Kat?  Will windows programs run on Linux?

kat wrote:

>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.
>
>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.
>
>Kat
>
>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.
>>>
>>>--- Michael Collis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>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:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>thanks, i'll see if i can get to it. before backing
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>up
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>to 5.0, i tried microsoft's auto fix on it. i did
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>not
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>even know they had that until this afternoon. it
>>>>>changed nothing.  maybe oil change can find it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>i'll
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>let you know. i think i'll wait until tomarrow. i
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>need
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>to give my fried brain a break.
>>>>>
>>>>>--- [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>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drive and finds outdated programs and options to
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>fix
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>them.  I preferred when
>>>>>>CNet had their free version.  It was called
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>CatchUp.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>Michael Jeffries
>>>>>>ICQ# 53522767 AIM, MSN, and Yahoo! ID MJeff25916
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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