We sometimes hear the refrain in these newsgroups, from some quarters, that
we shouldn't expect too much from WLM or some other "free" Microsoft
software because we are not paying for it.

....That we should buy Outlook for example if we want more.

But many of us see Outlook as slow, cumbersome and designed for business
use -- not personal use -- ergo no integrated newsreader.

We want a personal email client and newsreader -- a genuine successor to OE.

So, I say charge us for WLM, sell it to us -- as a superior, carefully honed
and developed Microsoft product, constantly upgraded and refined -- worthy
of the Microsoft name.

But don't produce a grossly inferior, botched product and then tell us we
shouldn't expect too much because it's free.
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Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor

"D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message
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| But don't produce a grossly inferior, botched product and then tell us
we
| shouldn't expect too much because it's free.

In my never ending quest for the truth, can you point me to the site where
Microsoft has "told" us that?

"D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message
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We sometimes hear the refrain in these newsgroups, from some quarters,
that we shouldn't expect too much from WLM or some other "free" Microsoft
software because we are not paying for it.

...That we should buy Outlook for example if we want more.

But many of us see Outlook as slow, cumbersome and designed for business
use -- not personal use -- ergo no integrated newsreader.

We want a personal email client and newsreader -- a genuine successor to
OE.

Then take a look at Mozilla Thunderbird - email with integrated News reader.
You can even use Hotmail on it with the appropriate add-ins. And with the
Lightning Calendar extension (there are LOADS of free add-ins for it) it is
rapidly approaching the functionality of Outlook. (And don't let certain
MVPs tell you otherwise - use it and see)
Get it he
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/thunderbird/

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Yes, I have tried Mozilla Thunderbird and I agree -- it's a good product.

But I think Forte Agent is even better.

DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor

"Gordon" wrote in message
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"D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message
...

We sometimes hear the refrain in these newsgroups, from some quarters,
that we shouldn't expect too much from WLM or some other "free" Microsoft
software because we are not paying for it.

...That we should buy Outlook for example if we want more.

But many of us see Outlook as slow, cumbersome and designed for business
use -- not personal use -- ergo no integrated newsreader.

We want a personal email client and newsreader -- a genuine successor to
OE.

Then take a look at Mozilla Thunderbird - email with integrated News
reader. You can even use Hotmail on it with the appropriate add-ins. And
with the Lightning Calendar extension (there are LOADS of free add-ins for
it) it is rapidly approaching the functionality of Outlook. (And don't let
certain MVPs tell you otherwise - use it and see)
Get it he
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/thunderbird/

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"D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message
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Yes, I have tried Mozilla Thunderbird and I agree -- it's a good product.

But I think Forte Agent is even better.



for news certainly.

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"Gordon" wrote in message
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And with the Lightning Calendar extension (there are LOADS of free add-ins
for it) it is rapidly approaching the functionality of Outlook. (And don't
let certain MVPs tell you otherwise - use it and see)

When you discover how to perform a mail merge with it, let us know, OK?
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Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
"Gordon" wrote in message
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And with the Lightning Calendar extension (there are LOADS of free
add-ins for it) it is rapidly approaching the functionality of
Outlook. (And don't let certain MVPs tell you otherwise - use it and see)

When you discover how to perform a mail merge with it, let us know, OK?

How many people use that and, for that matter, how many people even know
what it is?

Alias

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
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"Gordon" wrote in message
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And with the Lightning Calendar extension (there are LOADS of free
add-ins for it) it is rapidly approaching the functionality of Outlook.
(And don't let certain MVPs tell you otherwise - use it and see)

When you discover how to perform a mail merge with it, let us know, OK?


The word is "approaching", not "is"

http://buffy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ACG/tbird-mailmerge.html

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