Hi Sue I was using XP when I realised at some point I would need to go to Window 7 I then found Outlook Express was not usable in Win 7, so I looked for an alternative (I looked at live mail but disliked it as I do all web based emailers), Thunderbird was one of those suggested to me On investigation I found it reasonably similar to OE to look at and use, so installed it alongside of OE, after back ups of course In the course of the install I found I could carry forward my settings from OE (address book etc) and also the saved emails which numbered many thousands It was nowhere as onerous as I thought it would be I then got a Win 7 laptop and installed Thunderbird on that, again taking forward my settings, address book & emails That was not very long before the XP computer just up and died one day, I have never been able to get into it since But I had a back up of all but the last few days before the crash so was not to bothered So I would suggest having a read of the following link below, which will probably answer your questions I have found the help and support very good One thing I did find with Thunderbird was the search function, is so superior to OE that I do not file mails as I used to (spending much time in the process) I archive by year and can find most things in seconds, so why waste time filing in folders I still have all my old folders from my previous machine I also use a small free utility called Mozbackup which I use to backup my Firefox settings (favourites & bookmarks) and all my email, I then copy that to a thumb drive and Dropbox should the worst happen https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/switching-thunderbird You will find a link on the left of the above page for download etc Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 17/07/2014 13:55, Sue Alberts via wrote: > Nice to have that list of Topics back to displaying the sender name and the >>From showing the lister's email address. > > Nivard, can the cache of emails I have saved in Outlook be moved intact to > Thunderbird or does one have to start fresh? And where is Thunderbird > found? Admittedly it is hard to think of going to yet another email system, > but I am thinking of investigating. Sue A.