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beef

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  1. I think this whole story begs the question are the children being padlocked away from the danger in the community or are they being padlocked in because THEY are a danger to the community. (I strongly suspect the latter :D)

  2. Almost all webhosts/isp offer both so either way you are still open to any security holes, and as said above the email is often retained even if read via pop3/imap. I know I keep all my email, what is the point having a receipt or invoice sent that is deleted once I have read it? Unless you go to the bother of setting up your own mail server and locking it down to no webmail access and only your ip can connect, there are security issues. Also unless you set up encryption with pop3 your details are sent plainly over the internet which is less secure than using a https connection with webmail.

     

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    Johnny - you may wish to look into thunderbird, it is a bit more secure than outlook :blush: (and looks prettier!)

  3. It is one of the downfalls of web based email. Hackers and people who do this kind of thing just because they can, exist unfortunately.

     

    Email packages that are installed onto your PC such as thunderbird, outlook etc are a lot safer, they can be a pain to set up but you can also set it to forward on to you emails from other your other web based email accounts.

    This is not true, whether by remote client or webmail you are still connecting to the same thing, neither is any more or less secure than the other.

  4. I feel like this several times a year, I keep a stack of books I refer to as the "slam dunk pile" for just such an occasion, generally short books or very very easy to read books that help ease the feeling of it being a chore or break up the monotony of the book i am struggling with (but I rarely give up on the difficult book).

  5. I got a sony reader touch for Xmas, Love it! There are plenty of books for free (project Gutenberg, google books etc) and lots for very cheap (waterstones even allow you to search on price then genre/author etc). There are cases that have lights built in so thats not really an issue and so far it been all positive for me, I especially like the "create note" function where you can pinpoint something you highlighted instantly to re-read or refer to. Thumbs up from me :D

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