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Poll: POLL: Which Email program do you use at work?

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dimsum

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My company is looking for a new email client... what do you think is better? I think outlook is out since virus attacks usually aim at outlook users...

anyway, use the poll and share your opions...

Thanks!
 
Outlook can be a great corporate solution, especially since calendars and contacts can be shared. It's also nice because it is common (so most users don't need to be trained in it) and there's lots of documentation. Although many viruses do target Outlook, a properly admin'd network will have no problems (virus scanners for incoming/outgoing email, virus scanners on workstations, disabling scripting on workstations, etc).

[edit]Just a side note...security holes are USERS, not clients. Although there may be a weakness in the client software, generally speaking (and yes, there are very few limited exceptions), the *user* must do something to infect a machine: open an unknown attachment or one that's obviously a virus because of subject/body/name of file/extension of file. Educate users on top of scanning email (there are several engines out there that can be set to scan email going through an Exchange server and even alert sender/recepient that a particular email is infected), don't be afraid to shut down mail servers EARLY in the event you start getting hit by a worm (better 1 hour of downtime now than 6 hours in the middle of the night reconstructing major damage), and you should be just fine[/edit]

~Ladi
 
I'd agree with Ladi

The reason Outlook is targeted so much is because it is used so much. Because it just is that good. Also you didn't mention Outlook Express, which is free, pretty powerful itself, and like it's been stated, it's what most people are used to. That is what most of our company uses. (Outlook/Outlook Express).
Truly it's not that bad security-wise on a well admin'd system. I don't even think you have to go as far as Virus scanners on all pc's. You can just set the security on installs to restricted, and disable attachments from outside the company. (As long as that's feasable) We just scan mail coming in and out of the office.
 
I personally used Outlook at other company and gotten pretty good at it. is just that the company i am at now got burn BAD couple of times and decided to BANNED Outlook all together.
 
Dimsum:
My company, which is one of the world's largest, uses Outlook 98. Yes, although it is prone to attacks, it's still the best!
 
We use Outlook, but it's a web based version that really sucks. Our headquarters is in Virginia nad we are in Pennsylvania, so we log onto the mail server via the web and outlook comes up as a webpage. It realy sucks big time!!!
 
We use Groupwise which I don't like as much as Lotus Notes, which imo is the best email program I have ever used. It has its limitations, but it is simple to use, functional, and suprisingly robust for large corporations. The administration of it I have heard is easier than with Outlook.
 
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