jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Feb 4 09:16:53 CST 2010
I develop for Outlook but I stopped using it for my own stuff because the process of moving everything related to outlook to a new machine is ... cumbersome tending toward impossible. Settings, signatures and the like are scattered to hell and back. Thunderbird OTOH does most of what Outlook does and has a little widget that packages everything up into a file for transfer to a different machine. I just got tired of losing half my stuff when I moved from one laptop to another. Microsoft doesn't seem to care if I lose my stuff, they make (made) no effort to make the move easy. Screw em'. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Rocky Smolin wrote: > A.D.: > > Could the results of the survey be skewed by the fact that the respondents > are Access developers and, like myself, use Outlook because of development > requirements? > > Rocky > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of A.D. Tejpal > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:21 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Survey - Preferred Email and NewsGroups client > > Gustav, > > This survey was meant to facilitate choice of suitable desktop client in > the context of eventual move from Win XP to Win 7. As per the results > reported in a separate post, office Outlook (OL) appears to be currently the > most preferred choice amongst the respondents. > > At present I am using Outlook Express (OE) for handling emails as well > as news groups. Archived messages spanning many years serve as a source for > ready reference and quick search. In case of any new installation of > operating system, all the old archives become readily available by setting > the storage path for freshly installed OE to appropriate folders. > Availability of multiple identities has proved very convenient in tracking > postings related to different forums in an uncluttered manner. One can > switch from one identity to another without having to close the application. > Each identity ha its own storage folder, providing added flexibility. > > OE is no longer available on Win 7. Trying to use it on Win 7 via guest > Win XP on virtual pc is also not found practicable as OE declines to accept > shared folders for storage. > > It is observed that on installations prior to Win 7, OL makes use of OE > engine for accessing news groups. It appears that in case of Win 7, OL might > have to depend upon Windows Live Mail (WLM) for this purpose. > > On Win 7, WLM is meant as a replacement for erstwhile OE. Neither WLM > nor OL provides for multiple identities. However, WLM does offer separate > Inboxes dedicated to each account. As compared to OL, WLM is a self > contained application capable of handling emails as well as news groups. > > It is noticed that imports from OE to OL appear to distort dates of old > stored messages. WLM is found capable of clean import from OE - > identity-wise. Moreover, in case of WLM, the import can be conducted > directly from individual storage folders of OE. This can be of helpful, as > program to program import under Win 7 is liable to run into the hurdle that > programs installed under earlier operating system won't be visible in Win 7. > > In view of the factors outlined above, if the choice for mail client > were to be restricted to Windows or Office components, moving from OE to WLM > would appear to be the convenient approach. > > Members of this forum are welcome to offer their considered views. > > Best wishes, > A.D. Tejpal > ------------ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gustav Brock > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 21:37 > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Survey - Preferred Email and NewsGroups client > > > Hi A.D. > > Sooner or later you should reveal why you are researching this ... > > To confuse you, my colleagues use the desktop client when in the office > and the web interface when at clients, and at home I use the client at my > workstation, the web interface on the laptop, and (not so often) my mobile > phone via a web access. > > /gustav > > > >>> adtp at airtelmail.in 03-02-2010 06:43 >>> > > .. you are accessing web based services without using any desktop client > ? > > Best wishes, > A.D. Tejpal > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >