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    From KenK@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 14 16:38:11 2020
    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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  • From Boris Dorestand@21:1/5 to KenK on Tue Jul 14 14:24:20 2020
    KenK <[email protected]> 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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  • From KenK@21:1/5 to Boris Dorestand on Fri Jul 17 17:44:07 2020
    Boris Dorestand <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    KenK <[email protected]> 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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  • From Boris Dorestand@21:1/5 to KenK on Sat Jul 18 21:20:43 2020
    KenK <[email protected]> writes:

    Boris Dorestand <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    KenK <[email protected]> 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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