Much needed Outlook beatings, was k3b large number of files from directory

[D. Michael McIntyre]

Amen, Gene.

(Just kidding.  I'll never do *this* again.)

On Saturday 15 December 2007, Gene Heskett wrote:

> On Saturday 15 December 2007, D. Michael McIntyre wrote:
> >On Saturday 15 December 2007, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> but you cannot ever
> >> convince the people using Outlook that its a nasty POS even if it is,
> >> and they search mightily for something just like it when running linux
> >> cuz they've been drinking the koolaid for so long.
> >
> >LOL!
> >
> >I had this conversation with Dad just recently.  "You mean to tell me the
> > de facto world standard email client used by millions upon millions of
> > people all over the planet is broken?"
> >
> >"Yes.  It's totally broken."
> >
> >"But millions upon millions of people use it, and it defines the world
> >standard."
> >
> >"No, the world standard had existed for years before Microsoft introduced
> > that broken piece of crap."
>
> Yup, that's about it.  Nowadays we hide the headers most of the time, but
> when I got started, with a coco, running os9 level 1 version 2, calling a
> 300 baud delphi connection by long distance at a large fraction of a dollar
> a minute, that std was already carved in pretty solid stone.  You can guess
> the year I think.
>
> That's just in case anybody here thinks this old fart is a newbie.  I have
> great-grandchildren older than some here. :)
>
> Yeah, Outlook is hopelessly broken, users should either get used to it
> being treated as a 2nd class citizen by those who were here 10+ years
> before M$ discovered this thing called the internet & tried their damnedest
> to rig a coin operated turnstyle in the middle of it, or get a real email
> agent,  one that abides by the standards and doesn't flood the world with
> emails 10x their real size cuz it thinks html (spit) is the one true and
> only way.
>
> Did I mention I don't like Outlook & friends...
>
> --
> Cheers, Gene
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> <Knghtbrd> learn to love Window Maker.
> <Knghtbrd> a little NeXTStep is good for the soul.



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D. Michael McIntyre 
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