Better than webmail

I just sent the following e-mail to some friends. Not sure if anyone
needs it.

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(1) Get an e-mail account with POP3 access.

It could be available from your ISP (like netvigator), or specific free
mail services like Yahoo!HK (not Yahoo in the U.S. though), gmail, sina,
etc. I prefer to use gmail as it handles attachments better, when using
webmail. For example, gmail allows to download attachments in one
single zip file but yahoo needs to do it individually, and it's tiring &
time consuming.

Gmail account can be applied here => http://gmail.google.com

(2) Get an e-mail client.

This could be MS Outlook, but it's not free any more on Vista. Of
course, you can download the back release of MS Outlook (say, for XP) so
that you can continue to use it freely on Vista.

But I suggest you try Mozilla Thunderbird =>

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

You just need to install the mail client (be it Outlook or Thunderbird).

By the way, I recommend people to use Thunderbird as they might want to
dedicate, say, Outlook for business use and a different e-mail client
for personal use.

(3) After installing the mail client, you need to set up your e-mail
account which you need to know

- your e-mail account name
- password
- pop3 & smtp server information

and you need to set it up properly.

Assuming that you use Thunderbird, it will ask you which e-mail service
you use. You just need to pick gmail and it will set up for you. It's
easy.

If you want to do it manually, check with your e-mail service provider
and it will give you instruction on how to do pop access.

(4) Now set and go. You can start using the e-mail service. You can
use say gmail, yahoo!hk, sina, etc. just as if you use lotus notes or
outlook at work. You can download e-mail to your pc and read/write
e-mail in offline mode (while not connected). It's very handy. Of
course, typical security & privacy concerns apply.

(5) What's more...

E-mail clients like outlook & mozilla can support multiple e-mail
accounts (regardless of e-mail service provider). Therefore, it can
give you a handy access to various e-mail accounts you might possibly use.

Have a try...