Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-07 Thread Thomas F.
Hello Tim, On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 08:51:11 +1000 GMT (06/10/02, 05:51 +0700 GMT), Tim wrote: TUnless someone can tell me how to make these emails display Tcorrectly in TB! (no complicated workarounds), There is a little tab at the bottom. It says message.htm. Click on it. This shows HTML

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-07 Thread Thomas F.
Hello Tim, On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 21:13:19 +1000 GMT (06/10/02, 18:13 +0700 GMT), Tim wrote: T As far as I know the most infectious current viruses do little T direct damage to a user's system. Except deleting files that the user needs to run the system. Deleting .exe or .dll files is a popular

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-07 Thread Scott McNay
Hi Thomas! In message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Monday, October 7, 2002, 7:06:19 AM, you wrote: T They use bandwidth in emailing themselves, TF If that were all they do, I'd uninstall my anti-virus programm right TF away. I guess the (at least) weekly updates cost me more

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-07 Thread Thomas F.
Hello Scott, On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:37:30 -0500 GMT (07/10/02, 19:37 +0700 GMT), Scott McNay wrote: TF If that were all they do, I'd uninstall my anti-virus programm TF right away. SM If that were all it did, I still would not want to be SM responsible for someone else's machine getting

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-07 Thread Peter Palmreuther
On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 20:07:51 +0700 Thomas F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Viruses *delete and alter files*. That is their main threat. Didn't you know that? No he didn't. He had set up a filter that refused mail from AV-Vendors containing information about viruses :-) *SCNR* :-))) -- GDR Pit

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-07 Thread Dierk Haasis
Hello Thomas! On Monday, October 7, 2002 at 3:07:51 PM you wrote: Viruses *delete and alter files*. That is their main threat. Didn't you know that? Perhaps he just doesn't know of the various types of malware (i.e. viruses, Trojan Horses*, worms etc.)? *BTW, there is a BIG difference

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-07 Thread Peter Meyns
Hi Dierk, on Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:50:35 +0200GMT (same here), you wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : DH *BTW, there is a BIG difference between a Trojan and a Trojan Horse. Indeed there is! US Americans will know best... ;-) *SCNR* -- Cheers Peter Common sense is the

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-07 Thread Scott McNay
Hi Thomas! In message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Monday, October 7, 2002, 8:07:51 AM, you wrote: TF On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:37:30 -0500 GMT (07/10/02, 19:37 +0700 GMT), TF Scott McNay wrote: TF If that were all they do, I'd uninstall my anti-virus programm TF right away. SM

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-07 Thread Thomas F.
Hello Scott, On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:06:57 -0500 GMT (08/10/02, 06:06 +0700 GMT), Scott McNay wrote: SM There *are* a small handful of viruses that simply spread, with SM minimal other impact. Ironically, this handful isn't prolific, and SM therefore not well-known. Worms. Yes, there are. I

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread Jason
Hello Sudip, Sunday, October 6, 2002, 10:31:58 AM, you wrote: SP The spammers frequently use SP pictures to confirm your mail address - which obviously results in SP more spam. how they gonna do that? can u tell me about this? just curious though :) -- Best regards, Jason

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread Jonathan Angliss
SP The spammers frequently use SP pictures to confirm your mail address - which obviously results in SP more spam. how they gonna do that? can u tell me about this? just curious though :) Most webservers log each connection attempt for files, they can get it from there. The other way is

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread Hexdump
Hello Jason, Sunday, October 6, 2002, 3:16:03 AM, you wrote: Hello Sudip, Sunday, October 6, 2002, 10:31:58 AM, you wrote: SP The spammers frequently use pictures to confirm your mail address SP - which obviously results in more spam. how they gonna do that? can u tell me about this? just

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread Tim
On Sunday, 6 October 2002, Sudip Pokhrel wrote: SP AFAIK, TB! doesn't download pictures with HTML mail. This is not a SP bug or a limitation but a security feature. The spammers SP frequently use pictures to confirm your mail address - which SP obviously results in more spam. I understand that,

