"Bruce Hagen" wrote in
:

From pcbuilder98's message headers:

X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165

It appears that he is running Windows XP with SP1, (circa 2003
version).

No I am not running XP with SP1.

I would never claim that Outlook Express or Internet Explorer are the
best e-mail client and browser, (far from it). Nor would I disagree
with someone that preferred to use different ones. I am only involved
with newsgroups to help people with MS issues, not to tout MS
products. But for someone to be so concerned with security, I find it
amusing that he is lacking in about four years of updates.

I stopped updating long ago after an update destroyed my printer driver. It
took almost a year for me to create a workaround to restore full
functionality to my printer. I have been delighted with the results ever
since. Re; the printer and updates.

This
version of IE/OE surely is a less secure version than it could be.

Now that I use Xnews the NG posting part of that problem is solved.

What's that about taking advice "with a grain of salt"?

When I have completed my evaluation of all available browsers and email
clients I will cease using Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. Put your
grain of salt on that.

I'm using the computer I just built as a test bed for my evaluation. When I
find replacements for IE OE I will do a clean install of the OS along with
my Microsoft replacements.

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pcbuilder98