grandma-rated mail reader

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mon Sep 8 18:52:40 UTC 2008


Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
> Does anyone of an *extremely* simple mail reader for f9?  Preferably
> something approaching the proverbial one button program that says
> "doit (click here dummy)".
> 
> I'm trying to get Grandma connected to that new-fangled internet thing
> and be able to send email to the grandkids and great grandkids.  That
> isn't doing so well.  The rater busy gui interfaces that gmail et al
> present are proving to be far too confusing for her.  I haven't tried
> to introduce her to Evolution, but I'm not even sure I would be able
> to explain how to get from calendar mode to mail reader mode (or why
> the modes are hidden in a second-level pull-down.)  There must be
> something simpler out there.  Help.

Give thunderbird a try.  It looks/works pretty much the same across 
linux/windows/mac and is all pretty obvious.

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com




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