[opensuse] OT: does anyone here use Eudora on Win?
Hello all: I made a very bad decision to install Win 7 on the M/S machine. In spite of a program that was supposed to save my files and setting, everything was gone. When I reinstalled Eudora, I could not remember how to set the initial inputs--I can send but not receive mail. Help! (I sure wish there was a list like this for Windows, but I have not found one.) Oh, Win 7 has no mail program at all. I'm using Thunderbird at the moment. Does anyone know how to change the columns in Thunderbird so that the incoming sender is on the left, and the subject is on the right? Like KMail or Eudora? I could live with that. If you are running Windows, I definitely don't recommend the latest crap from M/S. Not only don't you lose all your old stuff, a lot of it cannot be reinstalled--WordPerfect is one of them. (OO seems to work.) ProgeCad (an AutoCad clone) seems to be another. Sorry for this OT note, but I don't know who else to ask. I am retired, and have no IT guys to question. Thanx--doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Doug McGarrett wrote:
Does anyone know how to change the columns in Thunderbird so that the incoming sender is on the left, and the subject is on the right?
Just drag the column. (well, that works with TB on Linux). /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (2.0°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 01 December 2009 12:22:58 am Doug McGarrett wrote:
Hello all:
I made a very bad decision to install Win 7 on the M/S machine. In spite of a program that was supposed to save my files and setting, everything was gone. When I reinstalled Eudora, I could not remember how to set the initial inputs--I can send but not receive mail. Help!
You need to set up at least two accounts, one for sending and one for receiving mail. Doug, you mention Eudora several times and that you are using thunderbird. There is an extension to Thunderbird that makes it look and work more like Eudora. If you prefer the old Eudora, you might want to look at penelope https://wiki.mozilla.org/penelope -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Doug McGarrett wrote:
Hello all:
I made a very bad decision to install Win 7 on the M/S machine. In spite of a program that was supposed to save my files and setting, everything was gone.
The fact that you lost your files and settings is, strictly, not the fault of Windows 7. If this happens in Linux, whose fault would that be?
When I reinstalled Eudora, I could not remember how to set the initial inputs--I can send but not receive mail. Help! (I sure wish there was a list like this for Windows, but I have not found one.) Oh, Win 7 has no mail program at all. This is slightly wrong! Windows 7 comes with Windows Live Mail, at least this is the MS made default Mail Client for Windows 7. You get it as a free download, together with a lot of more Live essentials, if you do not oblige. Not that it is anything like thunderbird, but it is the best Outlook Express, you can will get.;-)
I'm using Thunderbird at the moment.
Does anyone know how to change the columns in Thunderbird so that the incoming sender is on the left, and the subject is on the right? Like KMail or Eudora? I could live with that.
If you are running Windows, I definitely don't recommend the latest crap from M/S.
In contrast I would definitely recommend to use win 7, if you definitely want to use windows. It is the best XP that you will get from MS.
Not only don't you lose all your old stuff, a lot of it cannot be reinstalled--WordPerfect is one of them. (OO seems to work.) ProgeCad (an AutoCad clone) seems to be another.
Well there are Win 7 versions which include a virtal XP including the additional XP license. You might try this, if you really need to have full XP compatibility. Most people do not. Kind regards Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
At 07:32 PM 12/9/2009 +0100, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
Doug McGarrett wrote:
Hello all:
I made a very bad decision to install Win 7 on the M/S machine. In spite of a program that was supposed to save my files and setting, everything was gone.
The fact that you lost your files and settings is, strictly, not the fault of Windows 7. If this happens in Linux, whose fault would that be?
When I reinstalled Eudora, I could not remember how to set the initial inputs--I can send but not receive mail. Help! (I sure wish there was a list like this for Windows, but I have not found one.) Oh, Win 7 has no mail program at all. This is slightly wrong! Windows 7 comes with Windows Live Mail, at least this is the MS made default Mail Client for Windows 7. You get it as a free download, together with a lot of more Live essentials, if you do not oblige. Not that it is anything like thunderbird, but it is the best Outlook Express, you can will get.;-)
I'm using Thunderbird at the moment.
Does anyone know how to change the columns in Thunderbird so that the incoming sender is on the left, and the subject is on the right? Like KMail or Eudora? I could live with that.
If you are running Windows, I definitely don't recommend the latest crap from M/S.
In contrast I would definitely recommend to use win 7, if you definitely want to use windows. It is the best XP that you will get from MS.
Not only don't you lose all your old stuff, a lot of it cannot be reinstalled--WordPerfect is one of them. (OO seems to work.) ProgeCad (an AutoCad clone) seems to be another.
Well there are Win 7 versions which include a virtal XP including the additional XP license. You might try this, if you really need to have full XP compatibility. Most people do not.
Kind regards Eberhard
-- I thank the responders. With the help of Optimum Cable, I got the old version (Eudora 4 Pro) to work. I had to drop Thunderbird when it forgot how to do Reply. Since the latest Eudora was hooked up to Thunderbird, I didn't go that way. Sometime just before the last memo, I discovered the virtual XP, and installed it. I got ProgeCAD to install on that, and also the Corel suite. I should have stayed with XP in the first place, but its time to reopen after hibernating, and its time to boot/reboot just bugged me. For those who care, there is a complicated way to make Win7 to work single click--see Google for directions. When I finally am satisfied that everything is stable in Windows, I will upgrade my Linux machine, after copying what I need from that system.
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