Re: controversial paper

From: Paul J Gans (gans_at_panix.com)
Date: 09/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:41:26 +0000 (UTC)

George Ou <533george_ou234@netzero234.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 03:51:28 +0000 (UTC), Paul J Gans <gans@panix.com>
>wrote:

>>But I don't *have* to use sendmail (and in fact I don't).
>>On Windows no matter what I do, Outlook is still coupled to
>>the operating system and is active.
>>
>> ---- Paul J. Gans

>That's bull. Outlook is not installed. Outlook Express is, and you
>don't have to use it. You also don't have to use IE. You can use
>Netscape for your browser and email. You can also use Opera or
>anything else you like. You can set your defaults in Windows to not
>use IE or OE. In Windows XP SP1, you can easily turn off all
>microsoft applications if you wish.

Tisn't bull. You cannot simply remove those programs from
your machine. And the OS defaults are not safe.

Yes, they can be worked around, but that's another story.

>As for Sendmail, it is everywhere. Same holds true for Apache and
>BIND. Microsoft's SMTP or DNS almost never have any problems while
>Sendmail and BIND constantly do.

Yes. I agree. My point is that I don't have to use them and
I don't have to do any serious fiddling with the OS in order to
remove them (or in fact, never install them) on my system.

   ---- Paul J. Gans

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