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bryce
03-09-2013, 04:44 PM
Vista had its issues, but I loved Windows Mail for my private imap email account. Now I'm on Windows 8 and about to throw my machine through, well, the window. The mail app is truly ridiculous-looking even for a 5 year old and doesn't seem to work for me anyway.

So I'm looking for a desktop mail program for W8 - any recommendations? Hate to shell out money for Outlook. Hate to shell out money to Microsoft period. I tried moving Winmail from Vista to W8 per instructions found from googling, but after 4 hours of those unsuccessful efforts I gave up...

thanks in advance.
Ryan S
03-09-2013, 04:49 PM
Windows Live Mail is probably the closest thing to the old Windows Mail client. It is part of the Windows Essential package.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-live/essentials-home
mckerney
03-09-2013, 04:49 PM
Thunderbird is the Mozilla desktop mail client, it worked well for me back when I used it.

Mozilla Thunderbird (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/)
stevew
03-09-2013, 05:03 PM
Windows live mail. It imports easily as well.
Desnudo
03-09-2013, 07:12 PM
Is there a reason you want a desktop client? Gmail has come a long way.
stevew
03-09-2013, 07:32 PM
Non-dola

It was really simple to move mails. Just save all the archives and contacts and then import with newly installed livemail.
bryce
03-10-2013, 10:49 AM
Is there a reason you want a desktop client? Gmail has come a long way.

yea, I use gmail for my personal. Have a solo side business that I used network solutions for my website / email and I hate their webmail. So I used Windows Mail for that (and now looking for an alternative...)
mckerney
03-10-2013, 10:59 AM
yea, I use gmail for my personal. Have a solo side business that I used network solutions for my website / email and I hate their webmail. So I used Windows Mail for that (and now looking for an alternative...)

You can also use GMail for a POP account instead of using a desktop client.
bryce
03-10-2013, 11:25 AM
You can also use GMail for a POP account instead of using a desktop client.

what about IMAP?
mckerney
03-10-2013, 11:41 AM
Not directly, only way it works with IMAP is using a desktop client as a go between.

How to import IMAP messages to Gmail (http://www.2by2host.com/articles/import-imap-to-gmail/)