[Boatanchors] E-mail issues

[J. Forster]

It is foolish to accept any cookies that are not absolutely essential to
what you do.

Also, since when is the Pentagon = NSA headquarters?

-John

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> The cure is actually simple.
>
> Actually, it isn't that an individual has his Computer hacked, it is a
> case of using web based email, and your browser gets a *bad* cookie.
>
> This "cookie" allows these folks to hijack your or whomever's ON-LINE
> web mail.
>
> They then exploit this, since your address book is on-line, they get to
> *scrape* it and have fun at your or whomever's expense,
>
> I just got a member of another list to go with Thunderbird on his
> desktop or laptop.
>
> I also told him to DELETE his on-line address book.
>
> His problems are now resolved.
>
> I wholeheartedly agree with regard to Micro$oft Outlook!
>
> My experience comes from being an Old Tired *former* E-mail System
> Administrator.  With over three years at the Pentagon, (Puzzle Palace!)
>
> It never ceased to amaze me the links that were in a message, that got
> clicked on no matter what rank and education of a subscriber!
>
> [Spent untold hours using "custom" written scripts to clean the Exchange
> Server Message store.]
>
> Bob - N0DGN
>
> On 11/17/2012 9:59 AM, Ron Youvan wrote:
>>     David C. KW4DH Hallam wrote:
>>
>>> As long as people use web based email accounts, there is not much you
>>> can do about it except hit your delete button.
>>     The other problem is:  As long as people use Micro$oft products,
>> POP3 services endanger *their
>> computer* with viruses and all forms of malware.  Web based E-mail is
>> the only salvation from those
>> problems, save knowing what you are doing.  (rare as far as I know)
>>
>>     Viruses, spyware and malware as we know them, are purely a Micro$oft
>> phenomenon.
>
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