-=PCTechTalk=- Re: OE versus the competition
- From: "kg6ocz" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 10:14:18 -0700
OK so WHAT are you using???
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 7:17 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: OE versus the competition
> Virii are not the only thing that plagues Outlook and Outlook Express.
The
> addressbook is very vulnerable and that vulnerability alone passes a
> majority of trojans and worms around and around indefinitely. Up until
> very recently, you could not read mail in anything but HTML. Again, very
> vulnerable to worms and trojans, if not virii. If you think that OE is
> secure with only virus protection, then you need to do some research,
> because a lot of trojan/malware victims would beg to differ. While the
> mailing lists were plagued with a variety of trojans and worms that came
> imbedded in the HTML and sent themselves to every OE addressbook they
could
> find, they were stripped here automatically and couldn't get into *this*
> addressbook even if they hadn't been stripped.
>
> I know you think OE is great and I'm happy for you. Let's not make it
> something it is not, though. It's hasn't got the best filters and it is
> very far from the most secure email out there.
>
>
> On 6/17/2003 at 10:06 PM a whisper was heard, and the one known as Doug
was
> rumoured to have uttered....
>
> | That's a good point, but if you have good anti
> | vrus software, you don't get hit.
> | I've used OE for many years and never had a virus.
> |
> | Doug.
> |
> | Why do people say "meteoric rise?" Meteors don't rise --
they
> | fall
> |
> |
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: The Keyboard Cowboy
> | To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 9:42 PM
> | Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: OE versus the competition
> |
> |
> | Well written Wyatt. I'd add the fact that OE & O are prone
> | to virus
> | attack simply because they are in such wide use. Programs
> | like
> | TheBat and Poco run on their own code engines and therefore
> | are not
> | nearly as vulnerable to viruses. Everyone chooses what
> | suits their
> | own tastes......but my Seal of Approval goes to Poco &
> | TheBat.
> | Regards from the
> | "Keyboard Cowboy",
> |
> | ,,,,,,,,
> | =D4=BF=D4=AC
> | Cincinnati, Ohio
> | Scottsdale, Arizona
> | =AB:::=BB=A4=AB:::=BB=A4=A4=AB:::=BB=A4=AB:::=BB
> | Tuesday
> | 06/17/2003
> | 15:40:42 EST
> | =AB:::=BB=A4=AB:::=BB=A4=A4=AB:::=BB=A4=AB:::=BB
> |
> | You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by
> | worrying
> | over the future.
> |
> |
> |
>
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> | =A4=A4=A4=A4=A4 On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:34:23 -0500
> | =A4=A4=A4=A4=A4 Wyatt M. Portendt wrote:
> | =A4
> | =A4 Core mail handling includes filtering that can be
> | configured to as
> | =A4 many different mail accounts as differently as you wish
> on
> | any
> | =A4 folder you wish with the option of using regular
> | expressions to
> | =A4 tweak it to its fullest. Right click and filter with
the
> | ability to
> | =A4 not even *see* messages you don't want by deleting them
> | =A4 - completely- between the server and your computer
> before
> | download.
> | =A4 Chaining of filters to keep the inbox clean of
> everything
> | you want
> | =A4 to see (friends, direct messages) and instant, flexible
> | sorting for
> | =A4 mail lists and such that works *always* and doesn't
miss
> or
> | =A4 misplace messages. The ability to invoke some filters
> on
> | some
> | =A4 folders without having to do it globally. The ability
> to
> | create a
> | =A4 filter and have it used at your discretion, not on
every
> | piece of
> | =A4 mail you get. There are others.
> | =A4
> | =A4 OE filters can be made to work, but they don't work
well
> | enough to
> | =A4 handle the types of tasks I wish to do. There are
other
> | things,
> | =A4 but OE's major flaw from *my* perspective has always
> been
> | its
> | =A4 filters. I can filter a message down to a single word
> if
> | I want
> | =A4 and will only get messages with *that exact word* *in
> the
> | exact
> | =A4 place I queried it* and no other matches. That's mail
> | handling. If
> | =A4 you can do that in OE without a lot of effort, then
show
> | me how.
> | =A4 Not that I'd go back, I'm happy where I'm at, but just
> for
> | my
> | =A4 knowlege.
> | =A4
> | =A4 OE is a fine program for most people. Some want more
or
> a
> | =A4 different way of handling things. To say OE will do
> | anything that
> | =A4 the others do is not quite correct. To say it will
work
> | in most
> | =A4 cases and work fine is not to be argued. I can agree
to
> | disagree
> | =A4 and I'm not plugging anything else to anyone for whom
OE
> | works well
> | =A4 enough.
> | =A4
> | =A4
> | =A4
> | =A4 On 6/17/2003 at 8:27 PM a=A4
> | =A4 | Not sure what core mail handling is, but Outlook |
> | express has
> | =A4 always had enough horsepower for my needs and I |
> suspect
> | many
> | =A4 others here as well. | | ----- Original Message
> ----- |
> | =A4 From: Wyatt M. Portendt | To:
> pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
> | =A4 Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 8:16 PM | Subject:
> | -=3DPCTechTalk=3D-
> | =A4 Re: How to get messages you SEND | into folders when
> | using OE | |
> | =A4 | I'm not knocking it, I've tried it and it doesn't
> do
> | enough |
> | =A4 in core mail | handling for me My wife, kids and
> | friends use it,
> | =A4 but they | aren't picky about where the | mail
goes,
> | what is
> | =A4 dumped and how, and they'd rather have | the fluff
than
> |
> | the
> | =A4 horsepower. | | | On
> | 6/17/2003
> | =A4 at 10:13 AM aTechRose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | |
I
> | do think
> | =A4 this is a one time setup ..and in any | |
> | other
> | =A4 program.. it would | | NOT be all that
> | different. |
> | =A4 | | | You still have to 'setup' the
> filters
> | to |
> | =A4 work..and if you | | already had mail |
> | =A4 | sent..and wanted to go back and filter | them..you
> | would have |
> | =A4 | extra steps that | | one time too. |
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