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CattleRustler
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Posted: 5th Apr 2004 04:45
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just was getting sick of Office XP's outlook - so I downloaded Eudora 6. Very happy now. Anyone have any Outlook horror stories?



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Dave J
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Posted: 5th Apr 2004 04:50
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Just the fact that whenever I reformat my computer I always forget to backup my emails/address book. gah.


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Posted: 5th Apr 2004 05:12 Edited at: 5th Apr 2004 05:13
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No, Im actually really happy with Outlook. However, I wouldn't mind checking out other Software; what is this Eudora you speak of?

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you might want to try thunderbird http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/. its still in beta but looks pretty good; im gonna try it as soon as i get a POP email with my ISP.

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Posted: 5th Apr 2004 05:46
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eudora is a very old email client

pegasus is another.

I dont ever touch outlook even with a radioactive suit.


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Posted: 5th Apr 2004 06:13 Edited at: 5th Apr 2004 06:16
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yeah, Eudora has been around for a long time but it is not to say that it is some old junky app. I am running the free version of version 6. It has everything that I need and does everything outlook does and more - but the advanced spam features and such are unlocked if you purchase the full version. Nice little app. I found it with a google search of "free email clients"

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Martyn Pittuck
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Posted: 5th Apr 2004 10:45
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Well i got Offics 2003.

Much much better. Outlook has an excellent spam filter (i get 100+ spams a day and 3 or 4 real emails, it has not mess up once so far [it misses maybe 8 a day, but never moves proper emails to the junk mail box]).

The when reading HTML emails images are not downloaded unless you tell outlook to do so (more anti-spam).

Overall i am very happy with it

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Oh and you can minimise it to the task tray another great feature.

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Quote: "I dont ever touch outlook even with a radioactive suit."


Is there any particalar reason why? Outlook is stable, has plenty of options, and overall is a good app.


what advantages does the other programs have over outlook? (can you list a few); Im actually rather intested.

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Posted: 5th Apr 2004 11:32
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from day one its been a nightmare especially macros and activex xontrols.

here are some articles of the past.

http://www.computergripes.com/Outlook.Viruses.html

http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/wsh.htm

http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/2000/99914_07-03-2000.html


I prefer a mail client that leaves the messages in a folder as text files as well as one that not many people would use. makes it nice and easy to manipulate.


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Posted: 5th Apr 2004 12:38
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I used to use Eudora as well, it's a very good client- fast and stable.
I recently switched to Thunderbird 'cause it's more comfortable if you have various email addresses. Even though still it beta, I haven't had any problems with it so far.

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Quote: "Just the fact that whenever I reformat my computer I always forget to backup my emails/address book"

Tell me about it

I use Mozilla Internet Browers & e-mail client. Happy with both, although once XP SP2 comes out, I'll probably go back to using Internet Explorer and Outlook (unless the ad blocker isn't much cop).

I certainly haven't had any problems with Outlook - its stable, pretty fast and it does what it should do.


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