[OT] Mozilla Thunderbird

[Nick Sabalausky]

"sybrandy" <sybrandy at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>> - Thunderbird apparently has *data loss/corruption* issues, and yet it's
>> very popular.
>> - OE *doesn't* have data loss/corruption issues, and yet it's widely
>> looked-down upon.
>>
>> So what's wrong with this picture?
>
> I've never used OE as, well, I preferred Thunderbird, however I've never 
> experienced any data loss/corruption with Thunderbird.  Perhaps it's not 
> the products themselves but something in the environment that's causing 
> the issue?
>

Hmm, perhaps so.

>
> On a side note, as for why OE is looked down upon, at least from my point 
> of view any environment where different pieces of software are so closely 
> tied together that it makes various types of virii very easy to 
> create/propagate is not one I want on my system.  My word processor should 
> not control my email client and vice-versa.

The worm issues were fixed ages ago. As for connections with word 
processor/etc, I haven't seen any indication of OE ever acting any less like 
a stand-alone app than anything else. (And actually, Thunderbird has a lot 
of ties to Firefox, AIUI). Maybe you're thinking of Outlook, not OE?

> I'm the type of person that if I don't know that a piece of software is 
> being installed by company sysops, I'll report a virus since I was unaware 
> of the installation and I didn't do it myself.  And yes, I have done that.
>

Heh heh, I like that. :)