Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:51:18 -0700
Reply-To: Klun John <jklun@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Klun John <jklun@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: heads up on IE browser flaw
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Yes to all your questions. For more info and answers to your dilemma, got
to www.linuxjournal.com . You don't have to subscribe and it's a great
starting point regarding Linux.
John K.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: heads up on IE browser flaw
> I know this isn't Vanagon content, but its how we commuicate with each
> other regards vanagons so I feel it's important..
>
> I have been hearing more and more aobut Linux, and also alternative
> Browsers and E-mail programs to the Microsoft products. I just
> downloaded Mozilla. and I am searching out an alternative e-ail program.
>
> Question: If I have XP as my operating system, can I also have Linux
> installed on the same computer to run as an alternate when I want to????
> All on the same hard drive???
>
> I do have two separate hard drives. Can I have one system on one, and an
> alternate system on the other?
>
> How would/can I soft - switch between them, either on the same driver or
> on the separate drives.
>
> Rely off list is ok, but I bet many members would like to know about this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> gary hradek wrote:
>
> >Tom,
> > It was the Mozilla broswer that I was using with
> >the linux system that showed that the same address to
> >citibank.com for IE was being directed to some website
> >in russia but you could not see that with the windows
> >IE combination. Same problem occurred with an ebay
> >link. What happens is that certain characters in the
> >web url are not able to be displayed by IE and any
> >characters after that are not displayed but the
> >directions are still read by the broswer. Until
> >microsoft fixes the problem we all need to be careful
> >unless we use an alternative.
> >Mistrust all links requesting confidential
> >information.
> >If there is a hole in microsoft browser I am guessing
> >that any broswer could have a problem. It just takes
> >a hacker to figure it out. regards gary
> >Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 22:05:54 -0600
> >From: tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
> >Subject: Re: heads up on IE browser flaw
> >
> >Mistrust Microsoft products. They are the core of the
> >problem. And
> >there are
> >lots of alternatives that are free, and better, and
> >faster, and lots
> >smaller.
> >
> >I make the offer again. Anyone that would like help
> >installing a
> >non-Microsoft
> >browser, i.e. Mozilla, Opera, etc., or a non-Microsoft
> >mail client,
> >i.e.
> >Pegasus, Eudora, etc., please contact me.
> >
> >tom
> >
> >
> >
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