Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Tue Mar 11 23:17:00 CST 2003
> Next, as to your view points on Outlook. I personally use OE at home. OE > does all that I need...just plain old email. I use Outlook 2000 at work, > and it also does all that I need. (Just plain email <grin>. Ahem, I wish you Outlook and OE did just do just plain email. Then we wouldn't get all the HTML baggage that comes along with your message This is what is ACTUALLY sent by your wonderful MS email software when you are sending "plain old email" <VBG> > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:01:29 -0600 > > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand > this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2E83B.4BB43150 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > > A few things Darren. First of all, if you are all moving to an Exchange > server, I would like to HIGHLY recommend TrendMicro's ScanMail, as a server > side email virus protection. We have had it for going on 2 and a half > years, and the reason I am plugging it, is because in that 2 and a half > years, we have only had ONE minor issue with a virus. (A little over a year > ago, they had viruses that attached to the MIME attachment format, which are > usually 'run' by Media Player.....ScanMail let 2 of those through, until we > updated the virus engine.)(There is an Add-in called eManager which allows > for filtering spam on the server level.....(it works better in Exchange > 2000, unfortunately we run 5.5 here). > > Next, as to your view points on Outlook. I personally use OE at home. OE > does all that I need...just plain old email. I use Outlook 2000 at work, > and it also does all that I need. (Just plain email <grin>.....I can't tell > you how confused some of my co-workers are when I decline meetings...because > I HATE having a calendar/scheduler in my Outlook...I'm too frazzled to try > and organize! <VBG>). Anyhow, the Rules wizard on Outlook is actually far > more powerful then you may realize. First of all, a lot of rules set in > Outlook 2000 can be set ON THE SERVER. This is very handy, because it > reduces the work that your client machine has to do. As far as a playing a > sound....the rules wizard in Outlook 2000 has a 'play a sound' option (you > can stack as many actions into a rule that you want), and it let's you > select what sound you want to play. > > If you are using a version older then 2000, I would kick and scream until > they let you use Outlook 2000. In my opinion Outlook 2000 was the most > improved component of the normal Office 2k suite (PowerPoint's conversion of > a presentation to a web page is far superior in 2k over it's 97 > version....and Front Page 2000 leaves it's predecessor in the dust). > > Drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Darren Dick [mailto:d.dick at uws.edu.au] > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 7:28 PM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT- Recommendations on Eudora > > > Hi Rocky > I totally agree with all the others who comment positively on Eudora. > Our Firm (An Australian University) is moving in the opposite direction. > We will be using Exchange and as a result have all been asked to move > from Eudora to Outlook. > <Rant Mode On> > After using Outlook for the last 2 months I cannot bag it enough. I am > convinced it is > the software incarnation of the Prince of Darkness himself. It is tripe. > Eudora is vastly superior in every way from an email point of view. > > <Rant Mode Off> > > One of my most used and thus most missed features of Eudora was... > I could assign a sound file when one of my filters was activated. > (Outlook calls them rules. What a PITA they are in Outlook too) > Like the rest of you I get about 80 to 120 emails a day. Everything was > filtered, > I mean everything, and I had different sound files playing when certain > rules cut in. > I miss it so much. All I can do in outlook is activate 1 single sound when > any email arrives. That's it. > It was a great tool to make sure important/urgent emails got the appropriate > attention. > > Anyway, Eudora IM not so HO is vastly superior. > > I want to go back to Eudora but our IT doods say nope. <sigh> > > Darren > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - Beach > Access Software > Sent: Wednesday, 12 March 2003 2:05 AM > To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: [AccessD] OT- Recommendations on Eudora > > > Dear List: > > I'm considering switching mail programs. Does anyone have any experience > with Eudora Light? I'm currently using Outlook Express. MTIA > > Rocky > > > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2E83B.4BB43150 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > > > <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2722.900" name=GENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> > <DIV><SPAN class=735374101-12032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>A few > things Darren. First of all, if you are all moving to an Exchange server, > I would like to HIGHLY recommend TrendMicro's ScanMail, as a server side email > virus protection. We have had it for going on 2 and a half years, and the > reason I am plugging it, is because in that 2 and a half years, we have only had > ONE minor issue with a virus. (A little over a year ago, they had viruses > that attached to the MIME attachment format, which are usually 'run' by Media > Player.....ScanMail let 2 of those through, until we updated the virus > engine.)(There is an Add-in called eManager which allows for filtering spam on > the server level.....(it works better in Exchange 2000, unfortunately we run 5.5 > here).