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    From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 11 15:56:15 2021
    I am searching for a new PIM to replace Outlook and have discovered that
    "PIM" now stands for "Product Information Manager" which is a bit of a surprise, bit like RSS feed aggregators being called newsreaders.

    Anybody tell me what I should look for to find a Personal Information
    Manager please?

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    Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
    That's an amazing invention but who would ever want to use one of them? (President Hayes speaking to Alexander Graham Bell on the invention of the telephone)

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  • From newshound@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sat Dec 11 16:31:39 2021
    On 11/12/2021 15:56, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I am searching for a new PIM to replace Outlook and have discovered that "PIM" now stands for "Product Information Manager" which is a bit of a surprise, bit like RSS feed aggregators being called newsreaders.

    Anybody tell me what I should look for to find a Personal Information
    Manager please?

    Do you mean an email client with integrated address book, calendar, and
    to-do list or equivalent? Personally, I use Google Calendar but Apple
    and Outlook calendars can be made to synchronise with it. Similarly
    Gmail address book will synchronise with Outlook as well as an Android
    phone "contacts list". To do lists and general scratchpad for notes, I
    used to use Google Keep, but have mostly moved over to Alexa Lists
    (because I have an Alexa with a screen in the kitchen, which is usually
    where I want to update a shopping list). But I have the Alexa app on the
    phone so I can update the shopping list from anywhere.

    I find Outlook a bit irritating, but it's the default mail system on a
    laptop supplied by my main customer, so I have learned to live with it.

    Last time I looked there were dozens for every operating system there
    is, but Google is everywhere.

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  • From Mike Halmarack@21:1/5 to jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk on Tue Dec 14 15:43:42 2021
    On 11 Dec 2021 15:56:15 GMT, "Jeff Gaines"
    <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:


    I am searching for a new PIM to replace Outlook and have discovered that >"PIM" now stands for "Product Information Manager" which is a bit of a >surprise, bit like RSS feed aggregators being called newsreaders.

    Anybody tell me what I should look for to find a Personal Information
    Manager please?

    I've used Mybase for many years and love it. It has way more features
    than I use. So it has a lot of potential for smart peoples projects
    too.

    http://www.wjjsoft.com/mybase.html
    --

    Mike

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