[DECtalk] Off-topic - Email client?

[Pitermach]

If you were using NVDA< maybe. I tried latest tb with jaws 14 a few 
weeks ago, and it flat out refused to virtualize the messages. Which 
could be a problem.

On 2013-03-04 10:27, Tony Baechler wrote:
> Did you see my posts to you about this on the Speakup list?  I 
> recommend Thunderbird.  It meets all of your requirements.  Since your 
> profile is completely separate from the program location, you can copy 
> your profile to a flash drive and access your mail from anywhere.  
> Also, I strongly suggest that you switch to IMAP instead of POP3 for 
> retrieving your mail if you haven't done so already.  IMAP is much 
> faster and avoids a lot of problems, not to mention also making your 
> mail available anywhere, including the web if you have a webmail 
> package installed.  Also, Windows 7 does have Windows Mail which is 
> supposed to be like OE, but please look at Thunderbird.  It's free 
> software and runs on Linux as well. Since Thunderbird uses standard 
> mbox files for mail storage, you can use any standard Linux mail 
> program to read them if necessary.  I've never imported from OE, but 
> I'm pretty sure Thunderbird does that as well.  I don't use JFW, but 
> it works great with Window-Eyes and NVDA.
>
> On 3/3/2013 11:43 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Here's my situation. For over a decade, I've been using Outlook 
>> Express, and
>> I've been happy with it. Now I'm upgrading to Windows 7, and guess 
>> what? No
>> Outlook Express, and there doesn't seem to be a hackish way to get it to
>> work either, other than running it in an instance of XP on a virtual
>> machine, which seems like a lot of trouble just for Email. So here is my
>> question. Do any of you know of an Email client that:
>>
>> 1. Works well with Jaws.
>> 2. Has functionality similar to OE.
>> 3. Can import Outlook Express messages and address books, or can 
>> import mbox
>> files. There's a tool called DBXtract or something similar to convert
>> Outlook Express DBX files to mbox files.
>> 4. Preferably uses a standard mail format like mbox or maildir.
>> 5. Preferably is portable, so I can move it from system to system with a
>> minimum of fuss.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Jayson
>>
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