Shamil Salakhetdinov
shamil at users.mns.ru
Wed Oct 27 11:13:50 CDT 2004
> I don't say that to try and scare you, but I do believe that if you > can move to a better platform why would you NOT do it? I like what and how MS doing now. What and how they are doing with .NET is great IMHO. What and how they prepare there MOCs, the quality of the info on their sites is great IMHO. The usability features and user friendliness of their software is great IMHO. So I will (conservatively/stupidly) stay with my good old OE :) Shamil :) P.S. Thunderbird is a very good software too AFAIS - but the discussion is it a better platform than OE promise to be a "religious" one :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francisco Tapia" <fhtapia at gmail.com> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Mail Profiles > Famous last words, > > I dropped OE as soon as I found hotmail popper, this utility gives me > client access to my hotmail email. Otherwise I would have dumped from > even before. If your AV should fail because you were hit w/ a newer > worm/virus/tojan that could disable your NAV, then you coudl potential > infect your pc more w/ OE. > > I don't say that to try and scare you, but I do believe that if you > can move to a better platform why would you NOT do it? > > COST = $0, everyone's usability is subjective, but imho I think a > product such as thunderbird is awesome. Comes w/ built in spam > filtering, and doesn not launch potential harmful html content nor > mime. > > JUST a few of the reasons to stray from OE. > > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:13:27 +0400, Shamil Salakhetdinov > <shamil at users.mns.ru> wrote: > > Rocky, > > > > I don't see security reasons to switch from OE. > > I persomally use it for ~7 years and I've never had any problems. (Fingers > > crossed :)) > > And its current version has the features to switch off all possible > > automatic activations, you can set IE security to allow to browse trusted > > sites only and if you'll have NAV with real time check then I don't see what > > on Earth may harm your PC... > > > > Shamil > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com> > > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 6:36 PM > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Mail Profiles > > > > > My main reason for looking at these alternatives is vulnerability to > > attack. > > > Firefox is supposed to be safer. Otherwise, not being a big power user > > I'm > > > happy with IE and OE. Any security reason to switch out of OE that you > > know > > > of? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Rocky Smolin > > > Beach Access Software > > > http://www.e-z-mrp.com > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Shamil Salakhetdinov" <shamil at users.mns.ru> > > > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > > > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 6:59 AM > > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Mail Profiles > > > > > > > > > >> Why did you go back? > > > > Becoming conservative? > > > > > > > > Thunderbird is really good but I found they are simulating Oulook > > > > Express's > > > > look&feel, yes they do that very well, they introduce their own useful > > > > features, which I didn't see in Outlook Express but I didn't find I need > > a > > > > lot these features and I switched back mainly because they don't have > > > > Export > > > > feature and because Import feature doesn't allow to define the import > > > > location... > > > > > > > > Shamil > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com> > > > > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > > > > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 4:50 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Mail Profiles > > > > > > > > > > > >> Why did you go back? > > > >> > > > >> Rocky > > > >> > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > > >> From: "Shamil Salakhetdinov" <shamil at users.mns.ru> > > > >> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > > > >> <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > > >> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 3:18 AM > > > >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Mail Profiles > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Just my 2 roubles: > > > >> > > > > >> > I did install Thunderbird yesterday on a new PC, I did used it for a > > > >> while - > > > >> > yes, it looks good and useful... > > > >> > ...and I did return to good old Outlook Express 6.x :) > > > >> > > > > >> > Shamil > > > >> > > > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > > > >> > From: "Bryan Carbonnell" <carbonnb at sympatico.ca> > > > >> > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > > > >> > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > > >> > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:08 PM > > > >> > Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Mail Profiles > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > On 27 Oct 2004 at 12:37, Stuart McLachlan wrote: > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > On 26 Oct 2004 at 19:54, John Bartow wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > I'm looking at Francisco's recommendations (on DBA-Tech). > > Firefox > > > >> > > > > and Thunderbird. I'm really getting sick of the IE and Outlook > > > >> > > > > games... > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > Why not go for a really good free email client. Pegasus Mail > > > >> > > > http://www.pmail.com > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Seconded!! > > > >> > > > > > >> > > It's better than Thunderbird IMHO. > > > >> > > > > > >> > > -- > > > >> > > Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at sympatico.ca > > > >> > > Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open. > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > > >> > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > >> > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > >> > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > >> > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > >> > > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > > >> > dba-Tech mailing list > > > >> > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > >> > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > >> > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> dba-Tech mailing list > > > >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > -Francisco > <a href="http://pcthis.blogspot.com">Pc This! pc news with out the jargon</a> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com