Recent content by Greybeard

I don't know if this might help but in my similar case the problem was traced to an incompatible program (Nitro pro7) which came with the computer. Updating to Nitro pro 8 solved it, though I suppose I could have uninstalled it.

I guess it's largely a question of "chacun a son gout" and I couldn't possibly comment on the foregoing.:) I have made up my mind now and am going with Thunderbird for all my non- gmail mail. (I hope that's permitted on this forum)

@robinb9. I get your point but I suspect that on most recent machines MS are trying to block all but Win8 mail progs. This machine is only a few weeks old with oem win8 on board which *might* have something to do with it? @dirtyvu. I guess what I really want is to see all the options set...

Just to clear things up a bit, I've had a look at my ISP's mail program and they changed it quite a bit so that is now quite usable. I've also found my way a bit further around Win8 mail and I guess I could manage with that if only it had something like the toolbar on Outlook Express.

Thanks folks for for your advice, I'm still thinking around it. A couple of problems though. Trying to download windows live mail I get something like "this app cannot run on your PC". Also, whatever I try, I can't find any relevant help page from the charms bar. I'll scratch around for a bit...

For some years I have used Outlook Express to manage mail from my isp's pop webmail service. Now I have a new computer with win8 and fear I may be stuck with using Windows 8 Mail (which I really can't get on with) or going back to the ISP's own system. Is there any way of using windows live...