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Re: [IRCA] ISP Help
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] ISP Help
- From: Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:15:07 -0800 (PST)
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--- "W. Curt Deegan" <WWWR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Earthlink ( http://www.earthlink.net/ ) has a package of programs and
>
> services aimed at those objectives, all part of their standard
> membership.
>
> I'm on Earthlink but don't use the services. No reason other than I
> do
> things my own way.
>
> Overall, Earthlink has become more reliable over the years. They are
>
> usually pretty good with on-line and telephone assistance, but it is
> possible to get into a black hole as I did trying to upgrade to high
> speed access.
My feeling is that web-based is better than using Outlook, especially
for the new user. Outlook is the default program and it is also low
quality in terms of it's 'resistance' to spam and viruses, which is
minimal. While that is partly because it is the email program default,
it is also poorly defended.
I have used Yahoo quite happily for several years, although I'm now
starting to see intermittent serious slowness which has never been
there before, which is neither my system nor the ISP ( Verizon DSL ).
I've found Hotmail to be mostly indifferent to spam and therefore
fdropped it about 2 years ago.
The beauty of web-based email is its portability and also that the mail
stays on the web - it never resides on the PC, which is a major line of
defense against spams and viruses.
Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20ID
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop
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