[TenTec] mozilla

NJ0IP Rick at DJ0IP.de
Mon Nov 15 16:09:43 EST 2004


Jim, of course you are correct, but then again, it wouldn't be coming up
here if it wasn't of interest to many of us.  If you aren't interested,
then maybe you've missed something (?).

To the discussion:

I installed a hardware firewall and completely got rid of pop-ups.

I think it boils down to one main subject matter:  do you need 100%
Microsoft for some reason (for instance, that's what you use in the
company you work for and you don't want to toggle your mind back and
forth between two environments).

Obviously if the answer to the above is no, then Mozilla is a viable
alternative.  I think there will be several alternatives emerging, but
for most of us who do indeed need Microsoft at work and therefore want
it at home, the best thing to do is to check for updates daily and
deploy them!  If you can't use a hardware firewall then use a software
firewall.

Someone said earlier they felt that running older Microsoft (e.g.,
WIN98) was safer.  That's only true if you don't keep newer stuff up to
date.  With WinXP SR2, you are safer than with WIN98.

73
Rick



-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Merrill
Sent: Montag, 15. November 2004 22:39
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] mozilla

Isn't this a bit off topic?


On Nov 15, 2004, at 4:22 PM, Paul Henning wrote:

> Can you live with, or more correctly do you want to live with, the 
> lack of
> integration with the rest of the windows environment? For instance the
> independent spell checker and address books? SpamBayes is an adaptive 
> Spam
> filter that works quite well with Out Look.
>
> The latest refinement for IE is a working pop up blocker that actually

> seems
> to work.
>
> Paul N. Henning
> K9PH
> Director of Research and Development
> Amtelco
> 4800 Curtin Drive
> McFarland, Wisconsin 53558
> www.amtelco.com
> paul at amtelco.com
> (608)838-4194
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Reid [mailto:jimr.reid at verizon.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 3:25 PM
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] mozilla
>
> Anyone else tried the Mozilla Thunderbird  e-mail
> program?   It has a "junk" learning  tool which sorts
> out a lot of spam after a time,  but not all. If you click
> on some message as junk,  the program will remember
> that source, and flag it from then on,  for example.  It
> seems to know of some anyway.
>
> Also,
> the screen appearance is different from Outlook Express.
> Not sure yet which one to use for "real" here.
>
> 73,  Jim W6KPI
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