RE: Re[2]: FN-FORUM text attachments

date posted 31st December 2002 12:04

Absolutely true - I worked for Digital for a number of years and recall
how advanced All-In-1 (all-in-bits as it was known internally) was
compared to Profs what I was to use at IBM a few years later. PC systems
have only recently caught up!

We must have been bidding against each other at times!

Regds

Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Lists
Sent: 31 December 2002 11:41
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM text attachments

> Is there an open source version of Exchange that includes the shared
diary
> and To-Do functionality in Outlook/Exchange?

LOL! Exchange was a poor relation of most Unix and VMS corporate mail
systems until very recently. More than 10 years ago, I was using
Calendar
and To-do lists on ICL OfficePower and you could give permissions to
your
mailbox "folders" just like you can now with Exchange - I can remember
thinking how crap PC mail systems were in comparison.

Mind you, I don't know about Open Source - shouldn't see why not though.
Ximian supports iCalendar AFAIK, and so do many email clients, so...
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritating Information and Trivia
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Smith" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 12:16 AM
Subject: RE: Re[2]: FN-FORUM text attachments


> I like the To-Do and Diary features of Outlook and the XP version
seems to
> talk IMAP and POP3 pretty well. I store my mail in .pst files on a
share
on
> my server as I don't run Exchange here. I use Outlook 97 from some
other
> PC's on my network accessing the same .pst files.
>
> I have been experimenting with Evolution on Linux and it seems pretty
good.
> Is there an open source version of Exchange that includes the shared
diary
> and To-Do functionality in Outlook/Exchange?
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross Hamilton [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: 30 December 2002 21:54
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: RE: Re[2]: FN-FORUM text attachments
>
> Richard Watt wrote: [... lots about his mail client]
>
> Sounds interesting, but the two main questions I would have to ask
before
> spending time with it are:
>
> 1. Does it store the emails in plain text files, (preferably one per
> email), like good old unix clients?
> 2. If I do like it, can it import my rather large mail archives from
> Outlook?
>
> (And I guess 3. What does it cost? - But I won't ask that because I'd
> deserve to get RTFMd)
>
> Best wishes,
> Ross Hamilton
>
> --
> [EMAIL REMOVED]
> DJSE Limited, Willow End, Mawthorpe, Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 9LT
> T: 01507 466 797
> F: 01507 463 731
> M: 07970 801 661
> http://www.djse-ltd.co.uk
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Richard Watt
> Sent: 30 December 2002 12:40
> To: Elizabeth Varley
> Subject: Re[2]: FN-FORUM text attachments
>
>
> I cannot understand why anyone uses Outlook, I used it for four years,
> before getting so pissed off at its ability to;
> * Crash with fullish mailboxes (5000+ messages)
> * Crash when mixing IMAP and POP3 accounts
> * Expose my computer to a nice range of vulnerabilities and
> interesting viruses
> * Allow spammers to detect my IP and confirm my email address just by
> sending a HTML email which is then previewed, multiplying spam volumes
> * Take several minutes to load, and take up about 40Mb of memory.
>
> I was so desperate to find a replacement for it I spent two entire
> days evaluating every freeware and commercial email client I could get
> my hands on, and eventually settled on http://www.ritlabs.com/the_bat/
> which is my own personal email-client-deity and I cannot recommend
> enough (although its not too easy to get into to start with..) which;
>
> * Is easily handling 15,000 archived emails
> * Has 8 different IMAP/POP3 accounts running concurrently
> * Is immune to email virii as it doesnt use IE to read HTML emails
> * Doesnt load any images from HTML emails
> * Takes 10 seconds to load and index the 15,000 mails, takes up about
> 15Mb with this mass of emails, less with fewer.
>
>
> -- Richard
> http://www.rwatt.co.uk
>
> Monday, December 30, 2002, 12:12:09 PM, you wrote:
> ---------------------------------------
>
>
>
> >>
> >> You can't. Either read as plain text and get the attachment or
> >> see the HTML.
> >> Or change to another mail client. Blame the sender. Just ignore the
> >> attachments, I do.
> >>
>
> EV> Thanks Kathy
>
> EV> Is it an IE6 thing? I didn't get them before.
>
> EV> E
>
> EV> ========
> EV> Advertise with Freelancers.net +Additions+
> EV> http://www.freelancers.net/advert.php
>
>
> EV> Freelancers and Freelance Jobs:
> EV> http://www.freelancers.net
>
> EV> Forum FAQs:
> EV> http://freelancers.netrickery.com
>
> EV> To unsubscribe please email:
> EV> [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> EV> If you have difficulties unsubscribing please email:
> EV> [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>
> ========
> Advertise with Freelancers.net +Additions+
> http://www.freelancers.net/advert.php
>
>
> Freelancers and Freelance Jobs:
> http://www.freelancers.net
>
> Forum FAQs:
> http://freelancers.netrickery.com
>
> To unsubscribe please email:
> [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> If you have difficulties unsubscribing please email:
> [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>
> ========
> Advertise with Freelancers.net +Additions+
> http://www.freelancers.net/advert.php
>
>
> Freelancers and Freelance Jobs:
> http://www.freelancers.net
>
> Forum FAQs:
> http://freelancers.netrickery.com
>
> To unsubscribe please email:
> [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> If you have difficulties unsubscribing please email:
> [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>
> ========
> Advertise with Freelancers.net +Additions+
> http://www.freelancers.net/advert.php
>
>
> Freelancers and Freelance Jobs:
> http://www.freelancers.net
>
> Forum FAQs:
> http://freelancers.netrickery.com
>
> To unsubscribe please email:
> [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> If you have difficulties unsubscribing please email:
> [EMAIL REMOVED]
>


========
Advertise with Freelancers.net +Additions+
http://www.freelancers.net/advert.php


Freelancers and Freelance Jobs:
http://www.freelancers.net

Forum FAQs:
http://freelancers.netrickery.com

To unsubscribe please email:
[EMAIL REMOVED]

If you have difficulties unsubscribing please email:
[EMAIL REMOVED]