I shut off mine too..I liked it BUT....once you get used to not having it, it's fine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:25 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Emails that annoy > I would bet that if you shut off your preview pane, nothing would open and you would eliminate the problem - > I enjoyed the preview pane, until there were so many warnings out there about viruses that sneak thru self executing and one of microsoft's holes - > I got used to not having it and I have no problems - > Cris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Judith > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:57 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Emails that annoy > > No these html pages open themselves from an embedded code and > yes spammers are getting more sophisticated (big smile here). > > Normally I can click on the X in the corner and get rid of > other html pages but this type is way too fast at opening and > closing to task bar and then the pop ups start happening. > > The only way to get them off of my task bar is to reboot -- > which is very annoying. I have Win 98 on the computer hooked > up to the Internet and messenger service is disabled. > > Since I've only had a few of these I haven't shut down my > preview pane because I find it convenient to read my emails > this way. Since Norton scans everything coming in and out plus > having zone alarm, I haven't found the need to shut off my > preview pane. > > I use shift delete key to get rid of my spam messages or Edit > Select all then delete in certain folders and this gets rid of > the majority of my spam. > > This, I find, is faster than using Mail Washer or another > program. > > Judith > > oh! sorry - I thought that since you said you couldn't close > them, that you had > opened them. > I'm not sure how an unopened e-mail sets off pop ups - is it > the pop ups you > can't close? > spammers are getting more sophisticated - > do you have xp? If you do, do you have the messenger service > disabled? > crisS > > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk