Russell McMahon wrote: > Interestingly, in this case I have not noticed anyone trying to defend > Microsoft's indefensible practices in this area - not even the apologist > who for some reason seems to delight in rubbishing other people but > defending every aspect of Microsoft's endeavours. Maybe on this matter > we have finally reached agreement. Not sure, but in any case I don't think this has been discussed. > FWIW, for various reasons I still use OE (but never O) myself and am > in most areas happy enough with the capabilities and results, but as > it has problems with active mail stores over about 4 GB (or maybe it's > the 130,000 odd messages) [ :-) ] that too may change. FWIW, Outlook is not primarily an email program. It is foremost an Exchange client, secondly a PIM, and it can do normal email, too. Looking at it as a dedicated email client is usually missing the point. Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist