Gary, I also run Free Agent, though just for the newsgroups. My MUA of choice is Outlook (no flames please, I'm tired of them) and I have actually never had any problems with it. I do virus scanning on the mail gateway, before it even gets to reaching Outlook and by disabling a majority of attachments (.doc, .vbs, etc.) it isn't too much to worry about.
j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: Gary Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:20 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: W32/Myparty On Fri, 01 Feb 2002 09:18:44 +0100, Chris Mueller wrote: >At 00:11 -0500 01.02.2002, Jeremy L. Gaddis wrote: >>Are you saying that when I decide to read the debian-* lists >>I'm subscribed to, I should close Outlook, ... > >For your own advantage >you should close Outlook - for ever. >And switch to Eudora. >Under Win oder Mac. > >Since Eudora is a separate programm >and not so closely connected to the WinOS, >viruses can' get active that easily, >e.g. vbs-attachments. > ... May I suggest Forte' Agent for mail on a Win box? It is text based, will let you inspect attachments/html in raw form, and will warn and query you should you try to open an executable. I've been using it for 2 years now and if there is a reason not to, I haven't run into it. You can download a free version called Free Agent. I think the news reader is crippled on the free version. I don't know if it runs ads. My mail will have to come through a Win machine for a while yet, so Agent is my protection against hostile email. I tried Eudora, but, for some reason I can't recall, it didn't thrill me. Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]