TSGL: Mail client for very old Oldies

[Tilman Brandl]

Hi Don,

the Ctrl-scrollwheel trick is a general Win XP (and maybe other Win 
versions') feature. Works with OE 6 too, I've just tried it.

Thanks for reminding me, hadn't thought of it sofar.

Tilman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Elias" <donelias at juno.com>
To: <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Mail client for very old Oldies


> 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