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   R.Wieser to All   
   Re: what are the email programs that are   
   05 May 23 21:22:19   
   
   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Shadow,   
      
   > HTML can be a privacy issue(if it loads remote images   
   > etc using you user-ID) or at worst, dangerous.   
      
   :-) The first thing I did after installing (with the ethernet cable   
   disconnected) was to drop a doctored ws2_32 DLL into the silpheed folder,   
   which blocks any connection other than to the email servers (pop and smtp).   
      
   Time will tell if I'm over-cautious there. :-)   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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