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Reply Tue 27 Jan, 2004 08:06 pm
Hello Able2Know.com!

Over the past several weeks, I have been looking at e-mail providers and e-mail security software. I have, however, come up with some questions.

My first question, the PGP (Pretty Good Protection) encryption software, is it worth it if one uses web-based e-mail services like Hotmail and Yahoo? Is it worth purchasing the $50 version from PGP.com?

Second question. I have been considering getting a new e-mail address and possibly a new provider. Right now I have Hotmail. I like Hotmail and its ability to download e-mail to Outlook and Outlook Express but I dislike these applications. Are there any alternatives to these applications that would allow me to download my e-mail from Hotmail and save it on my hard drive? Would I be violating an service agreement if I tried using the process described HERE to use Mozilla's e-mail client?

Third and, I think, final question. Yay, right? I thought so. I seem to have this thing about writing LONG posts. LOL Laughing

Anyway, here it is. I like Hotmail for two reasons. One is the Passport thing that "good old Bill" (and I use this lightly) started and two the ability to download the e-mails to my computer. I hate, however, the limited space. I would like to switch to a different provider. I found one, which I'll talk about in a second, but does anyone know where I could find other providers, for free, that offer a decent about of space, has creditability, and the ability, also for free, to download the e-mails to my computer?

In my search, I have found one that provides lots of space (10MB) and the ability to download e-mails and that is Fast Mail. (This is the free version I am talking about, with IMA/web access.) However, I have never really heard of them. Has anyone heard anything about this company or seem reviews of the service? Also, what does it mean when it says it adds "taglines" to e-mails?

Well, I think that is about it for now. LOL Laughing

Thanks for any advice/comments/help. Its always appreciated.
Robert2513
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Reply Tue 27 Jan, 2004 09:41 pm
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Random Taglines

Of all the taglines in all the tagline files in all the world, you got stuck with these. . .

A pinch of this & a pinch of that. Good thing the wife's not looking.
Alimony is the take from the mistake
All stressed out, and Orville's not around to choke.
A taxpayer is someone who does not have to take a civil service exam in order to work for the government
Artery: The study of fine painting
Beware a tagline thief has been reported...GOTCHA!
BBS Lingo: POV: Point Of View
Ban Handguns! Make it SAFE for a gov't takeover!
Clinton, Gore & Dolly Parton in an elevator? 2 boobs & a country music
Coulda sworn I hit something - Tom in his race car
Crime doesn't pay - unless you do it well.
Clinton's favorite movie: Deliverance!
Clinton is responsible for a lot of new Republican officials.
DS: Deadlock System
Excuse me, while I crouch down here 'ahint my asbestos shield
Ensign Bennett, Set in a course for the nearest KFC, Engage
Everyone likes a little ass, but nobody likes a smart ass
Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom
Flight: To throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Full moon and empty parms
Fat (n) - the stuff in food that makes it taste good.
Git 'n the truck, bitch. Redneck foreplay.
Good Idea: cleaning up litter. Bad Idea: cleaning up kitty litter.
Gasoline and a match make Kitty go "Whooooooofff!"
Golf cart: an all-terrain vehicle that runs on beer.
G'Kar: One does not risk everything to settle a score prematurely
Good day to avoid cops. Crawl to work
How To Get Attention - By A. U. Overthere
Happiness: Me in a bar, Dan buying the drinks!
Help the economy...buy something here !!
Have you thanked your sysop today? Fax him a Dopefish!
Has it ever rained cats and dogs?
Impotience: eager anticipation by men awaiting their Viagra prescription
I am not an animal! I am ... well, not an animal.
Jeffrey Dahmers Cookbook: A Farewell to Arms.
Jeff Gordon wins Rockingham - 2-23-1997, in a Chevy Monte Carlo
Jim, you don't ask the Almighty for his I.D. Bones
Justice League Wish List: Winston Grey as Oberon.
Kill it now! -- Worf
Kamakazis DO IT once.
Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent. . <Shakespeare>
Living life on the edge of insanity . . . <nudge>
Last words: "Bugger! Failed my Intelligence test."
Mages rule - Darkwood
Mary had a little RAM - about a MEG or so.
My little scientific calculator - Tom to blender
Macro Macro Macro
Now look, I can tackle this lot single-handed! --Monty Python
OLD DAREDEVILS never die, they just get discouraged
Oh! Oh! Me! Me! I'm done! I'll go first - Crow
OPERA: where one gets stabbed in the back and sings about dying
Oh boy...this is really mindsucker of all times
Odo is there any more Jell-O in the Fridge? Odo?? Odo???
__-+- (the no-win tagline) *--\___ *--\___ *--\___
* <- Tribble *) <- Tribble Smilie
! Origin: Always know where your towel is. (1:143/207.1)
@N@ knows *things* about *stuff*!
#$%& *& %!@#$% $%*....oops sorry- no speaka de ASCII!
Poopie... -- TV's Frank
QOTD: "Are you into casual sex, or should I dress up?"
"You're disgusting!" - Odo "It's a living." - Quark
Reach out and touch someone, just be careful where you touch her!
Roe versus Wade --- Instruction manual for canoeing
Read The Fantastic Manual and I'm sure you'll find RTFM
Show & Tell: Lecture by Gypsy Rose Lee
Seduction? Never crossed my mind. May I take your dress?
So weird, he's had death threats from the radical center!
Self Help Workshop: Bio-Feedback and How to Stop It
Some days, the only good things on TV are the vase and the clock.
Sometimes it healthy to explore the darker side of your psyche
To those who are overly cautious, everything is impossible. - Kahless the Unforgettable
theres nothing like a view from the cheap seats
There's nothing wrong with you that couldn't be cured with
Uh-Oh, I'm leaking brain lubricant - Calvin
URA Redneck if your pocket knife's been referred to as "Exhibit A".
UPS EMPLOYEES do it overnight.
URA Redneck ifAll of your four-letter words are two syllables
URA SysOp if you watched Alien to figure out Mother's clock speed
UseJUDKINS Recvd: NO
VALUABLE STORE COUPON HAS BEEN REMOVED!
VirusScan: MS Windows found. Delete? (Y/y)
Violators will be shot. Survivors will be shot again
Whaddya mean DOOMII won't run on my XT!? ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
Why am I fighting this?! Why..am I fighting this.-Bashir
Waffle House...Breakfast of Champions and Insomniacs
Xochiquetzal, Goddess of Love, Moon Virgin
X T u s e r s d o i t s l o w l y
X PROGRAMMERS do it with clients and servers.
XXXXXXXXXX Better Tagines Through Assimilation XXXXXXXXXX
Xenon: Has the unique property of duplication.
Yo mama's so fat she steps on a scale & it goes one at a time please
Yo'momma so ugly when she sits in the sand the cat tries to bury her.
Yo'momma so ugly when I first saw her, my momma was nauseous.
You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die. -- Westley
Zounds - a GORKON death station appears.
Zen What is the sound of sh*t happening?
Zima taztes like zhit
Zebra: the largest size bra
ZAP...ZAP...ZAP...click...click... Damn! My phaser's out
Zucchini of Borg: Naaaahh, that's TOO weird...even for a tagline.


