Windows mail (live mail) is no longer supported by Microsoft and in fact they appear to be deliberately knobbling/breaking it lately to force users to switch from Windows 7 to Windows 10 (or Office with Outlook which seems to work).

Thunderbird is a good option but it's auto account setup is average in some cases, especially Telstra as they have changed mail servers several times and it sometimes fails to retrieve correct settings. No issues if you are prepared to manually enter the correct server and port settings though.

Telstra settings can be found here www.telstra.com.au/support/category/email/set-up/imap-pop-and-smtp-information-for-manual-email-set-up\

Most other accounts will set up automatically with Thunderbird in my experience.

 Sorry - I should have said I am with Amnet

 it was Ok, there are others out there. Why don't you just use Gmail that comes with your Google account. The interface is a bit average, but it does work consistently, and you have the advantage of it being web-based, so, no matter how often you break/change computers, all your mail will still be there when you log in again. I have used Gmail for quite a few years now, and it has certainly helped when I've broken computers and lost all my Outlook based stuff from not backing up regularly. As flaminghedghog says, win mail is getting really old now, no support. Scared of going to windows 10? don't be, generally a seamless experience as long as you follow the very basic instructions and don't do something stupid like turn your computer off halfway in to try to "stop" it. I've seen a few people resist, then get caught out by the auto-update which installed it, and, after the intitial panic, wondered what all the fuss was about.