Oddquine wrote:Looks as if if your 'puter ain't a server, you should be OK with decent firewalls and Virus protection.......................but I do hope that there isn't still anyone stupid enough to have the pane which automatically opens emails working in their OE or Thunderbird.........that is just looking for trouble.
D'you mean the Preview Pane in OE Oddquine? Only I always have that on. But.... the mail does go through Mailwasher before downloading and I do have a virus checker which checks all my e-mails, well, everything I download, as I download it, plus a firewall.
As for the Microsoft Updates, well, the last couple mucked up my security settings something awful! Caused me a ever such a lot of hassle! There were some sites I couldn't access or use the tools on and I couldn't answer any surveys without a blasted little pop-up box asking me if I wanted to use my clipboard or not! No matter what I answered, the damn thing wouldn't go away and I couldn't go any further. Microsoft are marvellous for altering your settings without telling you aren't they?