* Diane
I use Outlook all the time and love it. I do think though that Outlook is only really good if you get 150+ emails a day. If you don't get a lot of mail and don't need the features for handling large quantities of mail then a simpler email client would make much more sense. And as far as navigating the features no big deal its just something you have to adapt to and get a feel for like any other program, also being familiar with the MS Office interface helps a lot.
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. 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) . 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. 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. 6) Macro virusses. 7) Utter lack of compatibility between versions (try sharing calendars between OL98 and OL2K whitout an exchange server) 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. Kind regards, -- Gerhard den Hollander Phone +31-10.280.1515 Global Technical Support Fax +31-10.280.1511 Jason Geosystems BV (When calling please note: we are in GMT+1) gdenhollander@jasongeo.com POBox 1573 visit us at http://www.jasongeo.com 3000 BN Rotterdam JASON.......#1 in Reservoir Characterization The Netherlands This e-mail and any attachment is/are intended solely for the named addressee(s) and may contain information that is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, we request that you do not disseminate, forward, distribute or copy this e-mail message. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and destroy the original message.