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=735374101-12032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff > size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=735374101-12032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Next, > as to your view points on Outlook. I personally use OE at home. OE > does all that I need...just plain old email. I use Outlook 2000 at work, > and it also does all that I need. (Just plain email <grin>.....I > can't tell you how confused some of my co-workers are when I decline > meetings...because I HATE having a calendar/scheduler in my Outlook...I'm too > frazzled to try and organize! <VBG>). Anyhow, the Rules wizard on > Outlook is actually far more powerful then you may realize. First of all, > a lot of rules set in Outlook 2000 can be set ON THE SERVER. This is very > handy, because it reduces the work that your client machine has to do. As > far as a playing a sound....the rules wizard in Outlook 2000 has a 'play a > sound' option (you can stack as many actions into a rule that you want), and it > let's you select what sound you want to play.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=735374101-12032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff > size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=735374101-12032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If you > are using a version older then 2000, I would kick and scream until they let you > use Outlook 2000. In my opinion Outlook 2000 was the most improved > component of the normal Office 2k suite (PowerPoint's conversion of a > presentation to a web page is far superior in 2k over it's 97 version....and > Front Page 2000 leaves it's predecessor in the dust).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=735374101-12032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff > size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=735374101-12032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff > size=2>Drew</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> > <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma > size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Darren Dick > [mailto:d.dick at uws.edu.au]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 11, 2003 7:28 > PM<BR><B>To:</B> accessd at databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [AccessD] > OT- Recommendations on Eudora<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Hi > Rocky</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I totally agree > with all the others who comment positively on Eudora.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Our Firm (An > Australian University) is moving in the opposite > direction.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>We will be using > Exchange </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana > size=2>and as a result have all been asked to move </FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>from Eudora to > Outlook.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2><Rant Mode > On></FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>After using > Outlook for the last 2 months I cannot bag it enough. I am convinced it > is</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>the software > incarnation of the Prince of Darkness himself. It is > tripe.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Eudora is vastly > superior in every way from an email point of view.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2><Rant Mode > Off></FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana > size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>One of my most > used and thus most missed features of Eudora was...</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I could assign a > sound file </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana > size=2>when one of my filters was activated.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>(Outlook calls > them rules. What a PITA they are in Outlook too)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Like the rest of > you I get about 80 to 120 emails a day. Everything was > filtered,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I mean > everything, and I had different sound files playing when certain rules cut > in.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I miss it so > much. All I can do in outlook is activate 1 single sound when any email > arrives. That's it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>It was a great > tool to make sure important/urgent emails got the appropriate > attention.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana > size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Anyway, Eudora > IM not so HO is vastly superior.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana > size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I want to go > back to Eudora but our IT doods say nope. <sigh></FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003></SPAN><SPAN > class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana > size=2>Darren</FONT></SPAN></DIV> > <DIV><SPAN class=437193000-12032003><FONT face=Verdana > size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> > <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> > <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma > size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> > accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Rocky Smolin > - Beach Access Software<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 12 March 2003 2:05 > AM<BR><B>To:</B> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AccessD] > OT- Recommendations on Eudora<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear List:</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm considering switching mail programs. > Does anyone have any experience with Eudora Light? I'm currently using > Outlook Express. MTIA</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rocky</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial > size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> -- Lexacorp Ltd http://www.lexacorp.com.pg Information Technology Consultancy, Software Development,System Support.