Subj : Can I *NOT* install Outlook Express? To : DAVID R. NORTON From : Ross Cassell Date : Tue Nov 13 2001 09:35 am Hello DAVID! 13 Nov 01 15:16, you wrote to me: >> Is HD space really at a premium, given that 30G IDE drives can be >> had for US100.00? DN> Darn right, I've only 30Gigabytes free on a 40Gigabyte HD! Only 30gig free.. <> >> I refuse to use any version of OUTLOOK, I actually use "THEBAT", its >> presence on my HD is ignored and I have plenty-o-gigabyte free. DN> So WHY leave it on your harddrive? I use it or remove it. Its not hurting anything, bear in mind I have 105gigs of space on this machine, and 70 gigs on the other machine. This machine is running XP Pro, the other W2k pro, I have 74 gigs free on this machine, I'll never end up filling it all up, so its easy for _me_ to ignore outlook. I am also a top level mail hub, so factor in the disk space usage I require for echomail delivery with an entire message base and the filegate on the other machine. Obviously my mileage is varying from yours, I simply ignore outlook by deleting its icons from the desktop and the shortcut tray on the taskbar. == Ross http://www.easternstar.info (WEB Server Temporarily Down) recassell@charter.net, ross@the-estar.com ICQ = 5305939 .... The R12 Peacock, The Only Survivor Of A Botched Abortion. --- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-20011017 * Origin: The Eastern Star [Mail Hub] - 864.573.7069 (1:18/500) .