Tom Rauschenbach wrote: > > Hey folks, > > 1) If you haven't tried Opera as a web browser, I suggest you do. Even the > free version, which steals a little screen space and bandwidth for ads, if > faster than anything else I've tried. I've used Opera, and I have to agree that it's a great browser. > 2) HAs anyone ever seen and email "Zaplett" ? I got one today at work (where I > have to use Windows) and it scared the crap out of me. All of a sudden > something is asking for my proxy/firewall password when I opened this email. I > figured it was some new kind of attack but the sender assures me that things > just let you email a link to an Internet site. Why he doesn't just send a URL > I can't say, but there you are. Does anyone know if these things are safe ? Here is info on Zaplet. It's not a virus, it's a company. Although their software seems to be closely related to some of the more advanced virus delivery agents. Hmmmm.... I would tell the person that sent it to you to stop and then filter their e-mail out. http://www.zaplets.com/ The ZapletT Platform is an entirely new genre for the Internet, called "active integration." It enables a new class of lightweight applications, which can be created and used by knowledge workers and delivered to the inbox or browser. Zaplet applications join people, processes and applications in a shared, active workspace. They increase the effectiveness with which individuals and groups can communicate and collaborate within and across business domains. -- ------------------------------------------------- Kenneth E. Lussier Geek by nature, Linux by choice PGP KeyID 0xD71DF198 Public key available @ http://pgp.mit.edu ********************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **********************************************************
