"sybrandy" <sybra...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:iej200$30n...@digitalmars.com... >> - 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. :)