Outlook express works on a MAC also----but the number of viruses that
effect it is greater than any other program I  run---  Joy

Michael Collis wrote:

>Kat?  Will windows programs run on Linux?
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>kat wrote:
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>>No as they are programmed with entirely different aims in mind -
>>Mozilla/Netscape to provide an integrated email/browser package that's
>>mutl-platform and Outlook as solely for Windows users.
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>>You really should wean Judy and Ben away from Outlook Express as it's full of
>>security holes. even with the up-to-date patches Microsoft issues.  My hard
>>drive got hosed by a virus that got through my email even though I had a
>>virus scan, a firewall, and all the patches installed.  Now I'm running Linux
>>which is a lot less resource-hungry and more secure.
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>>Kat
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>>On Sunday 19 October 2003 02:49 pm, you wrote:
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>>>I don't think so... Netscape has its own email reader and writer, as
>>>does mozilla, I think.
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>>>ken barber wrote:
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>>>>only problem is that i have both judy and benjamin
>>>>accustomed to using outlook express for email. is
>>>>there a option to set netscape to bring up outlook
>>>>express if you click a email from within netscape?
>>>>got to go for church.
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>>>>--- Michael Collis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>>>I like Netscape 7.1.    That's what I'm running now
>>>>>It hardly given me
>>>>>any trouble, and I can delete spam without lookng at
>>>>>the emails on
>>>>>it...It also learns what is spam and what isn't...
>>>>>
>>>>>ken barber wrote:
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>>>>>>thanks, i'll see if i can get to it. before backing
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>>>>>up
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>>>>>>to 5.0, i tried microsoft's auto fix on it. i did
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>>>>>not
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>>>>>>even know they had that until this afternoon. it
>>>>>>changed nothing.  maybe oil change can find it.
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>>>>>i'll
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>>>>>>let you know. i think i'll wait until tomarrow. i
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>>>>>need
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>>>>>>to give my fried brain a break.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--- [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>>>>>>>Have you tried Windows Update?  There may be old
>>>>>>>protocols in your system
>>>>>>>thats causing the GPFs.  McAfee has an OilChange
>>>>>>>Online where it scans your hard
>>>>>>>drive and finds outdated programs and options to
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>>>>>fix
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>>>>>>>them.  I preferred when
>>>>>>>CNet had their free version.  It was called
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>CatchUp.
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>>>>>
>>>>>>>Michael Jeffries
>>>>>>>ICQ# 53522767 AIM, MSN, and Yahoo! ID MJeff25916
>>>>>>>
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