Vista - Mozilla vs Thunderbird?

From a previous thread, I have a new Vista 64-bit Desktop, and an older XP
Home Laptop, and need to figure out a solution to maintain email and address
book in synch on both systems. Previously, my Desktop was XP Home, and I
used Outlook Express on both, doing a periodic copy of the .dbx and .wab
files to keep the Laptop updated. With the new Vista Desktop, that's no
longer an option.

One alternative is to switch to a new email client that is compatible with
both. Windows Live Mail has been suggested, but as I've researched this
topic, Mozilla Thunderbird also seems to deserve consideration.

I don't want to start a war here, as I imagine many people have strong
feelings, but is there any consensus on the relative strengths and
weaknesses of WLM vs Mozilla Thunderbird?

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Don

remove "lens cap" for email

Screwed up the subject title. Sorry.

From a previous thread, I have a new Vista 64-bit Desktop, and an older XP
Home Laptop, and need to figure out a solution to maintain email and address
book in synch on both systems. Previously, my Desktop was XP Home, and I
used Outlook Express on both, doing a periodic copy of the .dbx and .wab
files to keep the Laptop updated. With the new Vista Desktop, that's no
longer an option.

One alternative is to switch to a new email client that is compatible with
both. Windows Live Mail has been suggested, but as I've researched this
topic, Mozilla Thunderbird also seems to deserve consideration.

I don't want to start a war here, as I imagine many people have strong
feelings, but is there any consensus on the relative strengths and
weaknesses of WLM vs Mozilla Thunderbird?

--
Don

remove "lens cap" for email

One point to consider, I don't think Thunderbird will automatically
import your existing messages from Windows Mail.

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Don Cohen" <doncohen@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uBlEL$rMJHA.2824@xxxxxx

"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23GJsNZtMJHA.276@xxxxxx
Thanks for the tip. In my current situation, that should be ok, though.
For the time being, I'm just independently getting email to both OE/Laptop
and WM/Desktop, leaving email on the server for 10 days before deleting, so
both are being kept up to date. Sent messages will be a bit more of a
challenge, but I can just send them to myself, and download into OE on my
Desktop should it come to that.

When I have time to recover from setting up the new system, I guess I'll
just have to install WLM and see what I think. In general, I prefer to
avoid install/uninstalls as much as possible, since there's always "leftover
junk" no matter how careful I am, or how complete the uninstall programs
are!

Regards,

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Don

remove "lens cap" for email