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As I mention in my post, this is the setting our admins chose so I do not blame MS for this (they support both, I know). Another setting they chose is to delete

by zzless 5y ago

As I mention in my post, this is the setting our admins chose so I do not blame MS for this (they support both, I know). Another setting they chose is to delete emails over six months of age and there is nothing I can do about it either. The search and the interface are entirely the fault of MS as are the lack of more subtle features such as mass emails (which I have to use often while teaching online).

jodrellblank 5y ago
I read as "(No IMAP or POP) and (No forwarding which is University policy)". Mass emails via distribution lists are a thing - https://www.wisestamp.com/blog/managing-distribution-lists-in-outlook/ https://www.wisestamp.com/blog/managing-distribution-lists-i... As is sharing links to OneDrive content with a password on it: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/share-onedrive-files-and-folders-9fcc2f7d-de0c-4cec-93b0-a82024800c07 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/share-onedrive-fi... ("Set password: lets you set a password to access the file. When a user clicks the link, they will be prompted to enter a password before they can access the file. You'll need to provide this password separately to anyone you want to share the file with.") (Poor quality sluggish Outlook client, dropping important emails into Spam, not being as configurable as a custom mailserver, hit-or-miss search results, those are all things I can agree with, I'm not just defending it).
- zzless 5y ago
  Thank you for the links but just to clarify: I have to send each student a random individual password (so that they can login to set up their test taking software). The password is currently generated by a script that then proceeds to email it to each student. Sometimes I have to send individualized assignments (also randomly generated by computer algebra software). My personal email server makes it straightforward but I do not see how it is possible with MS. I guess a cleverly written IMAP client can do that for me but I cannot use IMAP, alas. The university policy is basically 'disable everything that can make using outlook bearable' (this last sentence should compensate for the ambiguous grammar you pointed out :)

by zzless 5y ago

jodrellblank 5y ago

I read as "(No IMAP or POP) and (No forwarding which is University policy)". Mass emails via distribution lists are a thing - https://www.wisestamp.com/blog/managing-distribution-lists-in-outlook/ https://www.wisestamp.com/blog/managing-distribution-lists-i... As is sharing links to OneDrive content with a password on it: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/share-onedrive-files-and-folders-9fcc2f7d-de0c-4cec-93b0-a82024800c07 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/share-onedrive-fi... ("Set password: lets you set a password to access the file. When a user clicks the link, they will be prompted to enter a password before they can access the file. You'll need to provide this password separately to anyone you want to share the file with.") (Poor quality sluggish Outlook client, dropping important emails into Spam, not being as configurable as a custom mailserver, hit-or-miss search results, those are all things I can agree with, I'm not just defending it).

zzless 5y ago
Thank you for the links but just to clarify: I have to send each student a random individual password (so that they can login to set up their test taking software). The password is currently generated by a script that then proceeds to email it to each student. Sometimes I have to send individualized assignments (also randomly generated by computer algebra software). My personal email server makes it straightforward but I do not see how it is possible with MS. I guess a cleverly written IMAP client can do that for me but I cannot use IMAP, alas. The university policy is basically 'disable everything that can make using outlook bearable' (this last sentence should compensate for the ambiguous grammar you pointed out :)