:date: 2017-03-17 08:58

.. index:: tech, outlook, rant, email

.. _`2017-fuck_you_outlook`:

Fuck you outlook
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It is 2017 and Microsoft's Outlook 2013 is still in use.

It fails at:

* Line Wrap
  Limiting line wrapping to 80 character in plain text emails seems to be impossible.
* Forwarding  
  Forwarding plain text emails and keeping a readable layout seem to be impossible to do at the same time.
* Online help  
  The only help information is available during online help. Which in a protected environment results in no help information at all.
* Quoting style
  Due to the default settings is still propagates top-posting styles and teaches denial for any other valid reply-style.

In other words:

| A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
| Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
| A: Top-posting.
| Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Placement_of_replies
* http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html
* https://tonyandrewmeyer.wordpress.com/2005/12/13/email-quoting/