What email program do you guys run?

[Greg from K/W]

This new laptop has a copy of outlook 2007 but I have to buy a product key for it. So what do you guys use for your email? I have used outlook express in the past but figured I might like to try something else out. Any recommendations?

[ChrWright]

G-mail all the way. It's cloud based and free.

I can log on from any computer and access any and all emails I've ever received and updates happen within seconds from anything I do between my smart phone and computer.

The computer I'm typing on could crash tomorrow and I wouldn't care (at least for my emails). The same for my phone.

I can be back in business and not skip a beat.

[Greg from K/W]

I thought you had to have a google email account to use that?

[Workaholic]

I use outlook office 2007, all part of the office package. I like all the reminders and calender features.

[ChrWright]

I thought you had to have a google email account to use that?

Yes, a Google account gets you gmail, docs, calendar, etc.--all seamless and free.

I have an email tied to my website (Chris@WrightWorks.net). I have my Gmail account setup to get emails to that address from my server.

[Leo G]

I can't tell you. You will make fun of me.

[Greg from K/W]

Leo I would never ever dream of making fun of you oh wise Maje. I would be afraid you would throw saw dust at me and set me on fire.

[Eieio]

Gmail..

Been on it for a few years now.. I will never turn back, they have sync with Blackberries to for Documents, Calendar, email etc

[kevjob]

gmail for me now too, love the versatility and access from anywhere and all my vendors can send me pdf's and I can email clients and let them know from my phone.

[SLS-Construction]

Outlook for the features & I can back everything up unlike that other company that had a few issues about a month ago with calendars and a few other features (Where did that whistling smillee go)

[Greg from K/W]

:tt2: I don't know but either of these seam appropriate to the occasion NO? :rolleyes3:

[shanekw1]

Thunderbird.

[naptownCr]

For work I like outlook, mostly because of the contact manager functions.
Personal I prefer Gmail

[RCP]

Google Mail
Have other accounts (.com or .net) all linked to gmail. I have a dozen different email addys I can access from one login.

[Len]

I can't tell you. You will make fun of me.

Aww, Dissapointed!


I switched to Google apps (Gmail on my domain) from outlook, which I used for years. It was weird at first but so glad I did. Just like Chris said, no syncing between computers, phones, no backups to worry about etc.


The most difficult hurdle for me was the sort by name function. I was so used to that in Outlook, it was the hardest habit to break. Want to find a contact in Gmail, use the search. Works very well, just a new routine.

I love Gmail's 'Converstions (http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=5900)' - that feature alone is worth checking it out.

And for the paranoid, you CAN bakcup Gmail too. Although individuals are MUCH more likely to have an issue and lose data than Google, it can still happen.
http://www.gmail-backup.com/
http://gmailkeeper.com/

[Taylordhome]

I love thunderbird! You can import almost any email account to there, no problems...and it is so customizable.

[Silvertree]

G mail, I have all the private messages saying I'm doing a chitty job on RC saved and in alphabetical order by name.:)

[Blue]

G mail, I have all the private messages saying I'm doing a chitty job on RC saved and in alphabetical order by name.:)
Can I get the address? :laugh3:

[Blue]

G mail, I have all the private messages saying I'm doing a chitty job on RC saved and in alphabetical order by name.:)

When you you recieve a haters email because they are unhappy with the way you run your free forum, do you think its like someone coming to your house uninvited and complaining about the food your serving?

[Silvertree]

Naw, I just figure that's how it is. Plus the moderators, I don't remember typing I was doing a chitty job.

[Leo G]

G mail, I have all the private messages saying I'm doing a chitty job on RC saved and in alphabetical order by name.:)

I didn't realize we were allowed to complain :laugh3:

[Blue]

Plus the moderators, I don't remember typing I was doing a chitty job.
The members complain about your service. The moderators tell you how to speak. If we didn't have Paul to push around this place woud be no fun at all.

[JamesDibben]

I love gmail and will NEVER go back.

I ended up getting the 'apps' version so I could be 100% google controlled.

My friend Andy Traub has a great free training product on using gmail if anyone is interested.

http://www.andytraub.com/free/