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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:02:14 +0000, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


Does that depend on how you define HTML email? For instance, I get email
from Barnes & Noble, with pictures, and various parts of the pictures
contain links to different web pages. Is that HTML mail? If so, there
are plenty of non-spam uses for it.

Some would argue Barnes & Noble is spam. Hey, I like the book store, but
I don't like their web bugs.

http://w2.eff.org/Privacy/Marketing/web_bug.html



I chose to receive their emails. Same with LL Bean, Lands End and a few
others.

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:11:23 -0500, HK wrote:

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:00:17 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:25:46 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:17:10 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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That's like saying a vacuum cleaner does a lousy job of toasting
bagels, so you're going to shop for a better vacuum cleaner.
I don't know about you, but I toast my bagels on the muffler of my
lawn tractor.

Or at this time of year, my big snow blower.
Yeah, but that makes perfect sense. Not a vacuum cleaner, though.
Why not? There is heat generated by the motor - seems to me to be a
pretty simple adaptation.
There was a paperback published some years ago that certainly would
interest Tom if not others. It was a book of roadkill recipes. These
were recipes you could use to heat up on the radiator of your car
while you are driving.

Now, there are other roadkill recipes around, but these were for meals
you could prepare while you travel. On your car engine.
Yeah anyway...back to the subject. Why is Outlook Express awful?
Just type "outlook express problems" into your web browser and have fun.
I haven't had a single problem with OE since I began using it several
years ago for email & news. I want to know what YOU have PERSONALLY
WITNESSED.

Outlook vi-rii and Outlook troublefiles that little twerps around the
world create just for fun.
The virii got into the computer because the user didn't properly maintain
and configure his/her antivirus software.

You can always tell when someone is really an expert. "Virii" is not
only not an English word, it's not a Latin word either.

The plural of virus in English is viruses.

As far as I know, virii is Martian for "potato salad".

I have been unable to find any other references from reputable
sources, or should I say, "sourcii"?

D'oh.

Gee.

Whiz.

No.

Fun.

Allowed.

Virii is a fun word, dumbo.

A "fun word"?

Cite please!



http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/virii.html

http://membres.lycos.fr/asle/virii.2.html

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=virii



Next time, check your chops before you challenge mine.

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:00:17 +0000, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


The virii got into the computer because the user didn't properly
maintain and configure his/her antivirus software.

Or because MS didn't properly secure their software. It's a circular
argument. You buy the latest and greatest operating system, then buy the
latest and greatest anti-virus and spy-killing software. It's a scam,
and you end up paying. gratuitous plug I haven't used any anti-virus
or any anti-spyware in about ten years, and I haven't had any problems,
but then, I use Linux. Oh, and it's free. /gratuitous plug

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:00:17 +0000, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


The virii got into the computer because the user didn't properly
maintain and configure his/her antivirus software.

Or because MS didn't properly secure their software. It's a circular
argument. You buy the latest and greatest operating system, then buy the
latest and greatest anti-virus and spy-killing software. It's a scam,
and you end up paying. gratuitous plug I haven't used any anti-virus
or any anti-spyware in about ten years, and I haven't had any problems,
but then, I use Linux. Oh, and it's free. /gratuitous plug


Please let me know when there is a "linux" that as it installs itself,
finds *all* my computer hardware, printers, and other devices, and
automatically configures itself to communicate with them, no matter how
they are hooked up.

Then, please find for me "linux" equals of all the software I use.

I'll put you hold...

I tried ubuntu a few months ago. What a sack of trash that was.

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:00:17 +0000, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


The virii got into the computer because the user didn't properly
maintain and configure his/her antivirus software.

Or because MS didn't properly secure their software. It's a circular
argument. You buy the latest and greatest operating system, then buy the
latest and greatest anti-virus and spy-killing software. It's a scam,
and you end up paying. gratuitous plug I haven't used any anti-virus
or any anti-spyware in about ten years, and I haven't had any problems,
but then, I use Linux. Oh, and it's free. /gratuitous plug


Do you think every piece of software should come with built-in protection
against viruses? If yes, how would you propose to implement such a feature?

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:28:08 -0500, HK wrote:


Please let me know when there is a "linux" that as it installs itself,
finds *all* my computer hardware, printers, and other devices, and
automatically configures itself to communicate with them, no matter how
they are hooked up.

Let me know when Windows does that. Every time I buy a peripheral there
is always a CD with drivers. What's that for?



Then, please find for me "linux" equals of all the software I use.

I'll put you hold...

I tried ubuntu a few months ago. What a sack of trash that was.

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:35:49 +0000, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


Do you think every piece of software should come with built-in
protection against viruses? If yes, how would you propose to implement
such a feature?

I think every piece of software that connects to the internet should have
some basic security, yes. MS tends to open up holes, not close them.
HTML is just one example. Oh, and a simple set of file permissions would
go a long way to protecting your computer. Unix had them way back in the
'70s. Microsoft is finally seeing the light, 30 years later.

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:35:49 +0000, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


Do you think every piece of software should come with built-in
protection against viruses? If yes, how would you propose to implement
such a feature?

I think every piece of software that connects to the internet should have
some basic security, yes. MS tends to open up holes, not close them.
HTML is just one example. Oh, and a simple set of file permissions would
go a long way to protecting your computer. Unix had them way back in the
'70s. Microsoft is finally seeing the light, 30 years later.



Basic security based on what? The known threats on the day the software was
shipped? That would be as useless as a rubber crutch.

What about software that does NOT connect to the internet? It can still be a
vector for infection if the files it's opening are infected.

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:28:08 -0500, HK wrote:


Please let me know when there is a "linux" that as it installs itself,
finds *all* my computer hardware, printers, and other devices, and
automatically configures itself to communicate with them, no matter how
they are hooked up.

Let me know when Windows does that. Every time I buy a peripheral there
is always a CD with drivers. What's that for?


In case of...

At least it is there. There usually are no linux drivers on that CD.

When I fired up VISTA for the first time, it found everything that was
connected to the computer, including my photo printer, which was
connected via USB. I did have to tell the OS that my color laser printer
was connected via my network, but once I did, it found it just fine.

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:03:22 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:




Accidental deletion of what? Email messages?


Yes, although The Bat! has an available NNTP add-on, it just isn't a
news reader and I wouldn't recommend it as such....

Mail... for example, you can set the program to automatically delete
all mail over X days old, but the parked messages will not be deleted.
Messages can be parked and unparked manually or automatically, based
on highly configurable filters.


If I delete email from OE's inbox, it lands in the Deleted folder. Now,
there are two ways that folder can be emptied:

1) I set the "Delete on exit" option to do its thing. This can't be done by
accident unless you're blind or illiterate.

2) I use 3 specific keystrokes to do it manually. If this happens, it's
because I wanted it to happen.

Neither is the fault of the program.