Re: problems with this Dell laptop

reble · 06 Oct 2023

I am about a nats hair from chucking this Dell laptop in the dumpster and buying 1 with eather Win 7 or XP on it. Now I can't get Dream Mail to talk to eather Gmail or MSN. Dream Mail was working with Gmail. I can work Gmail and MSN via Firefox just fine. But I can't find a off line mail reader that will read ether Gmail or MSN like Dream Mail did. And I gave away my SDR HF (software Defined Radio) radio, because I thought there was a problem with the radio. The software wasn't reading the radio. It turned out to be a problem with the software for the radio not liking Windows 10. The guy I gave the radio to said the laptop OS had to be down graded to Windows 7.

dalchina · 07 Oct 2023

Hi, I've not heard of Dream Mail - I found this 2012 review
DreamMail Review.

- suggesting it's a very old program.

Thunderbird works with my gmail account.

If you try to use programs that are very old you may well encounter problems- for example, nothing that uses 16 bits will work with a 64 bit O/S. Many other possible causes on incompatibility.

Want to use old programs? You have some options.
a. Try compatibility mode
b. Find a workaround someone has discovered
c. Run e.g. Win 7 as a virtual machine in a window under Win 10 - e.g. using Virtual Box (free), and install your program under Win 7.

3nd · 07 Oct 2023

and buying 1 with eather Win 7 or XP on it.

eh??
you deserve to suffer

just use outlook or thunderbird or postbox ect ect

reble · 07 Oct 2023

There is a current version of Dream Mail, type "dream mail.com" into Google search. But every search comes up with the Chinese version not the English that I am looking for. And some versions come up with a PDF converter that I don't need.

3nd said:

eh??

you deserve to suffer

just use outlook or thunderbird or postbox ect ect

dalchina · 08 Oct 2023

Sounds like way past time to move on.. if you wish to use Win 10...

Carmano · 12 Oct 2023

About your original SDR problem. Is your Win10 laptop running any third party security software (examples: Norton, McAfee Total Security)? Software Defined Radios need ports and these security programs can be overly aggressive in blocking ports.

Callender · 12 Oct 2023

I downloaded the portable version of DreamMail from Softpedia and it's English.

Re: problems with this Dell laptop-configure-user-information.jpg

Yes it is really old, not updated for years and should not be used:

Changelog

Callender · 12 Oct 2023

FYI:
Offline mode meaning | eM Client