-=PCTechTalk=- Re: popup killer program
- From: "kg6ocz" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:40:36 -0700
yep..and that was me asking,,in CASE I moved to another ISP..which at half
the price of what I am now paying doesn't offer popup blocking--in FACT they
generate popup. So I will ALSO get what popup they use--whatever that might
be for their pay service, as well as web site stuff..HENCE the reason for
asking. IF I change..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 7:30 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: popup killer program
> We might have gotten cross-threaded. It was originally about good popup
> blocking. There are several that work well. Someone said that their ISP
> provided it. Then someone else felt that this wasn't right. In our town,
> of the two ISP's available, one offers spam blocking at the server, which
> is free, but nothing else. The other one offers, for another dollar a
> month, virus scanning, spam filtering, and limited content blocking by
> site. At this server, all except the virus scan are configurable to block
> or allow domains or sites that creep into their blocked list.
> Understandably, if something is detected as a virus, no prudent person
> wants to take the chance on handling it. Spam and advertising is a
> personal preference. Why anyone would want them, I don't know. Some do,
> but I suspect it is because they are somehow involved in the spam/ad
chain.
>
> I don't believe that it is very feasible for ISP's to offer good active
> content filtering without blocking sites or domains or encumbering
> themselves. For that you need a program on the computer. I use Outpost
> and Slimbrowser and they are nearly 100% effective and rarely keep
> something out that shouldn't be kept out.
>
>
>
> On 6/16/2003 at 4:24 PM a whisper was heard, and the one known as kg6ocz
> was rumoured to have uttered....
>
> | IF you are referring to what I said, I wasn't
> | referring to web pages being
> | blocked..ONLY the popups that come with the web page--over
the
> | top of it..
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "andy" <barneystorm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 1:35 PM
> | Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: popup killer program
> |
> |
> | >
> | > ----- Original Message -----
> | > From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>
> | > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:42 PM
> | > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: popup killer program
> | >
> | >
> | > > Most ISP's that do this do it as a service to their
> | customers and most
> | > > allow you to set the criteria or override it for
> | sites/addresses. They
> | > > have their own interest in mind too, and it isn't to stop
> | you from
> | seeing
> | > > this or make you view that. Bandwidth and servers are
> | overhead costs
> | for
> | > > them that result in higher cost per user or lower profit
> | margin. They
> | > > don't care about legitimate traffic - it's their job -
but
> | many,
> | > (including
> | > > me) see spam and popup advertising as anything but
> | legitimate traffic.
> | >
> | > It's not the Spam I want to see, but if I want to see a
> | page, I don't
> | expect
> | > to see it blocked by my ISP just because it has pop ups. I
> | have some
> | > webspace (free) which opens up 2 windows and, occasionally,
> | a download for
> | > Gator-a quick click on the 'X' is a small price to pay for
> | 100mb of free
> | > space for me, and the information my site offers to the
> | people that visit
> | it
> | >
> | > Andy
> | >
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