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On 01/07/10 17:54, Neil Winchurst wrote: > My wife has her own laptop and insists on using XP because that was on > the machine when she bought it. Oh well, what can I do? > > She gets a lot of spam mail, of course, and I want to get it sorted for > her. However I just cannot get on with Outlook Express ( what a terrible > program). > > I know that Thunderbird is available for Windows, and I am used to that > program. I would like to suggest installing the Windows version of TB > for her and then helping with the spam. > > Is this a good idea? Is it easy to download and install on XP. I haven't > used Windows for years, so I am a bit worried about messing things up. > Would any particular version be best? > > Any help appreciated thanks, > > Neil > I have used Thunder bird on XP for many years (one computer on XP one on SUSE) TB 3 is much improved. Suggest you also do back up of TB profile for her machine regularly. Make sure you download the Windows version! -- Regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html