Hello, I have reinstalled Windows 7 as a bootup option in a partition and it works v well as the old one was gving me lots of trouble so I need a reliable email client in this clean area
The 'standard' free email client is Windows Live Mail 2011.
I use Live Mail 2011 and it's works nicely with my Earthlink, GMail and both my Windows Live accounts.
And you might be interested in some of the Live packages in the Windows Live 2011 Essentials . Live Mail is one of the options included there.