Re: [LUG] A bit OT - Networking/Security

[Neil Stone <Neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2002-07-29 at 09:05, Simon Waters wrote:
> Mark Harvey wrote:
> > Still need Outlook Express unfortunately.
>
> That one I don't buy. What does it do that other mail clients
> don't?
>
> If you had said Outlook I might have believed the migration was
> harder, but OE to other competing non-Microsoft mail clients is
> easy, and will eliminate a big chunk of your virus risk.
>
> I went OE to Netscape Messenger, with no issues, which is a bit
> dated now, but heck if you are a Lotus shop elsewhere I think
> I'd prefer Notes to OE, and I despised Notes. Of course many of
> the Win32 mail clients offer MAPI, which some viruses use, but I
> believe most now let you switch it off if you don't use it.
>
> Now your file interoperability issues, is that with Lotus or
> with MS Office?

One thing i know that OE does that no other does is full hotmail
integration. I may be wrong about OfficeXP of course.. i not installed
that yet.. i mean bought.. !

Neil

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