|
FastMail Forum All posts relating to FastMail.FM should go here: suggestions, comments, requests for help, complaints, technical issues etc. |
|
Thread Tools |
10 Nov 2018, 03:15 AM | #1 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 27
|
Mail Interface on Windows PC
Many years ago when I began using FastMail as my mailbox I wanted to use a program on my PC to collect my emails on my PC so I could access them without having to have access to the internet after they were first retrieved from FastMail. Back then I used Thunderbird as the resident email program for this purpose on my PC.
Now, many years later, I have constant access to the internet and I am moving to a new PC and I'm wondering if there is a better way to do this on the PC. I would appreciate all suggestions. Thanks, Bill |
10 Nov 2018, 07:02 AM | #2 |
Master of the @
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: USA
Posts: 1,722
|
There are many ways to access your email on your PC, but if you have a good Internet connection I think the best method is to use the online web access. Outlook.com and Gmail are both excellent in different ways. Windows 10 PCs come with a built-in mail client, but I personally don't think it is very good. If you use Microsoft Office it comes with Outlook, which is the default in most businesses around the world. Again, I'm not a real fan of it. Fastmail has its own web interface too, and many find it very good. It probably comes down to what your specific requirements and desires are.
|
10 Nov 2018, 10:28 AM | #3 |
Essential Contributor
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 270
|
See this discussion here:
http://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?t=72140 The current Fastmail web user interface is indeed very good. I would be very surprised if it didn't meet all your e-mail needs. The only concern about using it exclusively and having no 'mail user agent' such as an app or a client, is that you are making yourself entirely dependent on the whims of a single company. If (as has happened in the past) Fastmail decide to make radical changes to their web user interface without notice, then you have no choice but to go along with it. |
10 Nov 2018, 12:02 PM | #4 | |
Master of the @
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: USA
Posts: 1,722
|
Quote:
|
|