M$ email incompatibility [Was: Re: e-mail sending from a hotmail account via evolution]

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2008/11/23 Erik Christiansen <dvalin at internode.on.net>

> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 10:02:48AM +0100, Carl Friis-Hansen wrote:
> > Erik Christiansen wrote:
> > > I don't understand what products are being referred to, or how the
> > > incompatibility is effected. Maybe M$ is just maintaining customary
> > > quality?
> >
> > Warmmail was a joke: Hotmail is the right word.
>
> Ah. My lack of exposure to such things is showing.
>
> > > For my money,
> >
> > What mony?  Please explain.
>
> This is just possibly an Australianism, but I don't think so. It means
> "In my opinion" or "On my account", rather like "For min skyld". (Danish
> is as close to Swedish as I can manage. :-)

"Som jag ser det" or maybe "enligt min åsikt" or "för min del", a bit
depending on the situation... :P


>
>
> > ... and I just try to be practical and helpful, not political or
> > religious.
>
> Same here. There's just not a lot of merit in sending me something that
> _only_ M$ can read. I don't possess, or have experience with, such
> products. I can interwork to the extent that tools on either side are
> compatible. If the work must be done on M$, then there are enough who
> can do that, I expect.
>
> My employers have been more than pleased with what FOSS tools have been
> able to add to their bottom line. Performance is my protection. ;-)
>
> Erik
>
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