getting rid of outlook express 6

[daves66nova]

whenever i go to a website and click on their email address,the outlook express box opes up ad starts asking me for my name and if i want to open an account.Is there a way to have my own email provider(verizon) handle this? Xp pro

 

[OVERKILL]

Usually, you would setup your Verizon account IN Outlook Express. I assume you are using Webmail?

 

[daves66nova]

how do i do that?

 

[Cyprs]

Thunderbird is a good email venu,

Cyprs

 

[daves66nova]

do you have a link for tbird or how can i check to see if i already have it?

 

[Cyprs]

you can go to www.mozzila.com thunderbird is a very user friendly email service, lots of features screening junk mail and security features, I left windows mail woes about 3 years ago, it was here in BITOG that I was informed of Tbird, been thankful since,

Cyprs

 

[Cyprs]

hold on, will get you a better link, cyprs

 

[Cyprs]

dave, simply type in thunderbird into your favorite search engine and download sources will pop up all over, find a source you trust and download it.

If you are running windows just simply left click on your "start" button on lower left, type in THUNDERBIRD in the search box and if you have TBIRD preinstalled it will then show up for you on the search results, if not then download Tbird and install, looks like the NEW THURNDERBIRD 3 edition is out, I might upgrade to it.

later,
Cyprs

 

[tmorris1]

It is because Outlook Express is set as you default email program. if you install Thunderbird you will have the same problem. You need to setup your account in Thunderbird or Outlook Express and then choose it as your default email program.

 

[eljefino]

Even if you use webmail exclusively you should have a POP mailbox through your ISP. You can even configure outlook to use your preferred webmail address (if it's not your ISP default email) as the "from" and "reply-to". Take the 15 minutes once to set it up then it'll work smoothly from then on out.

Only issue is if you "borrow" wifi, around here it's split 50/50 between cable and DSL-- outgoing cable is no problem as they authenticate me but DSL is a different server and they block "spam".

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

Windows Live Mail is the replacement for outdated Outlook Express.

http://download.live.com/

It's simple and it works well. It should be pretty easy to configure it to use your Verizon email account.