Hi Stan,
The message that started this thread was a posting by Chris, the development
manager at HJ. GeekSpeak is the name of a newsletter he has started
producing.
Joni
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From: Stan & Bobbi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, December 19, 1999 1:19 PM
Subject: RE: HJ GeekSpeak #1
>Can somebody please explain this subject line?
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>I keep seeing it with numerous different subjects.
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>Is this soem new list I got on and was not told?
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>Or are we back to posting with no consideration of actual subjects or the
>value of other listers' time in reading positng they know nothing about or
>have no interest in?
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>Thanks for the xplainnation anybody.
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>At 12:44 PM 12/18/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>I am surprised that your bank site not only would tell you that you need
to
>>update, but give you a choice to update. My bank site, gave me the
choice,
>>and I said yes, and it updated.
>>At 09:50 AM 12/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> >Hi David,
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>> >I also appreciate all the help you provide. I have another wrinkle for
you!
>> >This morning, I tried to go to my compensation plan's web site. They
>> >recently upgraded to a more secure site, and therefore require a 128 bit
>> >encrypted vrowser. No problem, I thought as I had 128 bit IE4, and when
I
>> >upgraded to IE5 from the Jaws CD, I assumed that encryption transferred.
>> >However, when I could not get on the Deferred Comp site, I went into
help
>> >and about in IE5 and learned that I had a 40 bit siber strength version.
So
>> >the fun began! I tried to go to Microsoft's site and saw an upgrade to
>> >IE5.01 which included the 128 bit version. I didn't want 5.01, so I
made a
>> >couple of calls to Citibank, and then to my I.S.P. Here's a tip for
anybody
>> >wanting to upgrade their security with IE5, as told to me by my I.S.P
rep.
>> >If you go to help and about in IE5, you'll see the siber strength you
have,
>> >most likely either 40 or 128. If you wish to upgrade from 40 to 128, you
>> >move the Jaws cursor to the word "update". Place the Jaws cursor on any
>> >character in the word "update", not on the parentheses, but on the
actual
>> >word. Then click the left mouse button, and you are taken to the
Microsoft
>> >site and the page where the patch can be downloaded. It's pretty easy
from
>> >there to upgrade your security. The file is called MSIE128.exe, about
220KB
>> >in size. I ran the patch, and now have a 128 bit encrypted version of
>> >IE5.0. This probably relates to what you reported about the version of
IE5
>> >on the Jaws CD. I just thought that if the update saw a 128 bit
version, it
>> >would automatically update it, as many have told me. Not true. Sorry
for
>> >the lengthy message, but others may wish to upgrade their version, and
this
>> >is the easiest way to do this. By the way, I can now access the
Deferred
>> >Comp site, which is what started all of this in the first place.
>> >Best Regards,
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>> >Les
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>>Walter
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>Kind Regards,
>STAN & BOBBI
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>May GOD bless our coming marraige.
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