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wa8yxm
Feb 01, 2020Explorer III
I shut down Thunderbird years ago and now use non-windows computers most of the time.
For E-mail I use Web-Mail. most all E-mail hosts inclding Yahoo, G-mail Microsoft's offerings and more offer web mail.
One advantage of web mail is that ANY computer.. either laptop. my phone. my windows machines a library kiosk computer any computer has access to it provided you have the user name and password (Note hackers can also accsss pop or smtp accounts so this is not an increased security risk)
Another advantages is I once tried to download an infected file on a computer where I could easily have cleaned it..... About 40 "Do you really want to do this" pop ups later I gave up. THey do virus scanning with top line scanners at the host end. My computer never saw the virus...
For E-mail I use Web-Mail. most all E-mail hosts inclding Yahoo, G-mail Microsoft's offerings and more offer web mail.
One advantage of web mail is that ANY computer.. either laptop. my phone. my windows machines a library kiosk computer any computer has access to it provided you have the user name and password (Note hackers can also accsss pop or smtp accounts so this is not an increased security risk)
Another advantages is I once tried to download an infected file on a computer where I could easily have cleaned it..... About 40 "Do you really want to do this" pop ups later I gave up. THey do virus scanning with top line scanners at the host end. My computer never saw the virus...
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