> Hi! Tom,   
   >    
   > On 06 May 16 18:03, you wrote to ED VANCE:   
   >    
   >  TW> Can Anyone still alive here recomment a win 7 offline mail reader??   
   >    
   > For a number of reasons I think this is the wrong question, Tom.  Considering   
   > that 'change' in the IT universe is a constant on-ward & up-ward trend, you   
   > will always be on the back foot by running older software.   
   >    
   > I got around that by going to VirtualBox.  I'm currently running a HP   
   > super-dooper box with Windows 8.1, with VirtualBox installed.  (Actually   
   it's a   
   > piece of junk but it was cheap and it works.)  It runs one of either two XP   
   > virtual machines at various times, sometimes both for short periods.  One XP   
   > used to run on my wife's old Ubuntu machine until I made the mistake of   
   > switching it off one day (all she ever saw was XP); like you, I didn't want   
   to   
   > try to fix it.  The other XP used to run on my Ubuntu PC, downstairs in the   
   > doghouse/man cave.   
   >    
   > Think of VirtualBox machines as USB devices.  Just plug them into a new PC   
   with   
   > VirtualBox installed, make a few configuration settings, and, you're back in   
   > business with your favourite whoosymahjigger software again.  The trick is to   
   > know what needs backing up.  ;)   
   >    
   > Either that, or bite the bullet and start doing Fidonet with an email client   
   > over news (NNTP) servers like Jean & Allan, etc.   
   >    
   > Cheers,   
   > Paul.   
      
   Thanks, I will look into that. Although for the number of messages I find   
   in   
   my favorite echos just reading online on Doc's HTML entrance may be the way   
   to go for me.   
      
   Typo Tom   
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