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Subject:Re: Spammers
From:mike boland
Date:Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:08:24 -0500

I use Qualcomm Eudora...

better than winblows Outlook

At 06:41 PM 8/19/2003 -0600, tom ring wrote:
>I will give the same advice and make the same offer I make to every list
>I'm on
>when this happens.
>
>Stop using Microsoft Outlook!  That is the reason these things
>happen.  Yes, it
>came for free with windows, but that doesn't mean you have to use it.  It is
>more full of security holes than all the swiss cheese ever made.  And no
>amount
>of microsoft updates will change that.
>
>Now, as a solution, use one of the free or not free replacements.  I have used
>Pegasus for over a decade and never been infected from viruses I received, and
>never passed one on.  It's free and one of the most used email programs in the
>world.  Did I mention that it's free?
>
>I will assist anyone that needs help in installing or using it.  It is
>available from Tucows at
>
>http://teliadk.tucows.com/preview/194175.html
>
>or
>
>www.pmail.com
>
>which seems to be down right now for some reason.
>
>Now, even better, stop using windows and move to linux or apple.  I'll also
>help any list member get a linux box running that needs help.
>
>tom
>
>
>------
>Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
>85 Westphalia GL Albert
>96 Jetta GL The Intimidator
>taring@taring.org
>
>"It is better to go into a turn slow, and come out fast, than to go into a
>turn fast
>and come out dead." Stirling Moss