[RTTY] Re: email programs

[Jeff]

	I also have been using the registered version of Agent for
years and have never had a virus infect my computer. Agent is well
worth the small expense for the registered version.
	While I'm on my soapbox, for those of you tired of those damn
popups when you are looking at websites, try this:

http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,10615,41154,00.html

Lots of my friends have used this Popup Killer on my recommendation.
It's really slick. I bet I'll be hearing from some of you saying, "hey
Jeff, that popup killer is really slick!" lol

	73, Jeff K1AM



On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 02:31:59 -0800, you wrote:

>On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 20:51:23 -0800, Kok Chen wrote:
>
>>I am so far, thankfully, relatively immune, by running a variant of Unix
>>on a PowerPC machine.  I am even using M$ Entourage to read mail with.
>
>_________________________________________________________
>
>Another email reader that is immune to viruses is Agent by Forte, which
>I use.  By design, it will not, by itself, allow any executable to run
>unless you specifically launch it.  Also by design, it will not and can
>not display HTML except as simple ASCII text.  Recent versions of HTML
>are capable of launching malicious code entirely by themselves.  As most
>folks know, HTML should never be used for email - only for web pages.
>
>The people at Forte are very security conscious and have rejected
>numerous requests over the years to "improve" Agent so it will do some
>of the things Outlook Express is infamous for.
>
>I've used Agent since the mid-90's and have never been infected yet,
>even without an automatic virus scanning program.
>
>There is a free version available at:  
>
>http://www.forteinc.com/agent/freagent.htm
>
>which has most of the features of the regular (paid) version.  I highly
>recommend it for those wanting to replace Outlook Express.
>
>73, Bill W7TI
>
>
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