Mail Program for 95B

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"C B" <surfer RemoveThis @surfing.org> wrote in message
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> "philo" <philo RemoveThis @privacy.net> wrote:
> > "C B" <c__bennett RemoveThis @msnNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > news:20080601012714.523$GB@newsreader.com...
> > > Running 95B on a P166 system. Both Hotmail and GMail lock up
> > > the pc or at best take 10 to 15 min to load.
> > > I don't want to upgrade to 98SE (I have the oem software)
> > > because I don't run any anti-virus and have had _no problems.
> > >
> > > Need suggestions for a e-mail program. Don't need a
> > > 'client', just a simple program to send and receive mail.
> > >
> > > Regards.........
> > >
> >
> > GMail and Hotmail are both web-based.
> > Though I don't use Hotmail...I have noticed that GMail does seem to
take
> > a lot of resources
> > and has difficulty loading on a lower end machine.
> >
> > Possibly using POP3 and an email reader will work better...
> >
> > http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13273
> >
> > your machine probably has OE already and you could use that
>
> I followed your suggestion and changed to pop3 and to 'standard view'
and
> gmail loaded somewhat faster. Made a couple of other changes, eg: to
have
> a copy of incoming forwarded to my WebTv email. I'll try to configure OE
> but it's OE 5, so not sure if it would work with gmail. I'm typing this
> on a faster machine (MacBook), so will let you know how I made out when
I
> log to my old (stone age) Win 95.
>
> Will look into 'email reader'(?) later today.
>
> Thanks again......
>
> BTW...I have both dial-up and broadband access, so I'm using dial-up on
> this machine to see before and after with changes in gmail regardless
of
> machine used. Your changes are faster.
>



Ok

Looks like you should be using broadband if you've got it!

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"C B" <surfer.TakeThisOut@surfing.org> wrote in message
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> "philo" <philo.TakeThisOut@privacy.net> wrote:
> > "C B" <surfer.TakeThisOut@surfing.org> wrote in message
> > news:20080601114002.758$Qy@newsreader.com...
> > > "philo" <philo.TakeThisOut@privacy.net> wrote:
> > > > "C B" <c__bennett.TakeThisOut@msnNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:20080601012714.523$GB@newsreader.com...
> > > > > Running 95B on a P166 system. Both Hotmail and GMail lock up
> > > > > the pc or at best take 10 to 15 min to load.
> > > > > I don't want to upgrade to 98SE (I have the oem software)
> > > > > because I don't run any anti-virus and have had _no problems.
> > > > >
> > > > > Need suggestions for a e-mail program. Don't need a
> > > > > 'client', just a simple program to send and receive mail.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards.........
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > GMail and Hotmail are both web-based.
> > > > Though I don't use Hotmail...I have noticed that GMail does seem to
> > take
> > > > a lot of resources
> > > > and has difficulty loading on a lower end machine.
> > > >
> > > > Possibly using POP3 and an email reader will work better...
> > > >
> > > > http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13273
> > > >
> > > > your machine probably has OE already and you could use that
> > >
> > > I followed your suggestion and changed to pop3 and to 'standard
view'
> > and
> > > gmail loaded somewhat faster. Made a couple of other changes, eg: to
> > have
> > > a copy of incoming forwarded to my WebTv email. I'll try to
configure
> > > OE but it's OE 5, so not sure if it would work with gmail. I'm
typing
> > > this on a faster machine (MacBook), so will let you know how I made
> > > out when
> > I
> > > log to my old (stone age) Win 95.
> > >
> > > Will look into 'email reader'(?) later today.
> > >
> > > Thanks again......
> > >
> > > BTW...I have both dial-up and broadband access, so I'm using
dial-up
> > > on this machine to see before and after with changes in gmail
> > > regardless
> > of
> > > machine used. Your changes are faster.
> > >
> >
> > Ok
> >
> > Looks like you should be using broadband if you've got it!
>
> I do. But I just LIKE old operating systems and older machines.
> I like problem solving (to a degree). I have a paid up annual
> account with MSNIA.
>
> Again thanks for your help.
>
> O/T....How are you on downloading movies? I've got a question
> if you don't mind.
>
>


I like old computers and old operating systems too.
I've got win95 setup on a 386 and it works fine.

As to downloading movies, If you have a question no harm in asking.
Though I've never downloaded movies...I have downloaded a few Linux distros
and they are quite large.

I've found that a download manager often is a big help.

On 01 Jun 2008 05:27:10 GMT, c__bennett RemoveThis @msnNOSPAM.com (C B) wrote:

> Running 95B on a P166 system. Both Hotmail and GMail lock up
> the pc or at best take 10 to 15 min to load.
> I don't want to upgrade to 98SE (I have the oem software)
> because I don't run any anti-virus and have had _no problems.
>
> Need suggestions for a e-mail program. Don't need a
> 'client', just a simple program to send and receive mail.
>
> Regards.........
>
>-
Using Pegasus mail 4.31 on w95b 2.1here.
Free, OK for dialup or Broadband.

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