Entourage for Mac 2008 continuing problems

I really thought I had this problem licked when I found a 10-year old post here with info that solved my receiving mail on Entourage problem. Alas!  That no longer works. Now, I have to Force Quit the program, restart and cross fingers!  Sometimes it works, and sometimes not.It tries to download hundreds of old emails, or it just hangs and I get an error message of "timed out".  When I send a report to Microsoft, it's full of technical stuff of no meaning to me. Question:  Since I have all my files (dozens!) of many years in Entourage, what email program can I use with my Mac Pro?  I really should change since I'm reading email on ComCast.net now. I'm on ComCast cable for receiving whatever Internet access I have here at the house.Ideally, my new program could import files from Entourage, but is that feasible?Obviously, I'm just a user, not a techie. Any ideas?Thanks. 

Thanks, but I'm not able to find it.  Have asked Apple how to access Apple Mail, and will hope for the best.

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