Totally agree about the stability. But I haven't used outlook express in ages, has to of been 5 years? Outlook 2010, and 2007 has been very secure for me. At least I've never gotten any messages from my contacts saying they've been spammed or harassed. But hey, no program is perfect. Kliphton SR (twitter&Skype) kliphton72 (Marriage Blog) http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com (Marriage group) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/committed-married-christians
On Aug 29, 2011, at 12:06 PM, Gordon Smith wrote: > Hi > > You mean you don't know you've had your address book hijacked. It's inherent > with Outlook, (express, at least), that's why I used the word "covertly". > It's done without the user knowing anything about it. > > I would be the first to admit that Apple Mail is far from perfect. For > instance you can't send return receipts using Apple mail and that, to me at > least, is really silly. > > Actually the customer liaison that Apple doesn't do is one of the things that > irritates me. They have a road map, and that's it, they stick to it rigidly. > > Little things like, for instance, cut and paste objects, the inability to > turn off the "trash", little things like that bug me. So all those people > who accuse me of being "In love with Apple", as one person put it, they're > totally wrong. And yes, I do give Microsoft credit where it is due. For > instance, I am very very impressed with the stability of Windows 7 64-bit. > It beats the pants off the 32-bit version in a lot of ways. Obviously it is > faster, but it's also more stable. > > Gordon > > > On 29 Aug 2011, at 16:53, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: > > Well,, I was talking about outlook and Microsoft word together for a hundred > bucks, still a little ridiculous if you ask me. And apple mail does work for > me. I just use outlook when I'm on the windows side, and to send out group > emails. outlook handls distribution lists a little better than apple mail. > but I use apple mail for most of my email tasks. As for the cookies you are > concerned about the internet using. I don't think it can gain access unless > you give it permission too. I could be wrong though. But I've never had my > address book spammed. > Kliphton SR > (twitter&Skype) kliphton72 > (Marriage Blog) http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com > (Marriage group) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/committed-married-christians > > > > On Aug 29, 2011, at 3:24 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: > >> hi Kliphton >> >> You gotta be joking! 100 Bucks for Outlook, absolutely no way! If Lynne is >> even thinking of doing this, she can forget it! >> >> Yes, I'd never claim that Apple Mail is perfect by any means. But the in >> actual fact, it is possible to use Exchange accounts with Apple nail. But >> just out of interest, can you be more specific regarding why Apple Mail >> doesn't work for you? Actually I notice this a lot, how many people on the >> mac Access list are still using outlook under Windows. But buying Outlook >> for 100 Dollars, whatever that equates too in Pounds GBP, is absolutely not >> an option. Apart from anything else, unless they've changed their behaviour >> recently, I see Outlook as a security breech because of the fact that >> address book data etc. get covertly re-transmitted all over the place. >> Websites use cookies to access the Outlook address book and that's one >> method by which spammers gain access to email addresses and, for all I know, >> passwords as well. >> >> That was certainly the case with every version of Outlook Express I ever >> tried. I can't comment as to Outlook 2003 upwards. >> >> Gordon >> >> On 29 Aug 2011, at 05:03, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: >> >> You don't have to buy the whole Microsoft suite. You can buy outlook, and >> word individually. and under a hundred bucks. I use excell for my >> business, so I got the whole suite. but I love the features that outlook >> has. Calendar, contacts, and eamil all in one spot. that is the only thing >> that apple mail is missing, oh the power of word also. 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