Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 18:56:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 18:55:45 -0500 Received: from oe21.law3.hotmail.com ([209.185.240.125]:15625 "EHLO hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 18:53:56 -0500 X-Originating-IP: [12.251.86.8] From: "William Scott Lockwood III" To: "Karl" , In-Reply-To: Subject: Trashing mail programs because of who wrote them. Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 17:53:57 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Jan 2002 23:53:51.0291 (UTC) FILETIME=[339AB8B0:01C1A920] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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" To: 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/