Surprise, surprise! Microsoft will always do their own proprietary thing, but once you convert from that, there will be some standards. And I'm fairly sure there are converters that do a decent job of migrating your old OE files to one of the standards. Last time I did this was probably 5+ years ago. Cheers, -Neil. Quoting John Ferrell : > RE: "you should be able to > choose a reader with a popular/standard format (maildir, mbox, etc) > and any email client " > > I was not aware of any standard format. > The message format in OE seemed to be an undocumented kludge. > > John Ferrell W8CCW > > When injustice becomes law, > Resistance becomes DUTY. > Thomas Jefferson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "PICdude" > To: > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:16 AM > Subject: Re: [OT]Windows email reader? > > > If transistioning email is such a problem, you should be able to > choose a reader with a popular/standard format (maildir, mbox, etc) > and any email client should be able to read that if you change later. > IIRC Thunderbird uses mbox, so if you take the time to set it up and > find you don't like it, then it should be very easy to try another > mbox-based client. > > > > > > > -- > 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