Comments on: What alternatives are there to Outlook for email?

Question: What alternatives are there to Outlook for email?

NekulturnY — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:16:04 -0800

Reborn Firefox user looking for e-mail advice. (mi)

I have gone off MS IE, switching to Firefox. It's now time to do the same for Microsoft Outlook, methinks, so I'm looking for a free mail program with tasks, calendar, contacts, etc. (basically, MS Outlook done good). Only one problem: I need to be able to migrate my almost 1000 contacts, more than 6000 e-mails etc. to the new program (with attachments, date stamps and everything). Hope me?

By: majick

majick — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:37:42 -0800

Most email clients don't provide todo, calendar, or strong contact features, and most PIMs don't have useful email handling. Outlook is kind of a compromise between the two. If you want something decent, you'll probably be looking at two new pieces of software: a decent mail reader (Thunderbird's okay, but take your pick; most should be able to raid your .PST file for migration) and a PIM (I use text files, so don't ask me about modern PIMs).

By: SPrintF

SPrintF — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 09:12:28 -0800

I don't wish to sound snarky, but have you considered using Mozilla (browser, e-mail, address book, the whole schmear) rather than Firefox?

By: NekulturnY

NekulturnY — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 09:22:19 -0800

I just switched from Mozilla to Firefox, which I like better. So two programs. No problem, but the question remains: which?

By: Mossy

Mossy — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 09:57:40 -0800

I switched from outlook to gmail for my mail, I believe there are e-mail/address book importers out there..

For scheduling I've stuck with outlook as it syncs with my smartphone.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 09:58:11 -0800

As I understand it, you won't find One Program To Rule Them All.

You probably want Thunderbird for email and any of a few calendar add-ons for Firefox; I don't think there are any for Thunderbird.

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By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:37:52 -0800

For calendaring, there's the Sunbird project.

By: muckster

muckster — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:25:56 -0800

When I ditched Outlook for Thunderbird, I installed Palm Desktop to take care of scheduling. It's free and works well without a PDA. Thunderbird handles my email and contacts.

By: Grod

Grod — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:53:27 -0800

Thunderbird has a calender (it may be an extension, I don't remember) and Firefox 1.0PR checks your email.

By: mattr

mattr — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 03:46:08 -0800

I just did the Outlook to Thunderbird switch (two days ago...) and I wish I had done it sooner....I don't do scheduling at home...but the Sunbird solution looks good...

By: mattr

mattr — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 03:47:44 -0800

btw - nice user name....