On 25 Feb 2001 14:23:00 -0800, Attonbitus Deus wrote:

> >Note that this includes Outlook (which is required to use properly ALL the
> >features of an Exchange server; any client can do the mail part, but not
> >the scheduling, etc),
>
> Incorrect. OWA allows full featured access to all the functions of the

Not on 5.5, it doesn't, to judge by my experiences. My OWA does NOT show
other folders than the inbox, and a few other things (like Journals)
that require the use of the full Outlook client. Perhaps it's different
on E2K.

> <rant>
> IMNSHO, the real issue here is that we do a fast install of Office, don't
> configure any security settings on Outlook and head down the hall with a
> million other things to do- with all the best intentions of returning later
> when we have more time to add the 'save-to-disk' patch, set the incoming
> mail to deliver to the restricted sites, lock down the ACL's on the box, and
> do our quick 10 minute "Do's and Don'ts of Reading Mail" speech, but we
> don't. Then, when the guy gets a "Here's Brittany's Ta-Ta's" vbs script and
> runs it, we turn around and blame Microsoft for being a bunch of incompetent
> Yum Yum's, while the God of Karma shakes her head and chalks-in another mark
> on our "Pot Calling The Kettle Black" chart.
> </rant>

Of course, we could come down on MS for NOT correctly setting those
Outlook security settings as part of the default installation, but hey
...

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