[Ham-Computers] Local Ham with computer troubles...

Fri Apr 20 18:51:18 EDT 2012

I have your answer. Don't use outlook..it is the biggest target of hackers...That is why I have had Hotmail all the time I have had a computer...I don't store any e-mails on my computer. My Comcast e-mail is forwarded to Hotmail and wiped off their server.

Loren   WA7SKT

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> From: WA5CAB at cs.com
> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:36:42 -0400
> To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Local Ham with computer troubles...
> 
> If you mean by "defeat the purpose" you mean an attempt to force people to 
> buy all new software, you're probably right.  However, that wasn't what I 
> asked.
> 
> Yes, both of our IP's "allow" use of other mail managers.  But I have been 
> looking at new mail managers for the past 12 years and despite any other 
> claimed benefits, they are each and every one basically clones of Microsoft 
> Outlook.  Two pane  designs allowing only one folder open at a time.  Grossly 
> inefficient.
> 
> In a message dated 04/20/2012 17:22:10 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> jeffv at op.net writes: 
> > On 04/20/2012 06:06 PM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> > >After being told by AOL/Compuserve that their mail manager wouldn't run
> > >under whatever that was that came between XP and 7, I stuck with XP (or
> > >actually changed to it from 2000/NT).  But is there a 32 bit version of 7 
> > that has
> > >a 16 bit kernal?
> > 
> > That would defeat the purpose.
> > 
> > Doesn't your provider allow you to use standard [POP/IMAP] mail readers?
> 
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