Re: [SLE] OutLook for Linux

28 Jun 2001

      Hi,

Am I to understand that you don't like Outlook then?? :-))

Thomas Adam

----- Original Message -----
From: Diane 
To: Gerhard den Hollander 
Cc: suse 
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [SLE] OutLook for Linux
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerhard den Hollander" 
To: "Diane" 
Cc: "suse" 
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [SLE] OutLook for Linux
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Reasons why outlook sucks.
1) Replys should FOLLOW the message they are a reply to,
   not be at the top of the message with the *WHOLE FUCKING MESSAGE*
attached
   at the end.
How the messages attach or not all depends on how you set up outlook
including whether it starts at the end or beginning.
...
2) Outlook SUCKS at handling large quantities of email , the rules
wizard
...
...
gets throughly confused if you have more than 500 - 1000 emails per
day.
   (try following KDE, Suse and a bunch of other mailing lists as well
as
   having some automated programs email you the results daily).
   mailagent can easily handle well over 5000 messages per hour (been
   there, done that, thanks to a misconfigured mailer) .
I have used Outlook for handling up to 800 emails a day and didn't have a
problem with it being confused.  I use Outlook 2000, 97 sucked.  Using a
combination of grouping, sorting, and view filtering makes a big
difference.
...
3) outlooks .pst file format is horrible, you can onl;y use outlook to
read
   that file, and the file just grows and grows.
4) Outlook by default sends all attachements in an attachement called
   winmail.dat which can only be read by outlook.
I haven't had any problems with attachments either, when I save mail I
save
it as text or html not an outlook mail file.
...
5) Navigating the features is horrible, there is absolutely no logic to
the
   location where settings can be changed. The only benefiot you have
from
   getting used to the winblows API is that you're used to looking
   everywhere for your settings.
I understood the logic behind how Outlook is set up, its designed to work
with Office and has a lot of similarities to it, as far as the Outlook
specific features that made sense to me too.
...
6) Macro virusses.
I agree with you about the macro virus issue, its a pain to have to keep
an
eye on that.
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7) Utter lack of compatibility between versions
(try sharing calendars between OL98 and OL2K whitout an exchange
server)
I don't have to share my calendar so this is not an issue I can respond
to.
...
I know what Im talking about, I've been using outlook since Outlook 97
(a piece of crap if there ever were one) side by side with elm/mutt.
I've more than once lost all my outlook mail/contacts/calendar entires
because outlook decided to ruin my .pst file.
I keep that stuff backed up
I am sure most of this is a matter of personal preference, I also think
outlook would be much better as a linux program.  I always thought eudora
was the one that was a hassle.
Diane
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