> But that's not a bug !
Hmmm that's the sad part, Microsoft considers it a 'feature'.
Meanwhile we pay for unsolicited download and suffer slow
download times as codered etc. wrecks havoc on the Internet.
Well you may not think it's a bug........
paul
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Bart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 11:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Email settings [aus-soaring] Was: FAA license..
>
>
> >
> > >> Quote "Outlook is quite prone to email viruses:"
> > >
> > > Which is why you MUST have antivirus software installed and MUST keep it
> > > updated almost daily. Its not that Outlook is full of bugs and Eudora
> isn't,
> > > its more the tall poppy syndrome in that MS products get targeted by
> anti MS
> > > people.
> >
> > Rubbish, the quote is quite accurate. Outlook in it effort to make thinks
> > 'easy' for the average user runs whatever executable come it's way. At
> > least some other e-mail clients do not. I use Pegasus Mail, a free mail
> > client and I am yet to experience a single mail virus. If you must use
> > outlook then I agree, the latest AV software is vital.
> >
> > paul
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Pete Siddall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:24 PM
> > > Subject: Email settings [aus-soaring] Was: FAA license..
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi Jay,
> > > >
> > > > >I am highly computer illiterate but I think I am using Outlook
> > > 9.0.0.3821.
> > > > Thats what it says in the "about" section under the "help" menu.
> > > >
> > > > That's the right place to look...
> > > >
> > > > >It all seems to work quite well from this end.
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, it probably does, but Microsoft software often doesn't "talk
> nice"
> > > > with all the other things on the internet. And Outlook is quite prone
> to
> > > > email viruses: using something else reduces your vulnerability by a
> large
> > > > amout. I'd suggest you ask someone to set up Eudora for you...
> > > > http://www.eudora.com
> > > >
> > > > > Let me know if I could change any settings to make your life easier.
> > > >
> > > > Please switch to sending plain-text emails, at least to any mailing
> list.
> > > > You can't use fancy colours, fonts etc - you have to make do with
> words.
> > > >
> > > > If your Outlook is like the one I have here, you can change ALL
> outgoing
> > > > mail to text mode in Tools / Options / Send. Select Text for both
> "Mail
> > > > sending format" and "news sending format".
> > > >
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