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radiorahim
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posted 10 June 2005 09:36 PM      Profile for radiorahim     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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The reason I started using Outlook Express was to analyze and evaluate various add-ins and other programs that stupidly chose to use it as their target program. I could have used Microsoft Outlook 2003, I suppose, but I find the major Outlook program cumbersome, hard to back up, hard to migrate, and awkward to use. So I chose Outlook Express thinking I'd get in and get out. Hah, the joke is on me.

I can tell you this much. If Microsoft persists in using this old code as the free e-mail program in Longhorn, I'm switching to Linux. It would indicate that the company really does not care squat about its customers. So I sat down and started to look at the problems, and I'm sure other annoyed users will be glad to add their complaints to this chorus:


John Dvorak article on pcmag.com


From: a Micro$oft-free computer | Registered: Jun 2002  |  IP: Logged
Suzette
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posted 10 June 2005 09:52 PM      Profile for Suzette     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Mozilla's free and open source mail client Thunderbird is an available alternative to Outlook.
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