If you want the flexibility of a "hotmail" ((I do, and I have it), but
don't
want all the animated ads, get a bundle pack like Norton Internet Security.
I don't work for 'em, and I've only recently started using the package, but
it has a WONDERFUL ad-ware blocker that leaves your viewed web page intact,
while simply screening the ad location (turning it black or transparent). I
paid $29.95 for my copy, including a 1-year subscription to NAV's virus
updates, on the website: NextAisle.
Also, there's a couple of freebie packages available on C|Net's
Download.com: "Adware," whick you can use to clean your system and registry
of cached ad files, and "Pop-up Stopper," which does exactly what it says it
does. Both occationally leave you with WIndows Message Service error
messages (Of course! Your Adware thinks its broken if it can't cover your
screen with its ad!), but these are background, and much easier to dump than
the ads themselves.
Cheers!
Ed Tillman
Store Automation Tech Support Specialist
Valero Energy Corporation
San Antonio, TX; USA
Phone (210) 592-3110, Fax (210) 592-2048
edward.tillman(a)valero.com <mailto:edward.tillman@valero.com>
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org@PEUSA On Behalf Of "Daniel
Hicks" <danielrhicks(a)hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:14 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: A plea to classiccmpers
There's nothing wrong with Hotmail. And, of
course, I realize this
mailing
Personally, I prefer not to conduct my correspondence thru a barrage
of
animated adverts and relentless popups and other
Crapola - YMMV