Outlook's shortcomings

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Outlook is a powerfull program. I am running the XPoffice version. The
limitations are really annoying. WHy is there no Newsreading module? Why
can't it replace outlook express?
Why is there no built-in module to ensure that if the computer craashes,
your contacts list will be saved?

I know how to back up, but microsoft charges us enough to include these
tools in it's program.

BTW: When I installed the 2003 Beta in a separate directory, I lost outlook
and had to reinstall it. How come? (Is that good english?)

One last thing, I had been using the "I hate Spam" third party programs and
found that while using these programs. my spam increased by 300%. The
software worked OK, but I ended up with more filteredmail to deal witj.
Anybody have similar experience?
DS
 
newreading - imho, outlook was designed to be a corporate mail client.
corporate users tend to run microsoft exchange and can import newsgroups
directly into public folders. a good second reason is that personal folder
files are limited to how many items/folders per pst file and are limited to
2gb.

built-in module... hmm... if the computer crashes, how is the module
supposed to run? truly you should be making backups of your critical data

installing the office 2003 beta (including outlook) will remove any prior ms
outlook client. (only one version of outlook can exist on a machine.)

never tried a anti-spam program, but just participating in newsgroups has
increased the amount of spam i receive by more than i dare count.
 
Don't use your real email address when posting to news groups.

People out there right programs called worms, that sniff through the news
groups looking for email addresses,
then send out spam to the email addresses it finds...

Use something like (e-mail address removed)

IMO, you do not need to receive news group replys via email, just go back to
the news group and read the replies.

L8R....
 
installing the office 2003 beta (including outlook) will remove any prior ms
outlook client. (only one version of outlook can exist on a machine.)
Click to expand...

Perhaps this applies only to an earlier beta release. For the current
Office beta 2, Microsoft says the following:

"Q. Do I have to uninstall previous versions of FrontPage, Publisher,
and Office to run the Microsoft Office System Beta 2 Kit 2003?

A. No. You can run them simultaneously. During the installation of
the beta, you can choose to keep the previous version. The exception
is if you previously installed a different beta version; in that case,
you need to uninstall the previous version."

http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/orderfaqs.asp

Brendan
 
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