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Should we kill Outlook and use web based O365 until a patch is released? O365 web based mail has been pretty good for a while now compared with Outlook if you'

Should we kill Outlook and use web based O365 until a patch is released? O365 web based mail has been pretty good for a while now compared with Outlook if you're in the MS ecosystem. I might just make the switch now and see how I get on.

jmclnx 4y ago
Personally I agree with this with the addition of O365 and we go back to text only email :) But unfortunately, doing that would cause lots of issues for many Companies and Marketers. IBM Notes is still being sold by a company in India, I wonder if that could be an alternative. I doubt there are any/many security issues with that due to how hard it is to setup.
- steve1977 4y ago
  > But unfortunately, doing that would cause lots of issues for many Companies and Marketers. What’s the unfortunate part in that?
  - jmclnx 4y ago
    For the users, users I support cannot function unless all applications are pointy/click. That goes for some programmers I know too :(
thewildginger 4y ago
Article said a patch was released tuesday
sokoloff 4y ago
You’ll be fine. I got a new MacBook in late 2019. I never installed the Outlook client and use my work mail exclusively via O365 client and my phone. I’ve never felt like I wanted to install the client.
WorldMaker 4y ago
Ironically, there's been a lot of angst because Microsoft keeps hinting that the future of the Outlook Desktop client is just a React Native version of the web app with just enough backward compatibility guts to support a lot of old extensions so that Big Enterprise customers don't filet them for breaking weird old workflows. Which is to say that even Microsoft seems to be acting and hinting like the web app is better than Outlook Desktop and Outlook Desktop's days are numbered, it mostly exists as a legacy platform for weird Enterprise things. A switch now might actually be a leg up to the rumored "One Outlook".

jmclnx 4y ago

Personally I agree with this with the addition of O365 and we go back to text only email :) But unfortunately, doing that would cause lots of issues for many Companies and Marketers. IBM Notes is still being sold by a company in India, I wonder if that could be an alternative. I doubt there are any/many security issues with that due to how hard it is to setup.

steve1977 4y ago
> But unfortunately, doing that would cause lots of issues for many Companies and Marketers. What’s the unfortunate part in that?
- jmclnx 4y ago
  For the users, users I support cannot function unless all applications are pointy/click. That goes for some programmers I know too :(

thewildginger 4y ago

Article said a patch was released tuesday

sokoloff 4y ago

You’ll be fine. I got a new MacBook in late 2019. I never installed the Outlook client and use my work mail exclusively via O365 client and my phone. I’ve never felt like I wanted to install the client.

WorldMaker 4y ago

Ironically, there's been a lot of angst because Microsoft keeps hinting that the future of the Outlook Desktop client is just a React Native version of the web app with just enough backward compatibility guts to support a lot of old extensions so that Big Enterprise customers don't filet them for breaking weird old workflows. Which is to say that even Microsoft seems to be acting and hinting like the web app is better than Outlook Desktop and Outlook Desktop's days are numbered, it mostly exists as a legacy platform for weird Enterprise things. A switch now might actually be a leg up to the rumored "One Outlook".