Some other things you may have missed:

1) LEO
2) Card readers
3) Tape drives
4) Winchester drives
5) Split rate modems
6) X.25
7) Cuban missile crisis
8) England winning the World Cup (to be repeated this year!)
9) An actor becoming President of the US
10) The fall of the Berlin Wall


;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Precht, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 05 June 2002 17:04
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Oh man you are kidding...


My only experience with it was uninstalling off several PCs at my first IT
job.  From there, Outlook 97, 98, 2000 and XP, all the way.



-----Original Message-----
From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 11:06 
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Oh man you are kidding...


You probably don't know....

-----Original Message-----
From: Precht, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 11:08 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Oh man you are kidding...


I dont even remember what it had and didnt have ... what does it lack?



-----Original Message-----
From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 16:56 
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Oh man you are kidding...


I know a company that has Exchange5.5 and uses the old Exchange client.

Does it have to be a debate?


-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Peck DNET [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:52 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Oh man you are kidding...


And once again the convenience vs. security debate is launched.

The downside of Outlook was it's ability to execute some script attacks from
the preview pane.  This is solved somewhat in later versions and patches.
And is defeated through a percentage of end-users inability to control their
double-click.  ANY OS that has file execution associations can be hit by a
virus.  Both KDE and GNOME are building this functionality into their
interface and as such will also be subject to this kind of attack.

It is more effectively solved by preventing the executable type files from
passing through your server in the first place.  If someone wants to email
an executable, they can zip it.  At least then it is a two stage process for
infection and the local desktop anti-virus sw has a shot at the new virus
that your Exchange servers anti-virus missed. Even if an end user is
infected (floppy, etc) they mail bomb's their own email box as the server
refuses to send those attachment types internally as well.  I have yet to
see a legitimate reason to email an scr file in a corporate environment. :)

If it is vbs or js, then the developer can rename it as txt and assume that
the recipient can rename it to vbs or js.

As to alternative's to Outlook in asked about in another message. You can
use Eudora, Netscape Mail, Pine, etc (POP3 or IMAP)...... You just LOSE the
Email/Calendaring integration function which is the primary appeal of the
Exchange server in a business environment.

Of course, I am aware of a company that has an Exchange server and uses
Outlook Express!?

-sp

-----Original Message-----
From: Siegfried Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:33 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Oh man you are kidding...


> It is what happens when people insist on using Outlook as their MUA.

BS! You can get any type of virus if you open a mail and execute an attached
file.

<Siegfried />

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