[Technology] email technical question

Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull

Aug 27, 2011

8,546

Brighton

• Sep 26, 2021

• #1

I've just purchased a new laptop (windows 10, same as old). All of my documents I can transfer over very easily using an old hard drive.
But I've been using Windows Live Mail. What should I use on the new laptop and how can I get all my old emails on to my new laptop?
Should point out my emails are stored on my laptop not online.

 

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PeterOut

Well-known member

Aug 16, 2016

1,238

• Sep 26, 2021

• #2

One approach is (for now) to install Windows Live Mail onto your new Win10 PC.

It is then a simple approach to export your emails, contacts etc from one machine to another.

https://download.cnet.com/Windows-Live-Essentials-2012/3000-20418_4-10805747.html - this is a bunch of MS-provided software, including Live Mail, that you can install on your new Win10 PC.

To transfer your mail and contacts, see https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-transfer-windows-live-mail-to-a-new-computer - I strongly suggest using the 'manual transfer' options in this article for both Mail and Contacts.

Once you have your email and contacts running on Live Mail on your new PC, you can at your leisure explore the many alternative (and better) email solutions available, and export from Live Mail to your preferred solution on your new Win10 PC.

 

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maffew

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Dec 10, 2003

8,872

Worcester England

• Sep 26, 2021

• #3

Do you have office, well outlook on your new machine?

This may be of use to you.

https://www.nucleustechnologies.com...e-mail-emails-to-outlook-on-another-computer/

You should definitely bin off windows live mail, go to outlook or Thunderbird or another supported client, and probably, unless you have a good reason not to move away from having the emails stored on your machine. You are probably using pop3 and might want to look to live to imap

 

Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..

Nov 4, 2006

11,440

Sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off...

• Sep 26, 2021

• #4

I tend to think gmail must be reasonably safe and secure if only because it has so many takers. If it was hacked or crashed it would seriously piss off many millions of customers so google has an inherent incentive to maintain it.

Or is that hopelessly naive?

 

Weststander

Well-known member

NSC Patron

Aug 25, 2011

63,938

Withdean area

• Sep 26, 2021

• #5

Never forget the @

 

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Shropshire Seagull

Well-known member

Nov 5, 2004

8,496

Telford

• Sep 26, 2021

• #6

Who is your mailbox [email host] provider?

If they support IMAP then you will be able to access that mailbox from multiple devices using an email application of your choice.

MS Outlook is one of the front runners - just make sure you know the password to you mailbox before you start setting it up.