thing is killing me. It kept, for no reason, changing
its own setting to hang up after mail checking no matter how
many time I fixed it. It is also unsafe for her to use
Outlook Express becasue I don't have time to always patch it
for her (win98) and I can't switch off Html viewing in it
because she needs to read chinese characters in it.

I finally decided to find a better email client for her.
However, I need to make sure everything in the new client
looks more or less the same to her so it would be easy for her
to make the transition. In addition, I am not really sure if
there are any options better than outlook express for her (and
OT here, she does have Outlook, but I don't think it is better
than Outlook Express).

Thank in advance for the suggestions



RL


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R. L. said:
Hi, I need to find an email client for my friend that will

(1) display chinese characters and HTML
(2) import all the currently outlook express *addresses* +
*emails* into the new client.
(3) as easy to use as Outlook Express

I already helped her to switch to Firefox but her Outlook
Express thing is killing me. It kept, for no reason, changing
its own setting to hang up after mail checking no matter how
many time I fixed it. It is also unsafe for her to use
Outlook Express becasue I don't have time to always patch it
for her (win98) and I can't switch off Html viewing in it
because she needs to read chinese characters in it.

I finally decided to find a better email client for her.
However, I need to make sure everything in the new client
looks more or less the same to her so it would be easy for her
to make the transition. In addition, I am not really sure if
there are any options better than outlook express for her (and
OT here, she does have Outlook, but I don't think it is better
than Outlook Express).

Thank in advance for the suggestions



RL
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Won't Mozilla Thunderbird do everything you want? I use the Mozilla
suite myself, and its' Mail & Newsgroups components meets all your
requirements, so I assume the stand-alone Thunderbird program would as well.
 
Hi, I need to find an email client for my friend that will

(1) display chinese characters and HTML
(2) import all the currently outlook express *addresses* +
*emails* into the new client.
(3) as easy to use as Outlook Express
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Foxmail

Bye.
 
| I already helped her to switch to Firefox but her Outlook
| Express thing is killing me. It kept, for no reason, changing
| its own setting to hang up after mail checking no matter how
| many time I fixed it. It is also unsafe for her to use
| Outlook Express becasue I don't have time to always patch it
| for her (win98) and I can't switch off Html viewing in it
| because she needs to read chinese characters in it.


[Sorry, skipped]

1. If I'm not mistaken, OE *can* be configured to display ALL messages in
text mode. The HTML part and included images will then be shown as
attachments which you can open and view if you so choose...

TOOLS > OPTIONS > READ -- READ ALL MESSAGES IN PLAIN TEXT

This functionality was added with IE6 SP1.

2. Regarding Chinese characters - won't OE display them correctly if your
text encoding is set to Chinese ?

VIEW > ENCODING > MORE > Chinese [ or whatever variant you want ]

I'm not too sure about this.

3. As regards the routine patching, I agree OE is the most targeted email /
news client, but the trade-off is that it certainly is the most
user-friendly. Thunderbird along with its extensions does come close though,
so if your friend has no qualms about how to learn to use it go right ahead
and try it out.
www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/


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Won't Mozilla Thunderbird do everything you want? I use
the Mozilla suite myself, and its' Mail & Newsgroups
components meets all your requirements, so I assume the
stand-alone Thunderbird program would as well.
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Yes, this one is definitely on my list. I am just
wondering...can I import all the old mails from OE into
Thunderbird?

Thanks.

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Foxmail seconded - written in China, I would imagine it
would deal with all you want.

Has built in spam filtering etc also
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Thank you, guys. One thing I will need to try out is to see
if my friend can enter chinese character in Foxmail with the
MS IME installed. It look promising though. Some has
recommended Thunderbird, too. I am wonder which one is
better. Foxmail is, afterall, a smaller download, though.

btw, can it import all the old OE mails that has received
previously in OE?


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1. If I'm not mistaken, OE *can* be configured to display
ALL messages in text mode. The HTML part and included
images will then be shown as attachments which you can open
and view if you so choose...

TOOLS > OPTIONS > READ -- READ ALL MESSAGES IN PLAIN TEXT

This functionality was added with IE6 SP1.

2. Regarding Chinese characters - won't OE display them
correctly if your text encoding is set to Chinese ?

VIEW > ENCODING > MORE > Chinese [ or whatever variant you
want ]
Click to expand...

Thanks for the help. However, what the problem I had was that
you cannot get both the Chinese characters AND the html at the
same time, if you use language encoding, the html view has to
be on :-(




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R. L. said:
Michael Forsythe <[email protected]> says in




Yes, this one is definitely on my list. I am just
wondering...can I import all the old mails from OE into
Thunderbird?

Thanks.
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In Mozilla, with the email client open, you would simply click Tools >
Import and then select email messages from Outlook Express. The setting
in Thunderbird must be similar. Download it and see.
 
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