__/ [ Rex Ballard ] on Tuesday 22 August 2006 02:59 \__
> hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Bill gates held a press conference ?last year? offering to fix e-mail.
>> IIRC his solution was for all e-mail to be validated by, presumably,
>> microsoft ;)
>
> Yes, and he (oops, I mean billwg) described exactly how to do it.
>
> Apply every patch from Microsoft the instant it arrives.
> Don't open any attachements (even from people you trust).
> Don't preview any e-mails from anyone who is not in your address book.
> Destroy all e-mails prom people who are not in your address book.
>
> No wonder he doesn't get any complaints about Windows ;-)
>
> :-D
Gates also promised that SPAM would vanish within 24 months. That was well
over 2 years ago. Now he runs away from the problems (retirement) as it all
exacerbates. A(n electronic) friend of mine receives millions of SPAM per
month. I am approaching a thousand a day myself and it is costing me, as
well as everybody else who pays for Internet service. And Vista is
potentially less secure than SP2, whose code is more established.
Hey, Rex, remember that page of yours about the commercialisation of the Web?
Begin the preparation of a page titled "The end of the Web". And I'm not
thinking about Net neutrality... I am not alone in thinking this. The golden
age is over and dark days are dawning upon us.
Best wishes,
Roy
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