On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 14:07:25 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is
similar to Outlook?

Thunderbird has something called Sunbird. Reggie mentioned Lightning,
which I hadn't seen. I tested Sunbird, but rejected it.
I was looking for something with Outlook scheduling/reminding
capabilities but not e-mail, as I'm happy using Agent and Yahoo for
that.
I bought something recently that has
address/scheduling/calendar/reminders/passwords and invokes Agent for
e-mail sending.
Tested a lot of PIM's before getting it and am happy with it.
Though not perfect, the visual calendar and reminder functionality is
what I was after. Still would do a couple things differently if I was
writing it for myself, but I don't want to do that.
The computer/human interface issue is fraught with personal
preferences.
I was looking for something close to the Outlook "feel" for
scheduling/reminders without the overhead and unneeded stuff.
Got used to Outlook at work, but what I bought is much more suited to
home use. It's a free download/trial. But it's not an e-mail client.

--Vic

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:43:25 -0500, Vic Smith wrote:

On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 14:07:25 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is
similar to Outlook?

Thunderbird has something called Sunbird. Reggie mentioned Lightning,
which I hadn't seen. I tested Sunbird, but rejected it. I was looking
for something with Outlook scheduling/reminding capabilities but not
e-mail, as I'm happy using Agent and Yahoo for that.
I bought something recently that has
address/scheduling/calendar/reminders/passwords and invokes Agent for
e-mail sending.
Tested a lot of PIM's before getting it and am happy with it. Though not
perfect, the visual calendar and reminder functionality is what I was
after. Still would do a couple things differently if I was writing it
for myself, but I don't want to do that. The computer/human interface
issue is fraught with personal preferences.
I was looking for something close to the Outlook "feel" for
scheduling/reminders without the overhead and unneeded stuff. Got used
to Outlook at work, but what I bought is much more suited to home use.
It's a free download/trial. But it's not an e-mail client.

--Vic

Ah, come on, give us a hint. ;-)

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 14:07:25 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


Do you know of a good email client that incorporates a calendar that is
similar to Outlook?

Thunderbird has something called Sunbird. Reggie mentioned Lightning,
which I hadn't seen. I tested Sunbird, but rejected it.
I was looking for something with Outlook scheduling/reminding
capabilities but not e-mail, as I'm happy using Agent and Yahoo for
that.
I bought something recently that has
address/scheduling/calendar/reminders/passwords and invokes Agent for
e-mail sending.
Tested a lot of PIM's before getting it and am happy with it.
Though not perfect, the visual calendar and reminder functionality is
what I was after. Still would do a couple things differently if I was
writing it for myself, but I don't want to do that.
The computer/human interface issue is fraught with personal
preferences.
I was looking for something close to the Outlook "feel" for
scheduling/reminders without the overhead and unneeded stuff.
Got used to Outlook at work, but what I bought is much more suited to
home use. It's a free download/trial. But it's not an e-mail client.

--Vic

Pretty please. At least a few letters in it's name.

On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:53:01 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


Pretty please. At least a few letters in it's name.

Good. Since I was asked I won't be accused of spamming.
C-Organizer Pro.
Few things I would improve on.
1. More calendar views - only has monthly.
2. Birthdays in address book can throw reminders, but don't bold on
calendar. Solution: Make BD a recurring appointment. That bolds it.
3. Hot button to invoke e-mail client for an address entry sometimes
doesn't work. That's a bug to me, but no big deal. I'll eventually
find out what's causing it, or there will be a patch.

Every thing else works fine, and the reminders have already "saved my
ass" a couple times.
I've got most of my stuff in there now, and the import from CSV is the
slickest I've seen, and I tested at least 30 PIM's.
Easy to customize address book contents, so every family member and
friend doesn't have a bunch of empty "business" fields.
This is the only one that allowed easy import from Excel, where I had
most of my stuff. The links to banking/business sites are now in
there too.
Anyway, it's free to try, and works for me.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:53:01 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


Pretty please. At least a few letters in it's name.

Good. Since I was asked I won't be accused of spamming.
C-Organizer Pro.
Few things I would improve on.
1. More calendar views - only has monthly.
2. Birthdays in address book can throw reminders, but don't bold on
calendar. Solution: Make BD a recurring appointment. That bolds it.
3. Hot button to invoke e-mail client for an address entry sometimes
doesn't work. That's a bug to me, but no big deal. I'll eventually
find out what's causing it, or there will be a patch.

Every thing else works fine, and the reminders have already "saved my
ass" a couple times.
I've got most of my stuff in there now, and the import from CSV is the
slickest I've seen, and I tested at least 30 PIM's.
Easy to customize address book contents, so every family member and
friend doesn't have a bunch of empty "business" fields.
This is the only one that allowed easy import from Excel, where I had
most of my stuff. The links to banking/business sites are now in
there too.
Anyway, it's free to try, and works for me.

--Vic

Thanks for the info.