I usually use my XP machine with Gmail. I want to have a backup email on
the W10 system. I've tried to set up Gmail and Thunderbird with no success.
I get asked questions I can't answer to the app's satisfaction, like
passwords and a system name for an email address.

I need something VERY simple and helpful for this old old man. I thought T- Bird would do it but no success.

Am I out of luck?

TIA


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KenK <invalid@invalid.com> writes:

I usually use my XP machine with Gmail. I want to have a backup email on
the W10 system. I've tried to set up Gmail and Thunderbird with no success.
I get asked questions I can't answer to the app's satisfaction, like passwords and a system name for an email address.

I need something VERY simple and helpful for this old old man. I thought T- Bird would do it but no success.

Am I out of luck?

TIA

When you say backup you don't mean a different e-mail account, right?
You mean software on W10 that will access your single e-mail account,
the same one you access using your XP machine. In fact, you have a
Gmail account and you want to access that Gmail account on W10. Have I understood right?

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Boris Dorestand <bdorestand@example.com> wrote in news:86blkiovqz.fsf@example.com:

KenK <invalid@invalid.com> writes:

I usually use my XP machine with Gmail. I want to have a backup email
on the W10 system. I've tried to set up Gmail and Thunderbird with no
success. I get asked questions I can't answer to the app's
satisfaction, like passwords and a system name for an email address.

I need something VERY simple and helpful for this old old man. I
thought T- Bird would do it but no success.

Am I out of luck?

TIA

When you say backup you don't mean a different e-mail account, right?
You mean software on W10 that will access your single e-mail account,
the same one you access using your XP machine. In fact, you have a
Gmail account and you want to access that Gmail account on W10. Have
I understood right?

Yes. More or less. I wasn't particular about which email app.

Now I have progressed. I have a second copy of Gmail running on my backup
Win 10 system. Te problem now is creating a shortcut icon to use it. The process seems to need the HD address of the program. Using Total
Commander, a file display app, I looked in all the directories I can find
that might contain them but find no trace of the Gmail files. Will have
to do more Googling I guess.

Thanks for your help.


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KenK <invalid@invalid.com> writes:

Boris Dorestand <bdorestand@example.com> wrote in news:86blkiovqz.fsf@example.com:

KenK <invalid@invalid.com> writes:

I usually use my XP machine with Gmail. I want to have a backup email
on the W10 system. I've tried to set up Gmail and Thunderbird with no
success. I get asked questions I can't answer to the app's
satisfaction, like passwords and a system name for an email address.

I need something VERY simple and helpful for this old old man. I
thought T- Bird would do it but no success.

Am I out of luck?

TIA

When you say backup you don't mean a different e-mail account, right?
You mean software on W10 that will access your single e-mail account,
the same one you access using your XP machine. In fact, you have a
Gmail account and you want to access that Gmail account on W10. Have
I understood right?

Yes. More or less. I wasn't particular about which email app.

Now I have progressed. I have a second copy of Gmail running on my backup
Win 10 system. Te problem now is creating a shortcut icon to use it.

What browser do you use? Here's what I just did with Firefox. (The
same works with Google Chrome and probably with many other browsers.) I
loaded Gmail first. My browser was maximized and I couldn't see the
desktop. I clicked on the restore icon to unmaximize the window. Now I
could see the desktop. There's a lock on the address bar right at the
left of where the address of the website begins. I clicked on the lock
and dragged it to the desktop. This created a shortcut icon on the
desktop whose description begins with ``Inbox - [...]''.
Double-clicking the icon opens a my browser (or a new tab, if it is
already open) and loads Gmail. (If you are already logged in to your
account, it will open your email right away.)

See if that helps.

The process seems to need the HD address of the program. Using Total Commander, a file display app, I looked in all the directories I can
find that might contain them but find no trace of the Gmail
files. Will have to do more Googling I guess.

Thanks for your help.

You're welcome.

PS. I never used Total Commander, but I think you create a shortcut
icon with the procedure above. You might not need to find your previous
files.

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