What a week for virus hell. I'm getting five to ten new virus messages a day on my work server (fortunately all caught by the virus scan and disabled before they land in my mailbox).

I'm on the American Hospital Association's daily news list serve and it seems that someone hacked their distribution list. The sad thing is that while some of them are obvious virus messages given the sender e-mail and subject line, some have subject lines and sender e-mails that I *would* click if they weren't disabled.

Just another case for having good (and continually updated) virus software!

And whats wrong with Microsoft software? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

There are some viruses as SVPII pointed out that can execute upon opening a mail but most still sit as an embeeded part of an attachment. If you are using Outlook, by default it will warn you before opening any attachment that could possibly contain a virus.

Good suggestion though, put FT or the likes in the subject field, most of the people that send mails to me do.

Thanks,
Richard

What is wrong with MS software, just simply that it is not designed secure, that is mostly all.

I am surprised many still use Eudora. Is that widespread?

Glen,

For my part I can say it is more a case of being more familiar with it than anything else. When I had to switch over to a Windows machine (at the office) a few years ago, I tried to use Outlook but it didn't feel right. Probably has argueably great merits, but just didn't synch with me. I prefer dedicated mail software over a "swiss army knife" approach like I see with Outlook. The other nice things that I cite as reasons for staying with Eudora are the filters, and the ability to manage things here at the office as I do on my G4 at home. I prefer other software for scheduling and contact management so this way I use all of Eudora and all of the other specific programs for those other uses, rather than part of Outlook etc. As a long time Mac user I suppose there is an ingrained dislike of all that MS produces. Obviously a silly prejudice to maintain, and although I admit office is a great product, it liely will never be the case that I go for Outlook or Explorer. I prefer Netscape as next step from Mosaic. Hmmm... widespread? I too would love to know if many longtime Windows fans have moved to Eudora as a substitute for the MS products that provide similar functions.

Mike

This is a very timely thread for me. My Netscape Mail has become increasingly unstable. Today, it completely crashed and will not open my inbox. I was able to recover the contents in text-format using WordPad. I really like Netscape, having used it as my mail client and web browser for the last six years. I guess it's time to move on. I'm browsing now on Internet Explorer and am debating what to use for an e-mail client. I'm also reevaluating my ISP.

I started with Eudora Light when I first had a computer then "graduated" to a version of Eudora pro, and then bought a later version of that. I really liked it, but gathered the rest of the universe was using Outlook ,so drifted to that camp. Have the others still loaded and are handy as back up and am pleased to see I was not the LAST person to convert across. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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~ Glen ~

Try Pegasus Mail

Have been using it for seven years and am 98% satisfied with its features, capabilities, and resistance to viruses.