I am forced to use Microsoft Outlook at work, and, in a gross understatement, it sucks major ass. It is slow. It is a RAM hog (12 MB on my machine which only has 128 MB). For some reason it thinks "Messages" is "Messages with AutoPreview" and vice versa. Fulltext searching is a process that involves a trip to the kitchen for an iced tea.
However, the worst transgression is one that absolutely infuriates me. Outlook cannot handle more than 16,384 emails in the Inbox. Granted, most people will never see this many emails, but in my job I do. I can get this many emails in approximately 6 weeks.
So, when Outlook reaches this many emails, and your POP or IMAP still has emails to give you, what kind of error does it give? "Inbox full"? A friendly and informative "Cannot complete desired operation"? A pop-up with "Error" followed by a horrible retching sound? None of the above. Oulook responds by actually downloading the email from my POP server, then releases into the ether. No error message is returned. It appears that you have no new mail. Your email is deleted and you never saw it. You didn't even get to say goodbye. What the motherfuck is this? This is insane. Was there no QC involved at all? This is a showstopper, folks. I've lost emails this way, but luckily they were automated reports that contained information I can obtain from other sources.
If you have information about this bug, please comment. I've done a cursory search of the Knowledge Base and come up empty. I'm using Microsoft Outlook 2000 SR-1, 9.0.0.3821.
Posted by complex at April 2, 2003 03:33 AM | TrackBackComplex,
Instead of complaining about the shorcomings of outlook, perhaps you should acquaint yourself with a button on your keyboard located in a group of keys to the adjacent right of the number pad. Most have this key at the lower left of the group of keys and it is titled "delete". I understand it is a tremendous and strenous motion to depress this key, but for crying out loud so is holding in a fart at dinner.
16K plus emails are both unnecessary and quite ridiculous. Granted I am the first one to keep old emails for reference as they do prove helpful a handful of times. However, the automated emails should DEFINITELY be deleted weekly.
And to solve the next problem on your Outlook crying, should you do the above, your searches would inevitably go at a faster and smoother rate than present. It is a desktop, not a server. A search for the word 'jackass' in the text of 16K plus emails is quite a job! I believe I feel an Earthquake~~~ No, it is just our founding fathers rolling around in their tombs why they sacrificed themselves so that you can complain about how outlook "sucks major ass" due to your own devices...
Posted by: STAR WIZARD at April 2, 2003 04:05 PM