TSGL: Mail client for very old Oldies

[Don Elias]

I've been a user of Juno (I use an old version 4.11) that I
think is very simple.  If I want larger letters all I have to
do is press <Cntrl> and scroll the mouse wheel to
whatever size I want.  Juno does not require an
internet connection but I just found out that you must
pay them $9.95 per year for their megamail service in
order to access your email (without deliberately
connecting to the internet.)

Don Elias

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:08:17 +0100 "Tilman Brandl" <tbrandl2 at chello.at>
writes:
> Hi,
> 
> not sure whether this is a feasable project - I'm trying to set up a 
> VERY simple PC with Email and Internet for my mother who is beyond 
> 95 years of age. 
> 
> Idea is, she would have the box on her desk, and after pressing the 
> ON key a simple interface would come up, even with a few big buttons 
> like 'Read Mail', 'Send Mail to NNN', 'Send Mail to MMM'  etc. 
> Perhaps also a simple Internet Browser with as few options as 
> possible, and maybe also a button for dialing.
> 
> This means the programs she would use should be VERY simple, 
> adaptable (mainly visually, i.e. big font characters) and with low 
> maintenance needs (I'm seeing her once a week and of course would 
> prefer not to spend our time on tech stuff).
> 
> Preferably the OS would/should be Windows since this is what I know 
> best. Could I do this with Outlook Express + IE ? Any other mail 
> client with *simple* user interface?
> 
> So far this all is preparatory + experimental only - I'm not sure 
> that I'll be able to make this work well enough....
> 
> Any ideas you might have are welcome !
> TVMIA
> 
> Tilman
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