Outlook 2010 cheaper/free replacement

Question

I am very pleased with Outlook 2010, but since I can't use it any more I have two big options: buy it or search for a decent cheaper/free replacement.

What I need from that program/suite is:

POP/SMTP good management (I have Yahoo Mail Plus which uses SSL for SMTP and POP3 - not all clients support these)
Task management
RSS feed reading
Calendar / scheduling

This is for personal use.

Any suggestions?

Why can you no longer use it? Honestly while Thunderbird and Lighting will be able to get close it will be nothing like Outlook. — Ramhound, May 27 '11 at 16:08
Well it seems the activation code (cough, cough) doesn't work anymore... — Andrei Rînea, May 27 '11 at 20:24
Yeah, that's what I'm fearing, totally uncomparable alternatives. Mozilla produces (excuse me people) products below my quality standards. — Andrei Rînea, May 27 '11 at 20:25
I have been using Thunderbird for many years and have never had an issue with it. — bwDraco, Jan 22 '15 at 00:02

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 27 '11 at 07:10

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Try Thunderbird + Lightning extension (see picture below).

Thunderbird supports SMTP/POP3/IMAP with or without SSL, RSS feeds and Lightning adds tasks/calendars.

Furthermore Thunderbird is highly customizable through masses of useful add-ons.

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answered May 27 '11 at 07:10

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 16 '17 at 13:56

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Well, there is Windows Live Mail 2011. It really looks nice and Outlook-ish ;)

Windows Live Mail 2011

It's practically Outlook Express revamped, nice.

edited Nov 16 '17 at 13:56

Peter Mortensen

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answered Jun 21 '11 at 07:56

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Outlook 2010 cheaper/free replacement

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