hi e
regarding not being able to access the ie repair tool, from the ms product support services page that i linked in the page tc gave you, find this...
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"If the Internet Explorer Repair Tool Verification does not work, or if Internet Explorer 5 is not listed in the Add/Remove Programs tool in Control Panel, you may be able to start the Internet Explorer Repair tool from a command prompt:
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type the following command, and then click OK:
rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE5Maintenance "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Setup\SETUP.EXE" /g "C:\WINDOWS\IE Uninstall Log.Txt"
NOTE: This command is case sensitive."
support.microsoft.com
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maybe that will help.
re, "...wondering why, if you use IE as your browser mostly, you are staying with Communicator for your email"
in a word, viruses. in several words, outlook is widely known as a vehicle for malicious code. some might call it infested. i prefer to think of it as troublesome. i do not want to offend the many outlook users on the thread. they obviously feel different about outlook and outlook express than i do. i just don't want any part of it. i consider it to be the equivalent of asking for trouble.
regarding junk mail, i'll repeat this fact at the risk of boring those who have already read it a dozen times before.... one of the keys to controlling (and yes, even reducing and limiting) the amount of spam you receive is to DELETE IT WITHOUT OPENING IT. whatever the necessary steps are to do that on outlook, do it. i know what the steps are on messenger (the name of netscape communicator's email client), and i follow them religiously. i delete the spam without opening it. once it's opened, you've signaled to the spammer that they have reached a 'live' or valid email address, and the onslaught begins. merely deleting the spam does absolutely nothing to discourage or curtail the inflow. does this make sense?
in the next post, i'll address the issue you first asked about in #reply-15986985 . this reply is getting a bit too long.
hope this helps
:)
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