Bruce, I had the worst time with Outlook when I got it on Microsoft Office 97 also client required. It seemed to infiltrate everything. I finally cut the bugger right out. I'm reluctantly waiting for the "98 version which is "user friendly". Leland ---------- > From: sbmarcus <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Vortices > Date: Wednesday, January 28, 1998 10:21 PM > > I consider that though we are > > > geographically distributed in the same world at the same time, that in > > some > > > areas a Vortex (Bruce Marcus should know where this concept comes from) > > Bruce Marcus is just now resurfacing, having been sucked for three days > into the vortex of Microsoft, which makes the greatest sucking sound that > the world has ever heard. Made the mistake of agreeing to host chats on the > MSN Antiques Forum, which required that I upgrade to IE4 and its mail > program, Outlook Express. Spent the first day trying to get my computer to > recover from the installation, and the last two trying to get the mail > program to function. I've now isolated it so that it will only eat up mail > arriving from MSN forum denizens and have re-installed my old program to > deal with the real world. Plan to now try to catch up on the list. > > Anyway, the only vortex I ever was comfortable getting sucked into was > Wyndham Lewis'! > > Bruce