"N. Miller" <anonymous@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:26:00 -0700, Maffysdad wrote:
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>> First you stop new Hotmail accounts from using Outlook Express to
>> access their email.
>
> MSFT's explanation is that WebDAV wouldn't scale. As they increased
> the storage capacity of the accounts, to keep up with Google (5GB) and
> Yahoo! ("Unlimited"), there were problems. That seems to be the official line, indeed. And it completely ignores
users who have no interest in or use for the extra capacity, for whom
WebDAV worked - especially compared to no OE access at all - and could
still work but for the politics of change.
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>> Now we find that half the features we've got used to aren't there,
>> those that are are much, much more complex to set up, if it's even
>> possible!.
>
> Now there is a helpful critique; cite "features", and yet not list
> them. Identities.
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> No way. Who, in their right mind puts 20 users on one computer. [...]
> How secure is that?
I use 3 separate identitites in OE for work mail, personal mail, usenet.
That makes managing and backups easier, also is perfectly secure for me.
And, thank you, I don't need 3 different logon accounts for something as
basic as that.
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> BTW, Windows 3.1 was not an operating system, nor was it network
> capable. It was a GUI application installed over MS DOS
Technically true, but then none of the 9x/me windows was an OS.