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Hi Ambros,
There shouldn't normally be a firewall set up unless you set it up
specifically. Something may be blocking your webcam or trying to take
it over. Use Ad-Aware SE and SpyBot 1.4 to scan for spyware and
malware.
As for Thunderbird (I use PINE exclusively), it's possible T-Bird's
biggest plus is that it won't auto-open attachments like OE does.
Most email messages are relatively small and harmless. The really
nasty stuff usually comes through as attachments so that is where
T-Bird makes itself more valuable.
Tony @ CCN Help
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Ambros wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> yes, firewall problems. I try to activate my webcam but am told, "... appear
> to be
> behind a firewall... can't activate webcam." But my webcam worked a coupla
> weeks
> ago. I still run Win98. Does it have a firewall? I don't remember
> installing a firewall.
> I do remember, though, a while ago, configuring a firewall. Don't remember
> where it
> came from or when. Windows FIND does not find a firewall.
>
> Second question / problem. For my mail, I use Thunderbird, which is not that
> much
> different from Outlook. I get lots of junk mail and would like to delete it
> without even
> looking at it lest I get blessed with web bugs and other delights. But, to
> delete a message
> on Thunderbird, I have to move the cursor over it, which action means that
> the message
> is opened however briefly. Would one second be long enough for such a
> message to
> drop a web bug? Is there a way of deleting a message, whose sender I don't
> know, in
> Thunderbird or Outlook without opening it, however briefly?
>
> If you have no answer for me, thanks at least for listening.
>
> waterbuf
>
>
>
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