Originally Posted by SarahWest
You missed my point completely didn't you? Outlook is a waste of money at any price. Stick with a secure fast and reliable email client such as Thunderbird - it will import all your existing Outlook email, address book and account settings. It doesn't throw a hissy fit when its email folder gets too big and it includes strong anti-spam filtering. Why pay for a piece of junk when you can get a much better product for free?
No, I think it is YOU that is missing the point. I said it is a solution for SOME people. I too am a happy Thunderbird user but Outlook, as much as a POS as it may be is something you can't always get rid of;
Exchange connectivity, syncing with Activesync etc... Try THAT with Thunderbird.
Not everyone can get away with using Thunderbird, in the corporate world Outlook is the de facto standard (and can be applied to policies), you simply can't expect everyone to be able to quit using it.