Insisting on an offline system has all sorts of issues which do not appear to be thought through.
I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this Mark. I would always urge users to use "off-line" (i.e local email server) as opposed to on-line (hotmail et al). One has complete control over virus scanning, corporate ID, backup & duplication control (important for 'professional' users), access etc. Although becoming less of an issue (although I see broadband soon becoming as slow as modems), is the unnecessary use of bandwidth. On top of this I would also recommend an OE (or similar) reader as I've not yet found a web based reader to be as fast, easy and familiar to use, there just too clunky. Although they can be more reliable (I normally set these up as a back-up where the email server has the option). Hope you all having a good one Adrian