Wilton, Did you move to an all-new computer, or just upgrade the OS and/or the email client?
I've still got Win7 on our home laptop, SWMBO is used to that and whichever version of Outlook is on it (I think 13?), so I'm going to hold on to that as long as possible to avoid hobbling her with learning a new tool. I also don't have much time to devote to that sort of thing. ------------- Max Charleston SC On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 6:35 PM Wilton Strickland via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > After using new email system for coupla months, was not able to > open > attachments. 'Thought I had found the "problem" and changed settings > to correct it. Sending the "aardvark" attachment was an easy way to > check it. It works. Nothing nefarious. No nuke codes passed. > > W > > -----------------------------------------From: "Curt Raymond via > Mercedes" > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Cc: "Curt Raymond" > Sent: Thursday August 22 2019 8:42:25PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] test > > When I was in college I worked for the IT group for one year. This was > one of the real old school IT groups where you had to kiss the ring > of > the boss etc.At the end of the school year they laid off my manager > which was a shame, the guy was great. The rest of us refused to kiss > the ring and were not re-hired the next year. Unfortunately for them > we had already penetrated the network and could do what we wanted. > We knew they were monitoring our email so we instituted strict > security protocols that included encrypting everything with PGP > (Pretty Good Privacy). The encryption scheme would take 1 line of > text > and turn it into a paragraph or a paragraph into a page etc. So the > amount of traffic stayed the same but the volume of each message > jumped dramatically. > It wasn't long before the 5 ringleaders (of which I was the least > technical but most scheming) were hauled in to account for ourselves. > They rolled out "We know you're up to something, we don't know what > but you better tell us or else!" We kept our mouths shut knowing > there > wasn't anything they could do to us, even if they could decrypt our > messages it was all mundane stuff like "What time is dinner?" any > actual scheming we did in person, off campus. > When I graduated the president of the college shook my hand for a > second longer than everybody else "I'm not sad to see you go." We > laughed, it was great. > -Curt > > On Thursday, August 22, 2019, 3:02:28 PM EDT, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > No, he is fully aware that they are, and is just giving them > something to > ponder ... > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 1:52 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > What's the hidden meaning, Wilton? Are you afraid your > conversations are > > being monitored in Beijing? > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time > to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The > few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric > fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com [1] > > To search list archives > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://www.okiebenz.com > [2] http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > /> > > _______________________________________ > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
