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[RobG]

Currently using "Windows Live Mail" on Windows 7 64 bit. If I upgrade to Windows 10 what are the options for e-mail and do I need to change my address?
Thanks

[TheBoy]

Not looked at lightweight email clients under Win10 (I use outlook as my email provider uses Exchange).

However, you should NOT have to change your email addr.  Who is your email provider? Perhaps they can suggest a suitable Win10 client that works well with their service?

[RobG]

Not looked at lightweight email clients under Win10 (I use outlook as my email provider uses Exchange).

However, you should NOT have to change your email addr.  Who is your email provider? Perhaps they can suggest a suitable Win10 client that works well with their service?

Currently running Wi-Fi with Virgin Media

[Terbs]

I am with BT...just updated to Windows 10...I use Outlook for e-mail, and its carry on as normal

[TheBoy]

Not looked at lightweight email clients under Win10 (I use outlook as my email provider uses Exchange).

However, you should NOT have to change your email addr.  Who is your email provider? Perhaps they can suggest a suitable Win10 client that works well with their service?

Currently running Wi-Fi with Virgin Media

That's your internet provider, not necessarily your email provider.

So your email ends something like @virgin.net ?  Do Virgin recommend a Win10 client?

[RobG]

I am with BT...just updated to Windows 10...I use Outlook for e-mail, and its carry on as normal

Thought "Outlook" finished after Win7 ?
Missus has lappy with Win8 and no outlook installed on it

[RobG]

Not looked at lightweight email clients under Win10 (I use outlook as my email provider uses Exchange).

However, you should NOT have to change your email addr.  Who is your email provider? Perhaps they can suggest a suitable Win10 client that works well with their service?

Currently running Wi-Fi with Virgin Media

That's your internet provider, not necessarily your email provider.

So your email ends something like @virgin.net ?  Do Virgin recommend a Win10 client?

@blueyonder.co.uk

[TheBoy]

I am with BT...just updated to Windows 10...I use Outlook for e-mail, and its carry on as normal

Thought "Outlook" finished after Win7 ?
Missus has lappy with Win8 and no outlook installed on it

Outlook Express morphed into Live Mail back in the Vista days.

Outlook, part of the Office productivity suite, still exists, but will be entirely unsuitable for an ISP provided account, like yours.


Do you know if blueyonder uses POP3 or IMAP or both?

[aaronjb]

Blueyonder is Virgin, TB.. available on POP & IMAP: http://help.virginmedia.com/system/selfservice.controller?CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=2706&CURRENT_CMD=SEARCH&CONFIGURATION=1001&PARTITION_ID=1&USERTYPE=1&LANGUAGE=en&COUNTY=us&VM_CUSTOMER_TYPE=National

[TheBoy]

There is talk that Live Mail 2012 works under Win10 TP, although you need to manually install .NET3

Can't find much definitive info on the released versin of Win10 though.

[zirk]

Since MS dumped Outlook Express I switched to Thunderbird, been with me for years now and works as it should on win10, although I back on 7 now.

[Keith ABS]

Can't run windows 10 as I am still using XP. Must get a newer PC

Keith B

[Gaffers]

I am with BT...just updated to Windows 10...I use Outlook for e-mail, and its carry on as normal

Thought "Outlook" finished after Win7 ?
Missus has lappy with Win8 and no outlook installed on it

Outlook, part of the Office productivity suite, still exists, but will be entirely unsuitable for an ISP provided account, like yours.

The Cloud-based Office365 service does allow other accounts to be linked and you can receive and send from the Outlook interface.  You will also need a live account in order to use it though.

[steve6367]

Not looked at lightweight email clients under Win10 (I use outlook as my email provider uses Exchange).

However, you should NOT have to change your email addr.  Who is your email provider? Perhaps they can suggest a suitable Win10 client that works well with their service?

Currently running Wi-Fi with Virgin Media

That's your internet provider, not necessarily your email provider.

So your email ends something like @virgin.net ?  Do Virgin recommend a Win10 client?

@blueyonder.co.uk

All VM e-mail including the old ntlworld / blue yonder addresses are now googlemail provided and work fine in Outlook 2013. Best free option I've found so far on W10 is Thunderbird.

Steve

[Kevin Wood]

It always beats me why nobody has ever managed to develop a truly decent e-mail client.

I use Thunderbird on both Linux and Windows and it's probably about the best of a bad job. It's preferable to Outlook, at any rate, IMHO.