Hi, Sudip. On 7/22/02 at 8:18 p.m. you wrote:
I used ZA but after it started screwing things in TB!, I removed it.
After much searching and many trials, I've come to settle on Agnitum
Outpost Pro Firewall. Have no problem with it so far. There's also a
freeware version available.
Do you know
Hi Avram,
On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 01:59:56 -0500 GMT (Jul 31, 12:44 my local time),
you [AS] wrote
AS Do you know which version of ZA you used
I don't specifically but I upgraded to the latest version (mid May I
think) and still had problems.
AS can you be a little more specific regarding what
Hi Sudip, Avram,
I use Zone Alarm Pro (as fas as I know the latest version) and do
_not_ have any problems that I am aware of. My OS is Windows XP
Professional and I am using McAfee Total Virus Defence with it (also
without _any_ problems).
What I do remember (you are also referring to that) is
Hello Erik,
On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:51:11 +0200 (MEST) GMT (31/07/02, 16:51 +0700 GMT),
Erik Janssen wrote:
EJ What I do remember (you are also referring to that) is some renaming
EJ of attachments (the file extentions). When I disabled the Mail-Safe
EJ settings everything worked fine at my
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On Wednesday, July 31, 2002, Thomas F. wrote...
Pardon me for being ignorant, but was does this Mail-Safe function
in ZA do? What I can figure from the list, it changes attachment
names, so that they cannot be opened any more. May make sense for
Hello Thomas,
TF Pardon me for being ignorant, but was does this Mail-Safe function in
TF ZA do? What I can figure from the list, it changes attachment names,
TF so that they cannot be opened any more. May make sense for OE/OL
TF users, but then, how do *they* open attachments at all?
TF Is it
When using ZA, disabling Mail-Safe is essential to avoid the renaming of
executable attachments. I have never had a problem renaming them
so I could run an AV scan and then open them.
Elaine
Hello Erik
On Wednesday, July 31, 2002, you wrote
What I do remember (you are also referring to
It is a optional feature of ZA and does not have to be used. It
changes the file extension to an easily-identified ZA file
extension and the attachment can be renamed and opened. Simply
unchecking the option eliminates the feature.
Elaine
Hello Thomas
On Wednesday, July 31, 2002, you wrote
Hi, Elaine.
on 07/31/2002 at 04:24 PM you wrote:
When using ZA, disabling Mail-Safe is essential to avoid the renaming of
executable attachments. I have never had a problem renaming them
so I could run an AV scan and then open them.
If I understand you correctly, with ZA one must disable
Because I am using the free current version of ZA, it only offers
mail protection against VBS attachments and it has never
interfered with TheBat. When I was using Outlook Express, I used
the paid version of ZA-Pro and it offered protection against 45
additional mail attachments (.exe, .com,
Hi Avram,
On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:50:28 -0500 GMT (Aug 01, 03:35 my local time),
you [AS] wrote
AS Isn't disabling the feature defeating the purpose of the firewall?
If you have an AV package with up to date definition and its set up to
scan incoming mail, this feature is absolutely redundant.
Hello Erik,
On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 22:54:59 +0200 (MEST) GMT (01/08/02, 03:54 +0700 GMT),
Erik Janssen wrote:
TF Is it the job of this firewall to make attachments useless?
EJ According to the help-file of ZA it should do the following:
EJ (sorry for the gigantic message!)
We might have to move
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In message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED],
Thomas F. [TF] wrote:
TF We might have to move this to TBOT soon. But thanks for the info.
.
TF (Has ZoneLabs been bought by Microsoft, or why do they write such a
TF nonsense?)
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