I want Outlook Express but without Problems!

[JunkMonkey]

I've been using Thunderbird for about a week now. I tried it because I was
so happy with FireFox. It's got a lot of things to like about it, but I'm
not sure I will continue with it. Strictly for email, it's great, but I
don't like the newsgroup capabilities all that much.

I've come to the conclusion that what I REALLY want is OE, but without the
problems and security risks. I've used it too long, I guess. The OE
featureset and User Interface seems natural, logical, and intuitive to me.
While other email clients may have features I like, none of them really do
things the way I want

What email client (freeware or payware) comes the closest to emulating OE?

Things I like about OE, I like the way it handles newsgroups.
It tells you how many messages are available and how many you've read.
I like the combine & decode feature of OE for binaries.

Things I don't like about OE
doesn't handle yenc (I don't use it, but I think a good newsgroup app
should make it available)
Filtering of email and NG messages really stinks and isn't automatic
enough to suit me.

Is there anything out there a guy like me should be looking at?

 

[Me]

I've come to the conclusion that what I REALLY want is OE, but
without the problems and security risks.

Set OE to the Restricted Zones setting and it's totally safe.

 

[Steven Michael]

Forte Agent is the finest newsgroup browser on the entire internet. Of
course there are always those who will argue... The layout is
intuitive and natural but yes, there is a small learning curve so that
one can get comfortable with the interface. Support for yEnc format as
well as just about anything else you can think of --Forte Agent is the
'Adobe PhotoShop' of the newsgroup world. The product turns into
Forte Free Agent after 30 days of continuous use or you can pay a
small license fee to continue using Agent. Forte Free Agent is
incredibly powerful and the has nearly the same feature set as Agent.
Best wishes. Stephen Michael at (e-mail address removed).

 

[jo]

I've come to the conclusion that what I REALLY want is OE, but without the
problems and security risks

Have a look at Dialog

http://www.40tude.com/dialog/

 

[Nuroticat]

I've been using Thunderbird for about a week now. I tried it because
I was so happy with FireFox. It's got a lot of things to like about
it, but I'm not sure I will continue with it. Strictly for email,
it's great, but I don't like the newsgroup capabilities all that much.

I've come to the conclusion that what I REALLY want is OE, but
without the problems and security risks. I've used it too long, I
guess. The OE featureset and User Interface seems natural, logical,
and intuitive to me. While other email clients may have features I
like, none of them really do things the way I want

What email client (freeware or payware) comes the closest to
emulating OE?

Things I like about OE, I like the way it handles newsgroups.
It tells you how many messages are available and how many you've
read. I like the combine & decode feature of OE for binaries.

Things I don't like about OE
doesn't handle yenc (I don't use it, but I think a good newsgroup
app should make it available)
Filtering of email and NG messages really stinks and isn't
automatic enough to suit me.

Is there anything out there a guy like me should be looking at?

I feel the same way you do about Outlook Express, despite its bad rep.
Rather than suggest another e-mail client, I'll describe the addons I
use that breathe new life into OE.

OE-QuoteFix: Fixes OE's broken quoting, and adds a ton of neat stuff -
colored quoting, emoticons, and more.
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/

SpamPal: This is the greatest thing ever. It works with any email
client you throw at it because
it runs in the tray, and can be configured as a Windows service. Its
plugins enhance its usefulness tenfold. Bayesian spam filtering,
separate notifications for spam and regular e-mail, and automatic
stripping of dangerous HTML web bugs are yours.
http://www.spampal.org/

I've decided to keep OE for email for the forseeable future, but
decided to switch to a regular full featured news client. Check out
XanaNews, the interface is similar to OE, it makes a nice companion.
http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/d7xananews.htm

 

[Chaos Master]

JunkMonkey said:

Is there anything out there a guy like me should be looking at?

Gravity or 40tude Dialog for news. I am using Gravity since 2002 and don't want
to know about OE anymore.

For mail I use Sylpheed-Claws.


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[starwars]

I've been using Thunderbird for about a week now. I tried it because I was
so happy with FireFox. It's got a lot of things to like about it, but I'm
not sure I will continue with it. Strictly for email, it's great, but I
don't like the newsgroup capabilities all that much.

I've come to the conclusion that what I REALLY want is OE, but without the
problems and security risks. I've used it too long, I guess. The OE
featureset and User Interface seems natural, logical, and intuitive to me.
While other email clients may have features I like, none of them really do
things the way I want

What email client (freeware or payware) comes the closest to emulating OE?

Things I like about OE, I like the way it handles newsgroups.
It tells you how many messages are available and how many you've read.
I like the combine & decode feature of OE for binaries.

Things I don't like about OE
doesn't handle yenc (I don't use it, but I think a good newsgroup app
should make it available)
Filtering of email and NG messages really stinks and isn't automatic
enough to suit me.

Is there anything out there a guy like me should be looking at?

Use 40Tude Dialog. It does everything that OE does & decodes Y-Enc posts. Also handles multiple servers & email addresses. I'm using Mozilla for my emails at the moment & 40Tude for news (I just like to keep my emails & browser together), but if Mozilla scrapped any of it's email features, 40Tude would definitely be my first choice.

I reinstalled my OS recently (Win '98), and actually removed OE from the list of features to be installed as I know that I would never use a program with so many security problems, so I wanted to keep it completely away from my system.