Windows Mail will cease to work by year's end (www.techzine.eu)
from Joker@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world on 11 Nov 2024 10:35
https://sh.itjust.works/post/27931112

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noodlejetski@lemm.ee on 11 Nov 2024 10:51 next collapse

good, good, now do the rest of Windows

rumba@lemmy.zip on 11 Nov 2024 11:49 collapse

Dunno, I’d say they’re working pretty hard on this already:

Windows 10 is about to expire

Windows 11 has extra ads and telemetry.

Windows 11 has invasive AI recall

Windows 11 won’t run on hardware < 8th* gen Intel or without TPM chips

All the new apps are getting AI components that can snitch on what you’re doing. You can’t even post something into notepad without it being aware of what’s in your content and calling home.

edit per: @goodtoknow@lemmy.ca

Zier@fedia.io on 11 Nov 2024 12:04 next collapse

Surveillance Economy.

Goodtoknow@lemmy.ca on 11 Nov 2024 14:05 next collapse

I thought had to be 8th gen or newer for Intel?

rumba@lemmy.zip on 11 Nov 2024 15:23 collapse

yes indeed, was preparing to write something more complicated, then decided to use a less than and didn’t pay any attention that I needed to change the number :)

will edit

macgyver@federation.red on 12 Nov 2024 23:10 collapse

It’ll do older with a TPM port and module fwiw. Ran it like this on 7th gen Intel X99

rumba@lemmy.zip on 13 Nov 2024 01:00 collapse

It’ll run on 3rg gen if you patch out the install limiter, who knows how long they’ll let that work.

shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip on 11 Nov 2024 10:53 next collapse

While I did not use it super often, the Windows Mail app is actually one of the few I enjoyed using.

gedaliyah@lemmy.world on 11 Nov 2024 12:30 collapse

It struck a balance between good design, features and lack of bloat

shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip on 11 Nov 2024 12:37 next collapse

That was my thought as well.

urheber@discuss.tchncs.de on 11 Nov 2024 14:35 collapse

that’d why they had to remove it

I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world on 11 Nov 2024 11:00 next collapse

Windows Live Mail still living on with occasional repairs needed.

Outlook Express has died though.

So has incredimail I think.

PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk on 11 Nov 2024 11:42 collapse

Man I miss Eudora back in the day. I used the mail client in SeaMonkey before I just started using my phone to check mail.

The 90s and 2000s were a simpler time.

I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world on 11 Nov 2024 21:55 collapse

Sometimes I set the Eudora xylophone sound as a mail notification on my phone. Nobody has noticed though.

lnxtx@feddit.nl on 11 Nov 2024 11:09 next collapse

Time to back to the Outlook Express.

gedaliyah@lemmy.world on 11 Nov 2024 12:26 next collapse

Is that still working?

lnxtx@feddit.nl on 12 Nov 2024 13:23 collapse

Kinda, there is a clone: OE Classic [not an ad]

TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org on 11 Nov 2024 14:28 collapse

FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW

Grandma's been waiting for you.

sgx@lemmy.world on 11 Nov 2024 17:10 collapse

Nope, my manager telling me I’m the first to know, and can’t share it in the groups

ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world on 11 Nov 2024 11:34 collapse

Use Thunderbird or the Mailspring app. Or, for WinUI glory, try the WinoMail app.

gedaliyah@lemmy.world on 11 Nov 2024 12:28 collapse

Outlook enshittification is why I switched to Thunderbird over a year ago. It’s just gotten consistently better. Highly recommended.

TexasDrunk@lemmy.world on 11 Nov 2024 15:49 collapse

Been using Thunderbird for almost 20 years. It was good enough that long ago and it’s pretty awesome these days.

kalpol@lemmy.world on 11 Nov 2024 22:28 collapse

Evolution is really not bad either