Paulette Carr on sun 11 jul 04
Dear fellow claybuds who are aol users (other can delete):
I do admit that I do not know how to let something go once I have my teeth
into it, just like my now deceased, cairn terrier, Scooter ... I have spent
the last few days dealing with the email/ISP problems, and finally have them
solved. I do believe that the information may be of value to some others.
First, I have been trying a new ISP that Gail suggested to me off-line ...
thank you. It is very different from having the full package/icons, and does
require a real learning curve, particularly with how your computer needs to be
configured to allow this. The technical service was outstanding in helping me
do this, and get started with outlook express. Though they only had one very
knowledgeable Mac expert -- he was great!!! The whole process is little
harder to learn for this old dog, but the service is stable and I have yet to be
kicked off. In addition, there is a 30 day free trial period, and the cost is
less than half of the aol cost even on month by month service plan. And, oh
yes, the package includes webspace, so I may finally have a website now that I
bought a new digital camera with the proceeds of my last commission. My only
concern is that while this group supports mac on dial-up, none of their other
products like online virus scanners currently work with mac. I am due to
upgrade my computer within the year ... as soon as number one-and-only son is on
his own. This could work ...
On the AOL side, I finally got through to an advanced technical guru, that
was able to help me fix the problem of turning off the aol filters. All mail
with the domain of lsv.ceramics.org is now coming to my mailbox. And gee, it
only took me one week, 6 calls and complaints to tech people, and beaucoup
hours. If anyone else is having a problem with missing mail, or mail in your spam
folder, you can contact me off line, and I will attempt to help, or give you
the aol advanced tech. number.
As soon as I can get my family weaned, I will make the switch permanent. It
is easier said than done, but the webspace is a real draw for me!!! BUT for
those with aol you can now control all spam filters. By the way, I am sending
this through the aol system to test it: I hope that I haven't written
prematurely ...
I am definitely back to my studio to make up for lost time. I will save the
bones for cocktail hour...
Best regards,
Paulette Carr
St. Louis, MO
Member/Potters Council
Paulette Carr Studio
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Kathy Forer on sun 11 jul 04
On Jul 11, 2004, at 1:52 PM, Paulette Carr wrote:
> My only
> concern is that while this group supports mac on dial-up, none of
> their other
> products like online virus scanners currently work with mac.
But you don't really need any virus scanning for the Mac, so that
particular loss of utility is just fine -- at least until Apple becomes
as foolishly vulnerable as Microsoft, which is unlikely to happen given
their far superior history of addressing security issues and current
Unix underpinnings. Most of the other utilities can also probably be
replaced by your own Mac versions. If you need any specifics, feel free
to email me.
> I am due to
> upgrade my computer within the year ... as soon as number one-and-only
> son is on
> his own. This could work ...
If you upgrade to Mac OS X, you'll find many of the Java applets that
your ISP may use that didn't work on OS 9 may now work of X. In
addition it's rock solid stable and a joy to use.
For all Windows users out there, please consider using anything but
Outlook Express and Internet Explorer. The word from the
"propeller-headed geeks" and now other normal appearing techies is that
these are extremely vulnerable to exploitation applications and it's
far better to use something like Mozilla or Firefox/Thunderbird:
http://www.mozilla.org/ They'll suppress those ridiculously spawning
spam windows, keystroke loggers and eliminate spyware and other
dangers: http://slate.msn.com/id/2103152/
If you're a Mac user thinking of changing to Windows, you have no idea
what it's like out there! We Mac users live in a very sheltered world
and haven't had to deal with Viruses and Trojan exploits since mdef and
nvir, years ago. The current exploitables are quickly plugged and it's
just not as fun to write a virus for a more secure system (I guess).
These Windows people have to constantly battle viruses and trash and
always worry so they stay closer to home and don't have much fun unless
they really know what they're doing.
Kathy
jerseymac.com
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