On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 22:20:13 +0100, in <alt.privacy.spyware>,
"sixeightsevensix" <x@xworld.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I am at present using tiscali 10,
[snip]

I presume you mean that <tiscali.uk> is your dial-up ISP. You have my
sympathies.

> i cannot access e mail without privacy
> set to medium.
[snip]

That is a rather meaningless statement, presumably specific to the mail
client you're using -- which apparently is MSOE, which itself is likely at
least most of your problem. Ditch that and use a decent non-MS mail client
such as Pegasus Mail, some earlier versions of Eudora (definitely nothing
newer than v4.22, preferably 3.05/3.06), or maybe "The Bat!".

> This results in me picking up tracking cookies.
[snip]

That's because you're trying to read mail using what is essentially a
(broken) web browser -- BAD IDEA. I say again: ditch MSIE/OE.

> The pain in the arse solution is to keep adjusting privacy settings.
[snip]

That's no "solution" at all -- you're just masking one of the symptoms (and
a trivial one, at that).

> I keep getting an error message trying to retrieve messages using OE6
> after setting up mail account.
[snip]

If you were using any other mail client, the specific text of that message
might be of interest. But given Outleak Excuse, it's a moot point.

> Any suggestions other than use a different isp?
>

Use a different app. Seriously. MSIE/OE is a gilt-edged engraved
invitation to virii, worms, trojans, spyware, and all manner of assorted
crap -- DO NOT USE IT, EVER.

Better yet, remove the parasite from your system entirely:

<http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html>

--

Jay T. Blocksom
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Appropriate Technology, Inc.
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

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