I would highly recommend that all of us who are like
me and not computer/virus savvy, ask one of our
friends who knows what they are talking about. Because
of all the conflicting advice on here, how is a person
supposed to know what to do to protect their computer?
My vote: ask a personal friend who you trust, so you
don't have advice on hear-say.
No offense to anyone. :)
-Holly Reinhard
Eugene, OR
using a pc, but knows Macs are the best.


--- David Lyles <oregondave at hevanet.com> wrote:
> So, with all the conflicting opinion and advice, is
> everyone
> thoroughly confused yet?
>
> I must admit I am watching this from the sidelines,
> as I have a Mac
> (so I appreciated the comments about the drawbacks
> of monoculture).
>
> That being said, I feel compelled to take issue with
> this piece of advice:
>
> >
> >To protect yourself you must do 5 things:
>
> (snip)
>
> >4. Activate the SPAM filter from your ISP. If your
> ISP doesn't provide one,
> >switch ISP's
>
> If you use the ISP's spam filter, it is very likely
> that at some
> point some e-mail you should, and want to, receive
> will be
> misidentified and filtered out as "spam." That's
> because it is the
> ISP that decides on the criteria, and it's never
> going to be "one
> size fits all." If that's acceptable to you and a
> price you're
> willing to pay for that level of protection, then
> fine -- that's your
> call. It's just that you should be aware of that
> when deciding, and
> that there is no absolute protection to be had --
> only degrees of
> protection.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> Portland OR
>
> P.S. I do feel this discussion is relevant to
> Tweeters, and good to
> have, as we all share not only our interest in birds
> and birding, but
> also our use of computers and e-mail.


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