From: Allan Ballard (aballard_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2000 - 19:40:19 EDT
Well, Exchange Server with Exchange Client will halt
the client totally when a msg arrives. It may be stable
but what kind of stability does that to the end user of
a "multitasking" OS? OVer DUN, that little problem
is maddening.
I see the same thing now that the office has "upgraded"
to full Outlook. I have decided to leave Exchange client
on the laptop, and just forget Outlook.
I can't understand why I can run some two dozen apps
on this desktop, including several internet apps, and
have no discernable way to notice an email has arrived
except for a sound I set to let me know in PMMail, and can't even
do one thing when an email arrives via Exchange client
or Outlook via DUN or the office desktop.
But then I am just an end user and not a software engineer
who would know better.
On Fri, 08 Sep 2000 14:49:10 -0600, jbrush_at_aros.net wrote:
>In <CBE9F172B1CED31180B100902786B4E43243D8_at_porkchop.ubh.com>, on
09/08/00
>at 02:49 PM,
> Greg Langham <greg_at_psnet.net> said:
>
>
>>Sounds like you have a poor network, admin, or server. Exchange Server
>>with Outlook is very stable, and very good, IMHO. We run 18 locations and
>>multiple servers with Exchange Server 5.5 and it works very well.
>
>Okay, I stayed out of the obscenity thread, but I can't abide this :)
>
>It is way wrong to simply accuse the admin of being no good when the
>software is questionable at best. As a former adminstrator, I take
>exception to having us take the hit for what is Microsoft's problem. You
>see, the biggest problem microsoft has is not the "microsoft s.... ooops,
>almost said it!" but the fact that their software is soooo dang hardware
>fussy it can drive you to drink. You are doubtless speaking the truth when
>you say your server and outlook are stable, but others are not lying when
>they tell you that its very unstable. It is NOT an administrator problem,
>it is a Microsoft software problem. Don't wait for them to fix it any time
>soon, as they are not motivated to do so.
>
>Remember, M$ is the one who is always touting standards, yet their
>software is not hardware friendly at all. The fact that it says "designed
>for Windows*"does not mean it will run windows, it means someone paid M$
>for the right to the sticker.
>
>I love my Thinkpad!
>
>Regards,
>
>John
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