However, other selections might not be so"friendly."

And additional thought: "You buy cheap, you get cheap." Good luck! :-) :-) :-)
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fishin
 
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Reply Tue 27 Jan, 2004 09:54 pm
Re: E-Mail Questions
Robert2513 wrote:
My first question, the PGP (Pretty Good Protection) encryption software, is it worth it if one uses web-based e-mail services like Hotmail and Yahoo? Is it worth purchasing the $50 version from PGP.com?


Do you have some special requirement to encrypt your email or prove your identity to the people you send e-mail to? If not there isn't much point in bothering with PGP.

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Second question. I have been considering getting a new e-mail address and possibly a new provider. Right now I have Hotmail. I like Hotmail and its ability to download e-mail to Outlook and Outlook Express but I dislike these applications. Are there any alternatives to these applications that would allow me to download my e-mail from Hotmail and save it on my hard drive? Would I be violating an service agreement if I tried using the process described HERE to use Mozilla's e-mail client?


There are hundreds of alternatives to Outlook. You can do a search on any of the shareware or freeware sites and use any client that supports POP3 and SMTP e-mail. Eudora is probably the most popular stand alone e-mail client.

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Anyway, here it is. I like Hotmail for two reasons. One is the Passport thing that "good old Bill" (and I use this lightly) started and two the ability to download the e-mails to my computer. I hate, however, the limited space. I would like to switch to a different provider. I found one, which I'll talk about in a second, but does anyone know where I could find other providers, for free, that offer a decent about of space, has creditability, and the ability, also for free, to download the e-mails to my computer?


Passport is entirely independent of Hotmail. You don't need Hotmail to get Passport and you don't need Passport to use Hotmail.

As far as finding other possible services - Look here:
http://www.emailaddresses.com/email_pop.htm


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Also, what does it mean when it says it adds "taglines" to e-mails?


It means that when you send and e-mail they are goimng to tack a line or two to the end of each one. Usually it's just advertising for their own site but they get to choose what gets tacked on and you have zero control over it. Whaddya want for free??? Razz
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ebrown p
 
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Reply Tue 27 Jan, 2004 10:24 pm
There are good, secure free versions of PGP available. They are not very difficult to use. Just make sure you read the installation instructions carefully to make sure you keep secure.

http://www.pgpi.org/
http://www.gnupg.org/

There are good reasons to use PGP. The first is that (as you probably know) email is a public communication. You should assume that people are reading your email as it is very easy to do.

If you want privacy PGP is the way to go.

The second is a political reason. People using PGP make everyone more secure. The argument goes like this. If everyone sent postcards, then the one person who sent a letter in an envelope would be suspect (what is he hiding). Since everyone sends messages in envelopes, there is an assumption that people have privacy.

Anyway, the freeware is there, it's free, it's secure and it's not that hard to use.

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