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  • From: Chris Garriss <cgarriss@garriss.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] E-mail programmes other than Outlook Express.
  • Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:22:15 -0500

The other possibility - or rather another possibility, for a suite
approach, is also Mozilla related: Seamonkey
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Chris

On 08.02.2008 09:13 Robert Mullins spoke thusly:
> Dr. Parmar,
>
> Microsoft has several vulnerabilities and exploits. This is not only
> true with your MS Internet Explorer, and MS Outlook Express, but with MS
> operating systems as well. It's good that your grandson has clued you
> in to Mozilla Firefox. Pretty much all computer nerds (like myself)
> prefer Firefox over ALL browsers.
>
> I am such a Mozilla fan I use their email application as well. Mozilla
> Thunderbird. You might want to get your grandson to configure it for
> you, as it can be a bit of a learning curve if you are used to Outlook.
>
> In addition, you could be experiencing other things that most Windows
> users simply live with, and that is the fact that if your computer has
> been in an 'always on' status it tends to generate memory leaks over
> time. These leaks can cause system instability and crashes.
>
> Hopefully this helps.
>
> -Robert C. Mullins
> Technology Coordinator
> Ozark Public Schools
>
>
>
>
> Dr. Chiranjit Parmar wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I do not knew why, but my PC crashes once in 10-15 months and I loose
>> a lot of data and have to spend almost a week for reorganizing the
>> documents/pictures again. It is due to computer viruses which I get
>> from net. Last week it was a virus named Infostealer. The system
>> just stopped connecting to net. It also slowed down very much. So
>> ultimately I had to reformat the hard disk and load software and data
>> again.
>>
>> I use Norton Antivirus and keep it UPDATE. I have a broadband
>> internet connection.
>>
>> Can some of you tell me why does it happen so with me?
>>
>> My 19 years old grandson, who is a computer buff like most teenagers
>> says that the culprit is Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. He
>> says that these software are highly vulnerable to viruses. He says
>> that I must start using new programmes.
>>
>> Now he has changed my browser to Mozilla Firefox. But the Outlook
>> Express is still there.
>>
>> What are your comments. If the boy is right, which software should I
>> use for e-mail.
>>
>> I have a gmail account but I DO NOT find it as convenient as outlook
>> express. So I do not prefer to use it. Then, one has to stay
>> "ONLINE" for it.
>>
>> Kindly suggest me some alternative e-mail programme.
>>
>> Chiranjit Parmar
>> India
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