Scott,
Some of us do use Outlook for a reason, ie Corporate Policies
etc...However, getting defensive of Outlook is _NOT_ the answer. Educate
those around you as to how to _better_ use Outlook. For, example most worms
root through you address book/contacts and take the linked (mailto:) address
from the e mail field. If you are clever, you build a contact and type their
name in the text note section. You lose the ability to let outlook address
your mail, but so does Nimda :-) USE virus protection. E mail ALL virus
incidents to as many e mail addresses as you are comfortable finding in the
MS sales / marketing page.
Bite them when they call you at work. Example, today MS called me about
their B Central site for website development because some stooge let them
know I need services. I politely told them "no thanks we are doing a SECURE
site" when he said that MS could do a secure site I said "Oh yeah, I forgot
all about Hotmail (run on BSD)" amd hung up.
BLAME BLAME BLAME BLAME BLAME BLAME OUTLOOK
>Microsoft Outlook *IS* the problem. Blaming it *IS* correct. Removing
>Outlook *IS* the solution.
> - Matt
>That's hardly fair. Some of us use Outlook for a reason (my address is a
>>Spam trap that only lets in what I actually want to read). I can see
trying
>>to keep out Spam, but blaming Outlook is not the solution.
>>
>>Scott
>>-
Karl,
Thank you for your well thought out reply - if everyone was so
considerate, we'd never have to get defensive in the first place. :-)
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 3:51 PM
> Scott,
>
> Some of us do use Outlook for a reason, ie Corporate Policies
> etc...However, getting defensive of Outlook is _NOT_ the answer. Educate
> those around you as to how to _better_ use Outlook. For, example most
worms
> root through you address book/contacts and take the linked (mailto:)
address
> from the e mail field. If you are clever, you build a contact and type
their
> name in the text note section. You lose the ability to let outlook address
> your mail, but so does Nimda :-) USE virus protection. E mail ALL virus
> incidents to as many e mail addresses as you are comfortable finding in
the
> MS sales / marketing page.
>
> Bite them when they call you at work. Example, today MS called me about
> their B Central site for website development because some stooge let them
> know I need services. I politely told them "no thanks we are doing a
SECURE
> site" when he said that MS could do a secure site I said "Oh yeah, I
forgot
> all about Hotmail (run on BSD)" amd hung up.