Vista mail sucks!

[Peter Keep]

I have been using Outlook for 10 years - not Express, though I have provided
technical support to Express users.

Just recently got my first version of Vista and it's mail program - it
sucks. Can't use a previous .pst file, it lacks features that were in
Express, and won't even keep keep text formats set from line to line (as in
fonts, <insert> off/on, bold or italicize, etc.)

It's terribly slow,

Given how badly Vista mail performs (based against how well Outlook 97 and
2000 did!) anyone out there have a 3rd party recommendation for a mail
program that has the feature set and workability that Outlook 2000 has? I'd
try the newer versions of Outlook except now I can't trust MS to preserve
features and reliability.

 

[Bob]

Windows Live Mail
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

 

[Paul Smith]

I have been using Outlook for 10 years - not Express, though I have
provided technical support to Express users.

Just recently got my first version of Vista and it's mail program - it
sucks. Can't use a previous .pst file, it lacks features that were in
Express, and won't even keep keep text formats set from line to line (as
in fonts, <insert> off/on, bold or italicize, etc.)

It's terribly slow,

Given how badly Vista mail performs (based against how well Outlook 97 and
2000 did!) anyone out there have a 3rd party recommendation for a mail
program that has the feature set and workability that Outlook 2000 has?
I'd try the newer versions of Outlook except now I can't trust MS to
preserve features and reliability.

Honestly you're comparing Windows Mail to Outlook, of course its not going
to be anywhere near as good. It is just an update and rebranding of Outlook
Express with a few new features like a junk mail filter.

You're right that Windows Mail, when dealing with huge numbers of messages
in the tens of thousands is quite a bit slower than Outlook Express, but
that's because now it stores messages as individual files, rather than in a
DB.

I use Outlook 2007.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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[Gary VanderMolen]

Both Outlook 2003 and 2007 work well in Vista.
Given your resistance to change, better try Outlook 2003 first. ;-)