On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 10:24:12PM -0400, Peter Cordes wrote: > > they would botch it. they have already tried scaring everyone about > > virus/worm problems yet everyone still uses MS Outlook. > > I think that has a lot to do with the fact that they don't explicitly say > to run something else, or give a URI for a different mail client. A news > story that said, "... your email is insecure ... run this to make it better > http://debian.org/ :)", might get some people using non-outlook, esp if the > URI was for a decent windoze email client instead of a whole new OS :) (I've > never checked email from 'doze in my life, except by ssh, but I assume such > a beast must exist...). like i said, the media botched it. instead they just continue with such drivel about antivirus kludges instead of changing to more secure MUA's and OSes setup in a secure manner. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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