There are several reasons you may need to move emails from one email software program to another or from one computer to another. Outlook Express is no longer in use and numerous people are looking for a simple option to transferring email to a new email program.

There are various options for replacement programs (called email clients).
If you want to continue using a Windows operating system, say you buy a computer that has Windows 7 installed, you might choose to use Windows Live Mail or Thunderbird or you could choose Outlook 2007 (which is about to be upgraded to Outlook 2010).
If you are changing to a Linux based computer you could use Thunderbird or Evolution Mail and if you are switching to a Mac you could try Thunderbird, Apple Mail or Entourage. There are a great many others but these are best known email clients.

It’s not as easy as you think to move from one email client to another. So many people come a cropper and we know this by the number of questions on the technical forums. In fact, that’s why we put together this series of guides that show you step by step how to move your email. The problems usually arise because of compatibility considerations between the email clients but “the Easy-Email system” solves this problem.

The trick is to use Gmail as the sync server. It’s a wonderfully straightforward method that avoids the need for expensive software. Gmail is free and, once you know how to do this, it’s really easy!

You can find out which guides are available at www.transfer-email.com. At time of writing, guides are available for moving email from Outlook Express to the following email clients:
Outlook 2007
Thunderbird
Windows Live Mail

The guides are aimed at saving you time trying to work it out for yourself. You can waste hours looking for free options on various forums, which may or may not give the correct answers for your particular case. It’s all a question of how much your time is worth!

You can click www.transfer-email.com to know more about transfer email.

Kerry Latchford has been working in offline marketing for large corporations for almost 20 years and is now working alongside "email guru" Anders Vinther, marketing email solutions online – and really enjoying the world of online marketing. This career change has allowed her to move from a big city to a small village in the South of France!