For those of you who wondered why there was no lunchtime post to Usenet, or even worse, why the email you sent me remains unanswered, wonder no more. No, it is not because of the mild hangover I had this morning, and it is not because I have gone into a terminal decline during the few days whilst Corinna is in Hatfield with my eldest step-daughter. I miss her terribly, but she will be back tomorrow, and I am not one of those pathetic husbands who have to be with their better halves 24/7, 365 days a year.
Nope, the answer is far more prosaid than that. It is just that for some bizarre reason BTinternet reset my password, and I have been without Outlook Express for the last 24 hours. It is back now, but I have too big a backlog of post with which to deal, to even attempt to get it all sorted tonight.
So, if you are miffed that there was no lunchtime Usenet post, or cross that I haven't answered your email, feel secure in the knowledge that normal service is imminent again....
Good lord, Outlook Express?
ReplyDeleteHave you no taste, man?
Outlook is justly famed where sysadmins gather (usually in the darkest corner of the bar) as the most effective vector for all forms of computer viral parasites known; there is almost nothing that it won't happily welcome in and attempt to make run.
It is by all accounts a truly appalling piece of software, and as one who has listened aghast to the UKUUG talk on reverse-engineering the Exchange to Outlook data transfer system (a kludge build on a hack built upon several layers of misdirection, each of which relies upon the bugs present in the lower layers), I honestly do not know why anyone would wish to use the horrible thing.
Use slrn like the sysadmins do; you'll be much happier and it doesn't easily break, either.