e-mail readers (very much OT)

[Don]

Hi Phil,

The first problem is that almost all virus writers target micro$oft. The
second is that Outlook to speed your opening of mail "pre opens" it. This
allows any scripts to run and bingo you have a virus. Eudora 3.06 (light)
is still available on the net. I recommend it.

At 07:34 AM 5/20/02 -0400, you wrote:
>It has been mentioned here that Outlook and Outlook Express should be
>avoided like (pick you own...)..I'm as computer illiterate as I am piano
>proficient, so I would like those who know to please tell me, a long-time IE
>user, why these programs should be avoided..I guess my question pertains to
>Outlook Express only, since Outlook seems to have enough bugs to keep me
>away from using it..
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>I do not want to come off sounding like a M$ supporter..I'm not..I actually
>started out using Eudora a looong time ago, and recently downloaded their
>'free' version and thought it wasn't very good..I use to use Netscape for
>about 2 years and thought their idea of a mail client and browser was not
>bad, but then it got realll s  l  o  w  as the updates got into the 5.0's,
>and switched to IE.. and I've been pleased up till now..I guess I'm frugal
>in the sense that between PAYING for Anti-Virus and PAYING for Firewall
>protection because I'm PAYING for a hi-speed connection, my e-mail client
>ranks low on the list of things I am willing to PAY for...if you get my
>drift..
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>-Phil Bondi (Fl.)
>tito@philbondi.com
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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