At my current wage slave job, they use Lotus Notes as their E-Mail client, a really old version. This has been my second job where I was forced to use it.
I noticed that you can tell a lot about a corporate bureaucracy just from the choice of E-Mail client.
I can't imagine anyone voluntarily using Lotus Notes. It's like someone decided "Hey! Let's make an E-Mail client that's worse than Outlook!"
I haven't seen any E-Mail client better than gmail. The good part about gmail is that its anti-spam filter has very few false positives and very few false negatives. When I get my own domain and a Linode, I'm undecided about using gmail or just running my own mailserver.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Lotus Notes Sucks!
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I thought my org was the only one left on earth that used Lotus. Makes me crazy!
I couldn't agree more about Lotus Notes! As for your own domain, I used to run my own mail server...it was fun and educational for a while, but I've since switched to Gmail...it's easy, works well and is much less of a drain on my time than running my own email server.
Ha! A friend of mine once said you can tell a workplace is lousy if they use Lotus Notes.
Indeed he was correct.
My current coworkers are decent. That may change with the new boss. There is a ridiculously high amount of bureaucracy.
I had to get approval from 10(!) people to get the Microsoft SQL Server GUI client installed on my desktop.
I'm leaning towards using gmail. The advantage is the great anti-spam filter. I'll probably pay the $50/yr for the premium version.
If I want to send E-Mail to someone via PHP, do I need my own mailserver, or can I use gmail?
I want to work somewhere where everyone uses mutt.
Beware the Google octopus!
Try getting a Godaddy Linux hosting account. They bundle server-side PHP for free.
Too funny, FSK.
...corporate bureaucracy just from the choice of E-Mail client.
I have contracted to IT companies for 10+ years and I think you are on to something.
Every company that used Notes as email had their IT outsourced to IBM. IBM owns Notes. Perhaps it is no coincidence. ;)
"IBM: Where careers go to die."
"Lotus Notes: Email was an afterthought."
If I want to send E-Mail to someone via PHP, do I need my own mailserver, or can I use gmail?
Oh, FSK, you might want to give libgmailer a spin:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gmail-lite/
"At my current wage slave job, they use Lotus Notes as their E-Mail client, a really old version. This has been my second job where I was forced to us"
I don't use Notes, but your comment here makes your point have little validity - if you are running a "really old version", it's not a fair comparison
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