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Which Organizations Have Standardized on Mozilla?
andy brunetto asks: " We are investigating email clients to deploy as our "standard" at the college where I work. I'm trying to find out who is using Mozilla for their email. When I say "who" I mean organizationally, as I realize 99% of us geeks already use it. What organizations out there are rolling out Mozilla as their standard web and/or email client, and why? Yes, we are considering using Thunderbird, once it is final. Thanks!" Hopefully this will make companies realize that the Internet isn't comprised of just IE users.
Most geeks I know use Outlook. Sorry to burst your bubble. I've used both and Mozilla is still lacking significantly, especially with regard to calendaring.
However, some wanna-be-geeks define "geek" as "someone who uses the same software as me". In that case, you are still wrong as your percentage would have been 100%, not 99%.
"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid." - Epictetus
Who in their right mind uses their browser for email? This is rampaging stupidity at a level not seen since Dan Qyale was VP! Email is best served by a program dedicated to just that. Especially one that will not go out at fetch images linked from, but not included in (vomit) HTML emails.
I used to use Netscape for both web browsing and Email. When I upgraded to Netscape 4.x I was in for a rude shock! Not only was the browser sub-standard, the email client was crap! So I moved my email to The Bat! and never looked back. Now I can change browsers without worrying about whether it can import my email or not.
Boobies never hurt anyone. - Sherry Glaser.
A consistent complaint in this thread seems to be "Outlook isn't secure". This is silly. Besides a few bugs that had to do with scripting vulnerabilities (which are almost always traced back to IE component vulnerabilities - Outlook doesn't have its own HTML rendering engine), generally "Outlook security flaws" are viruses are activated by an ignorant user executing attachments. If the virus writers chose, they could just as easily read Mozilla's address book and email everyone in it to spread itself.
The fact that a useful tool is popular, and could potentially be used to propagate viruses if the user is a moron, does not make it insecure. Unless Mozilla encrypts its address book and does not provide any hooks to allow external applications to send mail, it is just as vulnerable as Outlook.
That being said, I personally dislike Outlook, but that doesn't justify unfounded accusations against it.
-j
Period.
With no freedom to thinker around your box frankly you can;t call yourslef geek.
I use Solaris, Linux, Mozilla, several PDAs and on rare occasions MS, MacOS and OS2
Those are bgraggin geek rights.
IE for geeks. Talk about oxymoron....
IANAL but write like a drunk one.