On Thursday 09 October 2003 15:26, Tal, Shachar wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Eli Marmor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > It's called "Outlook Web Access" (although it's a part of Exchange; It > > is just a web-emulation of Outlook). > > > > As far as I remember, it supports SSL. > > > > There have been always features of Outlook that were not supported by > > Outlook Web Access, but if I recall correctly, Microsoft claims that > > the Outlook Web Access of Exchange 2003 finally emulates Outlook > > perfectly. > > > Which brings us to the important question: will it also (by default, with > no easy way to turn it off) > auto-run viral-attachments,load 1x1-authenticating-gifs, perform > fill-in-your-favorite-nightmare, on other OSes as well? It'll have a hard time running win32 viral executable on Linux. can't really see it doing that. on a more serious note - its conservative on what it allows you to display in-line (some might say - paranoid), I even had trouble getting it to display embedded html images inline. > > In addition, they claim that contrary to past versions, this one runs > > under non Microsoft browsers, including thin clients such as smart > > phones and PDAs. I guess it means that there is no dependency on > > ActiveX etc. > > > I believe that is not pure marketese. A couple of months I saw a (then > latest) stable build of this product, and it was all ActiveX bells and > VBScript whistles. They use UA detection. I've been using OWA on 5.5 on 2000 for a while now using Mozilla and konqueror (both handled like Netscape). OWA on 5.5 was broken but usable, on 2000 its a pretty damned good web mail interface - I haven't seen many (foss or otherwise) that can rival it. the backend sucks of course, but there you have it :-). -- Oded ::.. When the tide of life turns against you And the current upsets your boat Don't waste tears on what might have been Just lie on your back and float ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
