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My corp. IT "guru" convinced me to switch to Eudora a couple of years
back -- it was a total disaster at that time -- lasted about a week before
it was thrown out.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Nelson" <trader@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Craig" <craigbud@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 3:48 AM
Subject: Re: Virus Alert
> I for one cannot recommend Eudora. Eudora has problems with various MIME
> types and many many usability issues (not to mention bugs). Netscape
> Navigator 4.78 or Mozilla will do just fine for most users. These huge
> all in one mail clients typically come heavy laden with defects.
>
> -- John
>
>
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Craig wrote:
>
> > Switch to Eudora immediately.
> >
> > If that fails, use a Mac for your email needs.
> >
> >
> > At 09:48 AM 11/29/2001, -- wrote:
> > >I got hit with the BadTrans.B virus from Tom Alexander (no blaming but
be
> > >alert for an email from someone you don't know with an attachment. It
> > >launches automatically in the preview pane in MS Outlook and Outlook
> > >Express.) and may have inadvertently infected other people. It used
> > >Kernel32.exe to infect the system, so do a search for it.
> > >
> > >Microsoft has issued a patch
> > >
> >
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security
/
> > >bulletin/MS01-020.asp ) but be leary of it. After installing it, my
computer
> > >would not boot up at all. I had to re-install the OS. I am told that I
have
> > >to upgrade to IE 6 in order to prevent it from occurring again.
> > >I guess it's time to seriously look at other email software to prevent
this
> > >from happening again.
> >
>
> --
>
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