A reader had this comment on my recent article about the pros of an email client:
“I’m sorry, but you still have not identified what an email client is or how a person acquires an email client. Please clarify!”
I’m sorry if I didn’t make myself clear. An email client is a program that allows you to download copies of your email messages to your computer. This is different from a web interface, where you open a browser to access your email from your email provider’s server.
Examples of an email client are the built-in Microsoft Mail app on your Windows PC, the built-in Mail app on a Mac computer, the Outlook email program that comes with Microsoft Office, and the free Thunderbird email client, and the old Windows Live Mail program.
If you have a Windows 10 PC, Mail is already installed. Outlook must be purchased as part of Office or separately, and you can download the Thunderbird email client for free at https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/.
The interface of an email client doesn’t look much different than the web interface for Gmail.
The main difference is that an email client can download a copy of your message to your device. I hope that clears it up.
Hi,
How many accounts can the following email accounts take?:
-Mail (on Windows 10)
-Outlook
-Thunderbird
-Mail bird
Which of them are easier/best to transfer from Windows Live mail with greatest chance to keep my multiple folders and sub-folders correctly transferred?
Despite of the risks I am still using Windows Live Mail on Windows 7 since I an so scared to land into a horrendous mess after attempting to transfer my folders. Happened before.
Thanks for helping.