[OT} Thunderbird

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

For the reasons described below I use a Hotmail acct for the list mail. Hot 
mail scans each mail for a virus for me.
For other mail I use Outlook. Why? because its there and I can be lazy. I 
might try this "Thunderbird"...



Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
Amsterdam NY
http://www.menloparkrandd.com/scirocco
http://www.menloparkrandd.com/my_rocc





>From: "ATS - Patrick Bureau" <ats@longcoeur.com>
>Reply-To: ats@longcoeur.com
>To: "'T Berk'" <tberk@sbcglobal.net>
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: RE: [OT} Thunderbird
>Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 06:29:30 -0500
>
>1. Yes I know I can turn html off in Thunderbird, the same way I can turn 
>it
>off in outlook why I only made a slight comment about it.
>
>2. you are probably using McAfee Antivirus, especially version 8 is bad for
>that. I have removed it from my pc because it drove me up a wall, I have
>complained 5 times, I had a running ticket on the subject for 2 months, 
>they
>are all answering me they do not understand what I mean (even with numerous
>screen captures), in the end I refuted the charge on my CC because they
>refused to refund me (download software and not a retail purchase) and told
>them I was going back Norton.
>
>Norton does notify you, but it can be turned off (grin).
>
>Thunderbird is a nice software but if the antivirus software does not scan
>each email then it become a "will this email that is coming in run a script
>and install a virus on my hard drive?"
>
>It's a risky proposition and probably one of the reason why people are 
>still
>tossing worm emails all over the place, because they use alternate
>anti-viral and email software that does not protect at the door against the
>infestations.
>
>A mailing list is hard to control, and I do believe your system (linux or
>not) has a antiviral software that screens each email that is sent to the
>list to minimize this risk. But we should not rely on your pc to clean
>everything (and it does not because there is no perfect system)
>
>
>ATS - Patrick Bureau - Canuck in Texas
>-----Original Message-----
>From: T Berk [mailto:tberk@sbcglobal.net]
>Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 12:49 AM
>To: ATS - Patrick Bureau
>Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: [OT} Thunderbird
>
>ATS - Patrick Bureau wrote:
> > nice software.. too bad the default setting for email is HTML,
>
>It's a drag, but I don't know any email client these days the doesn't
>DEFAULT to html, but as Unka-Kev says you can turn it off;
>
>Tools:Options:Composition:Send Options:
>"Convert the Message to Plain Text".
>
>
> > and too
> > bad my Norton anti virus no longer scan each messages before they are
> > permitted to "run" viruses on my pc..
> >
> > a nice program, but lacks anti-viral support and now a days.. its a
> > no.no. as far as I am concerned.
> >
> > cheers... I am heading back to outlook!
> >
> > I give it an 8-10 because of lack of integrated anti virus scanning.
> > __________________
>
>
>I'm curious if my experience is the same as yours, could you explain
>more as to what the bad behavior is?
>
>Mine was the AV would want to stop and have me attend to each and
>every attached spam viri as it came in.
>
>(Yeah folks- this seems Off Topic because it aint Sciroccos but it's
>directly related to getting list email so bear with if you would.)
>
>
>TBerk
>
>
>
>
>
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