Comments on: Mail.app too dangerous to use? http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/25/mailapp-too-dangerous-to-use/ Tips and add-ons to make Apple Mail / Mail.app even better Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tim http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/25/mailapp-too-dangerous-to-use/comment-page-1/#comment-1528 Tim Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:56:14 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/25/mailapp-too-dangerous-to-use/#comment-1528 Fair point. I should put on the record that some of my best friends are systems administrators, terrific guys, every one of them. Fair point.

I should put on the record that some of my best friends are systems administrators, terrific guys, every one of them.

]]> By: sjk http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/25/mailapp-too-dangerous-to-use/comment-page-1/#comment-1527 sjk Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:50:12 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/25/mailapp-too-dangerous-to-use/#comment-1527 Yeah, switching mail programs can be an ongoing, relatively complicated, non-trivially time consuming process (e.g. as migrating from Mulberry to Apple Mail was for me). And by the time that's successfully accomplished to work around for this particularly problem Apple will probably have released a fix. Personally, I'll take the known risk continuing to use Apple Mail (carefully conservatively, as always) over spending a substantial amount of time switching and then ramping up productivity with an alternative mail program. In some other situation I might feel and act differently. <blockquote>Although I have noticed in the past that system administrators can have a low regard for the intelligence of ?¢‚Ǩ?ìnormal?¢‚Ǩ¬ù users</blockquote> One corollary to that might be something like: Certain sysadmins assume (often mistakenly, if not downright arrogantly) that something technically obvious to them will always be just as apparent to everyone else. Yeah, switching mail programs can be an ongoing, relatively complicated, non-trivially time consuming process (e.g. as migrating from Mulberry to Apple Mail was for me). And by the time that’s successfully accomplished to work around for this particularly problem Apple will probably have released a fix. Personally, I’ll take the known risk continuing to use Apple Mail (carefully conservatively, as always) over spending a substantial amount of time switching and then ramping up productivity with an alternative mail program. In some other situation I might feel and act differently.

Although I have noticed in the past that system administrators can have a low regard for the intelligence of ?¢‚Ǩ?ìnormal?¢‚Ǩ¬ù users

One corollary to that might be something like:

Certain sysadmins assume (often mistakenly, if not downright arrogantly) that something technically obvious to them will always be just as apparent to everyone else.

]]> By: Tim http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/25/mailapp-too-dangerous-to-use/comment-page-1/#comment-1513 Tim Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:02:09 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/25/mailapp-too-dangerous-to-use/#comment-1513 Yes, it did seem like extreme advice. Although I have noticed in the past that system administrators can have a low regard for the intelligence of "normal" users ;-) Yes, it did seem like extreme advice.

Although I have noticed in the past that system administrators can have a low regard for the intelligence of “normal” users ;-)

]]> By: Boris Anthony http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/25/mailapp-too-dangerous-to-use/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 Boris Anthony Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:58:42 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/25/mailapp-too-dangerous-to-use/#comment-1507 Wow. "Most users are too stupid to not open attachments from unknown senders so we recommend migrating mail clients!" (which is a non-trivial task to do properly) Sigh. ;) Wow. “Most users are too stupid to not open attachments from unknown senders so we recommend migrating mail clients!” (which is a non-trivial task to do properly)

Sigh. ;)

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