From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Mar 30 20:57: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EEF414D96; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 20:56:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id OAA05025; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 14:26:35 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id OAA56908; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 14:26:34 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19990331142633.O413@lemis.com> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 14:26:33 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Brad Benson Cc: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: outlook mail was:(RE: Logo merchandise) References: <37019498.D4EF2AB8@uswest.net> <000201be7b31$8f0d9ac0$6400a8c0@BillyJoeBob> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <000201be7b31$8f0d9ac0$6400a8c0@BillyJoeBob>; from Brad Benson on Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 11:47:19PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [following up to -chat] On Tuesday, 30 March 1999 at 23:47:19 -0500, Brad Benson wrote: >> >> That aside, the key feature of Outlook is the remarkable ability to >> both piss people off with HTML e-mails while being infected with >> prank-viruses like Melissa and Happy99. Those Micro$oft folk are >> geniuses, aren't they? > > First I have to say that I'm not a fan of Microsoft in any way. I also have > to admit that I use Outlook98. Yes there can be some extremely annoying > problems with HTML mail and such, but users with a little knowledge can > easily disable such features. As far as handling large amount of email goes, > I couldn't survive without the auto sorting features built into outlook. As > far as prank-viruses go, almost any windows mail program can be dangerous if > you don't pay attention to the attachments that come in your mail. I think > it should be said that most people should think about what could be in an > attachment they weren't expecting. OK, I think we can agree that any Microsoft mailer can fall prey to worms such as Melissa, and that most problems with Outlook are due to incorrect configuration. On the other hand, it seems that Outlook encourages incorrect configuration. I also think that some of its "features" are brain-damaged. For more details, take a look at http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html. In particular, if you can tell me how to stop Outlook from mutilating quoted text from previous messages, I'll be grateful (and put the explanation on the web page). What I mean is: how do you get Outlook not to mutilate the following text when replying? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That aside, the key feature of Outlook is the remarkable ability to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> both piss people off with HTML e-mails while being infected with >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> prank-viruses like Melissa and Happy99. Those Micro$oft folk are >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> geniuses, aren't they? Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message