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread Tim
On Sunday, 6 October 2002, Tim wrote: T I'll try PocoMail if I get time before I have to leave tomorrow. PS. I'm in east coast Australia so tomorrow probably means before breakfast for most of you, and if you're in the US, it means today. -- Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! v1.61 on

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread William Moore
Hello Tim Thank you for your email dated Sunday, October 6, 2002, 9:11:31 AM, in which you wrote: T PS. I'm in east coast Australia so tomorrow probably means before T breakfast for most of you, and if you're in the US, it means today. Unless you live here in which case it's yesterday ;-)

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread Tim
On Sunday, 6 October 2002 at 2002:10:06:09:26 (UTC +0100), William Moore wrote: T PS. I'm in east coast Australia so tomorrow probably means T before breakfast for most of you, and if you're in the US, it T means today. WM Unless you live here in which case it's yesterday ;-) Where is here for

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Tim, @6-Oct-2002, 18:03 +1000 (09:03 UK time) Tim [T] in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: SP AFAIK, TB! doesn't download pictures with HTML mail... T ... in these emails the pictures are included with the email... T ...

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread Tim
On Sunday, 6 October 2002, Marck D Pearlstone wrote: MDP You might try externalising attachments and double clicking the MDP HTML first. It might work. I think I've tried that. I saved all attachments to the same folder (using the default names, which I assume are the names in the original

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Tim, @6-Oct-2002, 21:13 +1000 (12:13 UK time) Tim [T] in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: MDP You might try externalising attachments and double clicking MDP the HTML first. It might work. T I think I've tried that. I saved all

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread Tim
On Sunday, 6 October 2002, Marck D Pearlstone wrote: MDP You might try externalising attachments and double clicking the MDP HTML first. It might work. T I think I've tried that. I saved all attachments to the same T folder (using the default names, which I assume are the names in T the

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Tim, @6-Oct-2002, 22:09 +1000 (13:09 UK time) Tim [T] in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: T ... The attachment folder contains all the GIF files, but T not the HTML file. Darn! The flaw in the ointment. - -- Cheers -- .\\arck D

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread William Moore
Hello Tim Thank you for your email dated Sunday, October 6, 2002, 9:42:49 AM, in which you wrote: T Where is here for you? T My time zone is uTC + 1000 so noone can be more than two hours ahead T of me. As it's 1835 on Sunday 6 October here, it can't possibly be T later than

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, October 05, 2002, at 7:31:58 PM PST, Sudip Pokhrel wrote: Yes: Pocomail (www.pocomail.com). Fantastic mail client with HTML support both ways. Has an option to toggle picture(s) download on/off. IMO, the best client after TB! Easy to

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread Adam
Hello Tim, Sunday, October 6, 2002, 8:43:19 AM, you wrote: T If installing TB! leads to more frequent calls, then from my point of T view it's a downgrade. Make sure she's not using Windows XP. Then she can use Menu Navigator. -- Best regards, Adam

SOT: Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-06 Thread Sudip Pokhrel
Hi Melissa, On Sunday, October 6, 2002 09:25 your local time, (22:10 my local time), you [MR] wrote: MR I used Pocomail before I started using TB!, Ditto here MR and while I've never used it for daily email since I started with MR TB! (over a year ago), I still keep my PM up to date

TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-05 Thread Tim
After recently cleaning out all the viruses from my mother's computer, I've decided it's time she changed from Outlook Express to TB! I've set up her account in TB!, and set up AVG. I'm now trying to anticipate her problems in adjusting. She can just manage to use Outlook Express, Internet

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-05 Thread Scott McNay
Hi Tim! In message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Saturday, October 5, 2002, 5:51:11 PM, you wrote: T After recently cleaning out all the viruses from my mother's computer, T I've decided it's time she changed from Outlook Express to TB! T I've set up her account in TB!, and set

Re: TB! for my Mum - several questions

2002-10-05 Thread Sudip Pokhrel
Hi Tim, On Sunday, October 6, 2002 08:51 your local time, (04:36 my local time), you [T] wrote: T If I double-click to open the html attachment in Internet Explorer, T the figures do not appear. The space where each should appear is T clearly marked, and there is a little picture icon in the