[pchelpers] Thunderbird
- From: "Ekhart GEORGI (last name last)" <Ekhart.GEORGI@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 15:18:37 +0300
Hi George
(Please ignore this if you really don't want to switch, but i'm sure you
wouldn't regret it.)
Have you tried Thunderbird? It's purposely made to resemble OE so that
it is very easy to switch. In addition, it has a built-in, very powerful
spam filter that is very reliable.
http://texturizer.net/thunderbird/download.html
And even if all the world's virus writers targeted it, it would never be
even 1/100,000 as vulnerable as OE because it doesn't try to be a
gimmick-stuffed program and never was designed to automatically execute
attached or embedded scripts or executables.
http://texturizer.net/thunderbird/faq.html#q2.8
Is Thunderbird susceptible to e-mail viruses?
Thunderbird will not allow a virus or worm to execute automatically. You
can see what attachments have been sent to you without a virus being
able to execute, and you would have to save a file to your system and
deliberately run it before it could cause any harm.
JavaScript is switched off by default for mail and news, so an e-mail
cannot run script code just by being opened.
As with any mail program, take proper caution before running any file
that you receive in e-mail. Appropriate anti-virus software should also
help keep you safer.
Ekhart
George kirjoitti:
> Thank you, Ekhart.
> I understand that Outlook Express has its problems. I also feel that I've
> taken sufficient precautions not to get burned by them too badly. So far, I
> have not found an e-mail client that is easier to use or is more intuitive.
> I haven't made a concerted effort to do so because I have no need. When
> enough people switch to the others so will the virus writers' attention and
> those people will have to do what I'm doing with OE anyway. I think all the
> software have problems. MS software is just highly targeted.
>
> George
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> +++
> My darkness inside is full of stars - and each one has a name.
>
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