Re: [OT] Re: Entourage: Kill that Daemon! (Shell)
Re: [OT] Re: Entourage: Kill that Daemon! (Shell)
- Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Entourage: Kill that Daemon! (Shell)
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:32:09 -0800
On 11/15/02 12:28 AM, "Axel Luttgens" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Thanks for your comprehensive answer.
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I suspected something like that. But I didn't install Entourage (nor
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used it).
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I just occasionally use Word/Excel, and the daemon gets launched - not
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always, from times to times.
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Just hate all those apps that do lots of things you never asked for (not
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speaking about some reminiscences: "big M$ is watching you" ;-) )
The "Office Address Book" in Word, and the Contacts Toolbar there, use
Entourage's Address Book for mail merge (Data Merge), and for inserting
contact data in documents, and so on. I think you can also send an Excel
file as an email attachment (via Entourage) directly from a menu item in
Excel. So when you launch Word or Excel they in turn open up the Entourage
database which launches the Database Daemon. The Office Address Book and
Contacts Toolbar are very handy devices used by people who have a sort of
integrated approach to the whole Office suite, which is supposed to be one
of its attractions and selling points. They're also Mac only - there's no
exact equivalent in the Windows version of Office. The Daemon itself is a
Unixy thing new in OS X - Unix programs have had these daemons for
background "watching" at all times - just about forever. There's very little
overhead - check it out with tops or equivalent.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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