Based on this and the other answers, I plan to go Thunderbird. I will first make the transition on an XP Pro machine with a tentative plan to move to the Win 7 machine later. The project that was driving the move to Win 7 has become lower priority with some overwhelming technical issues. I will be selective in what applications I move to the new machine. If anyone is interested, the project was to install and operate two independent sound cards on the same system for a single Amateur Radio Application. Neither would be operating in the manner intended for sound cards. One would be converting speech to text which is encoded to the BPSK31 scheme for digital radio transmission. The other sound card is used to decode the BPSK31 signal for text display from the incoming radio signal. The actual communication can be totally silent. It is not something that has not been done. At least one other fellow has achieved it and I was impressed by my contact with him. It just involves a bit of interfacing (mainly software) and it has my attention. If you are curious, download WINPSK and check out his website. I think his last name is Martinez. He originated the technology and it is the simplest route for learning. BTW, I consider myself a Heavy User of Google and my criticism simply reflects the frequent frustrations due to my personal shortcomings. John Ferrell W8CCW When injustice becomes law, Resistance becomes DUTY. Thomas Jefferson ----- Original Message ----- From: "RussellMc" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [OT]Windows email reader? > Der Jon. > > My good friend Gargoyle said that silly old cluttered John (I resemble > that) was asking questions but could not make himself clear so could I > help. tell it what he was saying. I suggested that rearranging and > trimming > his question to something like: > > I want to move emails from OutLook Express to Win 7 import OE files > > may do the trick. Or not. > > Gargoyle said wot about (hit 1), which lacketh in fine detail but suggests > that the path is worthwhile, is not discontinuous, and leadeth at the last > to safe harbour": > > " > [Solved] Best replacement for *Outlook Express* in *Win 7* (64bit > *...* > " > > http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/1763-63-best-replacement-outlook-express-64bit > > Best answer from > sminlal > I've used Outlook Express on my home system for many years and it worked > just fine for me. The lack of it in Windows 7 annoyed me because it meant > I > had to spend time researching and testing alternatives. > > I settled on Thunderbird. I'm currently running 2.0.0.23 on 64-bit Win7 RC > Build 7100. It works perfectly well for me - I have multiple e-mail > accounts > which I'm able to access through one Thunderbird profile. Thunderbird > gives > you a choice as to whether you want to receive mail from each account into > separate inboxes or into a common inbox (I use the latter). It's able to > do > everything that I did under Outlook Express and the learning curve was > very > minor. > > The most difficult part was migrating my mailboxes full of existing > e-mails > (some going back over a decade), and that's because many of mine are > hierarchically organized. The hierarchy was not preserved and so I had to > manually move folders around in order to reproduce the same organization I > had in OE. Once that was done, though, it was smooth sailing. > > _______ > > hIT 2 LOOKeD USEFUL: > > http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/outlook/10180/importing-OE-folders-dbx-emails-message-rules-into-Windows-7 > > And thee third like unto it (ie not perhaps eactly what's asked but useful > notwithstanding). > > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Import-messages-into-Windows-Mail-from-Outlook-Express > > The next quite a few also looked surprisingly well focused on the > question. > > ______________ > > Conclusions: > > 1. Asking Gargoyle > > I want to move emails from OutLook Express to Win 7 import OE files > > may be useful.. > > 2. Your original thought seemed on target. > > > Russell > > > to move to an email program that will allow me to import the > OE > files for future reference. > >> >> Google IS NOT MY FRIEND when I need a short, concise answer. It sometimes >> gives me way too much information to process! >> >> I have not investigated many choices at this point but I am considering >> Thunderbird. >> >> I receive several hundred emails per day and I like it that way. >> I use many email folders and many message rules. >> Yes, I lead a very cluttered life and I like it. >> >> Recommendations, warnings and pointers to links are preferred but >> scolding >> for getting myself into this situation will be cheerfully acknowledged. >> >> If you feel the need to rant about my request, my IQ or whatever, please >> feel to do so. It is OK to unload your frustrations, I can handle it... >> >> TIA, >> >> John Ferrell W8CCW >> >> When injustice becomes law, >> Resistance becomes DUTY. >> Thomas Jefferson >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist