Rank all e-mail programs. (Office, icons, work, connecting)

[NHDave]

Originally Posted by grampaTom

program shmogram -- I like gmail

That's peachy, but the OP wasn't asking about email providers, so it's not relevant.

[Bo]

On those occasions when I use an email client, I am satisfied with Outlook 2016 on a computer. It works with many different email services.

[howard555]

We acquire Windows 7 systems in the near future.
We look for all e-mail options that are free.
We like Windows Mail but it is failing to connect to the ISP mail server.

[Tek_Freek]

After losing Outlook I ended up with Thunderbird. It's okay after adding a few things.

Lightning
Metal Lion Sea Monkey
Provider for Google Calendar
ToneQuilla

Transferring emails and accounts was a PITA, but I finally got it done.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by howard555

We like Windows Mail but it is failing to connect to the ISP mail server.

Comcast? I think Windows live defaults to port that Comcast now blocks. Look up what ports your ISP is using, go into the options and server settings for the account and make sure it's set to the right port. You may also want to check the other settings.

Google "pop3 yourISP settings"

[thecoalman]

FYI most servers support IMAP, when you set an account up as IMAP in your email client(s)the messages are stored on the server. You can access them from multiple clients, devices or the web interface provided by the service provider.

[NHDave]

Originally Posted by thecoalman

Comcast? I think Windows live defaults to port that Comcast now blocks. Look up what ports your ISP is using, go into the options and server settings for the account and make sure it's set to the right port. You may also want to check the other settings.

Google "pop3 yourISP settings"

Comcast blocks port 25 on residential service. Correct POP3 ports for non SSL are 110/587.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by NHDave

The OP specifically mentioned computers, no Gmail program exists for them, Gmail on a computer is accessed through a web browser, there is no program.

Gmail doesn't provide one but AFAIK you can use a third party email client like Thunderbird instead of Gmail's web interface.

[NHDave]

Originally Posted by thecoalman

Gmail doesn't provide one but AFAIK you can use a third party email client like Thunderbird instead of Gmail's web interface.

Of course you can, but "Gmail" isn't a valid answer to the OP's question, as I pointed out earlier.

[mawipafl]

Everyone, get ready to laugh and shake your heads.

AOL, and not aol.com, but using the AOL desktop software to access mail. It's free either way. Although I often hear that AOL is a memory hog, it's never been a problem for me.

I also have gmail and Comcast addresses, but my primary is AOL.

With AOL I like, no adore, the simplicity of being able to write, read, and most importantly to search for old mails written or received and to find them quickly.

It's much easier for me to also archive emails with a choice of keeping them on AOL's system or storing them on my PC. My only "complaint" would be that I cannot organize my folders - when I add a new one, it appears at the bottom of the list of folders. Like one can do with bookmarks, arrange them in a particular preference, I wish I could do that with my folders.

I also like the faster access to my address book, to all of it if I need to see all my contacts in one long list. I feel it's much easier to group contacts with AOL and make changes to groups.

Lastly, I do like the spam controls offered by AOL. I can tell the system precisely what I consider spam by email address (and wildcard * can be used) and by certain words in a subject. I have the choice of these spams going into a spam folder for my review or being completely blocked.

Although I use the AOL desktop software on my desktop and laptop, when I'm using my iPad I can access everything with aol.com.