Windows Vista

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Gary,

Why not tell us what those sound reasons, specifically dealing with
identities, were? There was no security threat, unless you were sharing a
computer. Even at that, the option was available to set up a new user with
password protection -- no different than it is now by decree from Microsoft.

Have you ever looked up the word "lassitude"? It's the real reason there
are no longer identities in your email client. There's your convenience.

Finally, yes I know who the Luddite's were. I adapt to change daily, but
just because something is different, doesn't make it better.

Gary Schilling, NT - No Titles

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It has nothing to do with convenience for Microsoft.

P.S. Have you ever looked up the definition for Luddite?

Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
 
I'm not privy to the inner workings of Microsoft developers.
However, I was a technical beta tester for Vista, and was told by
one of the developers that they had a good reason for dropping the
identities feature. Sorry, I don't have the details.

I do know that Identities gave users a false sense of security,
that the identity password somehow kept other users of the same
Windows session from being able to read their emails. That,
of course, was not the case. Under Vista, it would have been even
easier for shared users to read emails from other identities since
the emails are now stored in plain text files rather than .dbx files.
 
Gary VanderMolen said:
I'm not privy to the inner workings of Microsoft developers.
However, I was a technical beta tester for Vista, and was told by
one of the developers that they had a good reason for dropping the
identities feature. Sorry, I don't have the details.
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They were too lazy to implement it and wanted to dumb down OE, so they
removed that feature. It also appeared that few used that feature, although
those that did use it were strong supporters of it.
I do know that Identities gave users a false sense of security,
that the identity password somehow kept other users of the same
Windows session from being able to read their emails. That,
of course, was not the case. Under Vista, it would have been even
easier for shared users to read emails from other identities since
the emails are now stored in plain text files rather than .dbx files.
Click to expand...

Well, that's the whole point. The password protected Identity gave users a
false sense of security, since the message store was easily accessible to
anyone who knew computer basics, and so the concept of message privacy was
delusionary.

I went ahead and wrote WMIDs to give back the segregation capabilities that
Identities provided (such as separating work versus personal mail or
separating spousal accounts without providing security), but I make it very
clear that its not for security.

Also missing is the segregation of contacts we have with OE, which they
screwed up royally in Vista.

steve
 
Everytime i try to run Windows Mail on Vista, it crashes. It doesn't even
give an error code or something.

this is what i get:
Windows Mail has stopped working

A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close
the program and notify you if a solution is available.
 
What if any antivirus programs, antispyware programs, firewall programs,
and other security programs do you have? Some of them occasionally
start problems like that.
 
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