Email app for Windows 10 tablet.
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I have an el-cheapo Win 10 Intel Atom tablet which runs out of puff very easily. Does anybody have a suggestion for an email app with a small footprint? I don't want a cloud subscription. I bought the thing to replace a Windows XP netbook from 2003 which is loosing its puff even faster! Ta everso.
I have used Thunderbird on my netbook - not sure on its exact footprint.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I have used Thunderbird on my netbook - not sure on its exact footprint.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
Thanks for that. I know of Thunderbird, but it being a bit all-encompassing, it may be a tad heavy for 2 GB/16 GB. One of its good points, though, is that I can put the data file on my 200 GB D drive. It seems some of the free ones don't let you do that.
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I have an el-cheapo Win 10 Intel Atom tablet which runs out of puff very easily. Does anybody have a suggestion for an email app with a small footprint? I don't want a cloud subscription. I bought the thing to replace a Windows XP netbook from 2003 which is loosing its puff even faster! Ta everso.
I use Live Mail, which still works fine, according to Task Manager it's only using 31.4MB. It's hard to find because MS withdrew the Windows Live Essentials it's part of, but a quick google normally finds the download. Looks like Outlook Express, acts like Outlook Express. What more can I say?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I use Live Mail, which still works fine, according to Task Manager it's only using 31.4MB. It's hard to find because MS withdrew the Windows Live Essentials it's part of, but a quick google normally finds the download. Looks like Outlook Express, acts like Outlook Express. What more can I say?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Look for either "Windows-essentials-2012-en.exe" or "wlsetup-all.exe" - they are the same file, I believe, and should be 130MB.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I have an el-cheapo Win 10 Intel Atom tablet which runs out of puff very easily. Does anybody have a suggestion for an email app with a small footprint? I don't want a cloud subscription. I bought the thing to replace a Windows XP netbook from 2003 which is loosing its puff even faster! Ta everso.
Hi, I ran into a problem with thunderbird on my, I admit nearly 5 year old, windows 10 machine. Every now and again it was unable to get my gmail stuff although I could see emails were received on the gmail web page. In essence on some days it worked while at least 1 or 2 days during the week it did not. I played around with various email clients but none of them met what I needed. In the end I tried the built in mail client in Windows 10. It took a while to sync the 400MB of email data accumulated over the years but in the end it does exactly what I need it to do: a simple basic email client without any bells or whistles which in contrast to thunderbird has not missed a beat yet ( 3 weeks or so ). I do not know how much the footprint is but it is built in so it probably does not add all that much once you activate it. Reportedly it has a lot less functionality than Outlook so it may require less memory. Not sure if it will meet your needs but personally I like it for now.
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Thanks for that. I know of Thunderbird, but it being a bit all-encompassing, it may be a tad heavy for 2 GB/16 GB. One of its good points, though, is that I can put the data file on my 200 GB D drive. It seems some of the free ones don't let you do that.
I also use it to back up my online email - in case some nefarious hacker deleted my online mail...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Look for either "Windows-essentials-2012-en.exe" or "wlsetup-all.exe" - they are the same file, I believe, and should be 130MB.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
I found it, downloaded it, and installed it - not! Despite all sorts of magical rites, slaughtered chickens and diabolical incantations it absolutely refused to install multiple times - although the icons did manage to show up on the desktop. I subsequently went on a hunt and found Claws-Mail - reputably with a very small footprint. It installed right away, and I will get back to y'all later about whether it was worth the effort.
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I found it, downloaded it, and installed it - not! Despite all sorts of magical rites, slaughtered chickens and diabolical incantations it absolutely refused to install multiple times - although the icons did manage to show up on the desktop. I subsequently went on a hunt and found Claws-Mail - reputably with a very small footprint. It installed right away, and I will get back to y'all later about whether it was worth the effort.
I forgot to mention: download the file, disconnect the network, install, reconnect the network. Apparently the installer tries to check for a updated version with MS, gets a "no such page" response and decides to kill itself. No internet, no update, no problem! Sorry about that - it's been a while since I installed it!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I have an el-cheapo Win 10 Intel Atom tablet which runs out of puff very easily. Does anybody have a suggestion for an email app with a small footprint? I don't want a cloud subscription. I bought the thing to replace a Windows XP netbook from 2003 which is loosing its puff even faster! Ta everso.
Chris C-B wrote:
I bought the thing to replace a Windows XP netbook from 2003 which is loosing its puff even faster!
That'd be a great candidate for a lightweight Linux distribution. I've used Lubuntu on mine for a while...then Fedora...then, one of the lesser-known ones...Zorin I think...?
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Chris C-B wrote:
I bought the thing to replace a Windows XP netbook from 2003 which is loosing its puff even faster!
That'd be a great candidate for a lightweight Linux distribution. I've used Lubuntu on mine for a while...then Fedora...then, one of the lesser-known ones...Zorin I think...?
