@licquoricewrote:
Both Thunderbird and EmClient take minutes to download, set up and use.
I really cannot understand the reluctance of folks to try one.
I can, fear of what can go wrong, inexperience with computers/emails and if it does go wrong, how to revert to back to where you were to begin with.
Kinda like changing a wheel on a car. It was the 1st thing my mum taught me over 40 years ago before I even had one driving lesson. I was taught properly, and safely, yet I know people even now who the very thought of such a simple task terrifies them.
If you were brought up on IT, using an email client is probably second nature. However, the rest of us spend hours sorting out the most trivial faults, even on being told to clear out the cache/cookies, will look at you wondering what the hell are those, and how do I do it. (We can just about manage the turn off/turn on advice!)
Since using windows 3.1, there has always been a secret language of problem solving, which to be fair, if it just worked, there would be no need of 'forums' to sort anything out.
'IT' is highly overrated on it's supposed simplicity - it's not in the least simple, and many who do not spend their days using it from morning to night, just dip into it when they need, and just keep their fingers crossed it does what they want, which often it doesn't.
Over the years I have helped many people change a wheel, and get their car started on a winters morning when it won't start. I watched a neighbour years ago connecting up 'simple' jump leads incorrectly before I stepped in & showed the correct way. Those with knowledge always think it's 'simple', those without, often are bamboozled by it...
