Outlook Express tweaker ....

[vancouverman]

surfing the net, I found this gem ....

Outlook Express makes it hard to find some of its own best features. Outlook Express Tweaker helps you customize Outlook Express with some of OE's hidden features and a few of its own. With this plug-in, you can unhide invisible accounts, hidden dialog boxes, and undocumented settings. You can also send unwanted items packing: Outlook Express Tweaker can hide Windows Messenger and enhance the Blocked Senders list interface.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,25213,tk,hsx,00.asp

sounds interesting ..... did anybody try it?

 

[georgebushmoron]

Outlook Express is well known as very exploitable by viruses. I'd stop using it altogether and use something like Thunderbird (it's free).

 

[vancouverman]

my vote would go to Eudora

still .... 90% of my customers are running various versions of Outlook. I bet ... 75% of perberts running Windoze runs Outlook as well

 

[hitrack]

Eudora's old has the hair on my right nut. That means tried and true.

Thunderbird has built in RSS software which is also good.

 

[TheNewGuy]

How can I switch over? I don't want to use Outlook, but I don't know how to switch my incoming mail to another program. And what other options are out there beside Outlook?

I'd love to rid my computer of ms programs, but I don't know enough about computers to do it. I'm afraid I'll lose shit I want to keep.

I'm using Netscape as my browser, but I still have Explorer in my system. Can I delete Explorer or will that fuck something up with Netscape?

 

[vancouverman]

Eudora ( www.eudora.com ) will import all your address book entries, as well as all your e-mails from Outlook ( and some other programs as well ).
It will import your e-mail account settings, except for passwords, you will need to re-enter your e-mail password.
You will not loose anything. It is not deleting anything from Outlook.
If you do not like it.... you go back to Outlook. But I can bet, you will never want to see OE again.
Eudora has 3 versions ( had 3 last time I check ). Sponsored, light, and paid.
Paid.... easy to figure out what it is... all features ( worth EVERY cent )
Sponsored ... all features, but you have a small window with ads.
Light .... no ads, less features.

If you want to get rid of Internet Explorer, try Firefox (Netscape is so lame) ( http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ ). This is a free program, and WAY better then IE. As with Eudora, Firefox will import all your Internet settings, bookmarks, etc.

Happy surfing

ps. as for removing IE from your system .... leave it.... just keep it updated from time to time

 

[FuZzYknUckLeS]

Nice to see stuff like this posted now and then...thanx!
As for using Outlook or IE, I have no problems with either. If you know how to properly secure your shit, you should be able to run anything with minimal risk. So far so good. (knock wood...)

 

[Webster]

If you want to get rid of Internet Explorer, try Firefox (Netscape is so lame) ( http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ ). This is a free program, and WAY better then IE. As with Eudora, Firefox will import all your Internet settings, bookmarks, etc.

Not only is Firefox great, but the bells and whistles you can find in the extensions can make your life so much easier and better. Go here and you can get an extension that'll let you bypass compulsory registration for things like the NYTimes.

 

[vancouverman]

sorry fuzzy ..... but it is not the question IF ... it is only WHEN

unless your computer is not connected to the net.

outlook is like a security swiss cheese.... full of holes ... and IE is even worse

stay away ..... as far as you can from "lookout" or IE