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> You get whacked more than I do.  

Well, I receive the viruses, but they don't whack me.

> It's the protection side that matters.
> You've chosen a mailer that has strong built in protection.

Actually no.  Pegasus has virtually no built-in protection.  It just 
doesn't have the host of built-in gaping security holes that OE has.

The only built-in feature I use in Pegasus is that I've changed the 
"how to open" settings for EXE, COM, BAT, SCR, etc files to "view 
this thing in a text editor" instead of "execute it."  That way if I 
*do* accidentally open it, it still doesn't get executed.

> Although email is the dominant means of transmission, it isn't the
> only way. 

True.  I've been lucky in that respect.
Gary