"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:11:13 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:17:10 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:34:08 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom penned the following

But not using Outlook
Express is the way to go. It's just awful.


Why is it awful?


Besides being virus prone.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUTAJsfw2-k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8SVe...eature=related
http://www.robneville.net/general/ou...-tool/2007/06/


Does Agent handle tasks & day planning? I'm wondering because I thought
it
was just a news & email client. If that's the case, I must question why
you
posted the links above. How can you compare the two programs by pointing
out
certain features which one of the programs doesn't even have? That's
like
saying a vacuum cleaner does a lousy job of toasting bagels, so you're
going
to shop for a better vacuum cleaner.


Well, are we talking news reader or email client.

Thus far, I haven't seen a combination program I am happy with.
Outlook and Outlook Express try to be a vacuum cleaner and bagel
toaster and do a poor job of both.


Poor job HOW??? In what way? Be specific about OE in particular.


Ok.... I'm not sure how I can explain all of this. If you've never
been in a luxury car, you're probably going to stick up for the Yugo
because it is better than walking.

In general the Outlook(s) lack:

adaptable filtering
message templates
prevention of accidental deletion (parking)
(strong) encryption
macro capability


Accidental deletion of what? Email messages?





There are more things that I could add and you might respond that
Outlook has that.... but unless you see what *can* be done, you won't
know what I mean.

The Bat! is try-before-you-buy. Download it and try it... see what a
*full featured* email client offers. It has a learning curve... no
doubt.... but it offers a lot more than Outlook.... for me, its
organization capabilities initially sold me.

On the other hand.... if you are just looking for something that can
download the mail and down mind the exposure to viruses.... Outlook
might just be fine for you. Most software is good or sucks in the
eyes and demands of the user.... I want more than Outlook has to
offer.... and I don't want exposure to the host of security
vulnerabilities that Micro$oft has.