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Re: MailForge dead

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.mail.eudora.mac, comp.mail.eudora.ms-windows
Subject Re: MailForge dead
Followup-To comp.sys.mac.apps
Date 2014-01-22 16:26 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <bka9oqF6jn8U5@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References (3 earlier) <usenet-8214C4.15060118012014@free.teranews.com> <180120142343428924%timstreater@greenbee.net> <davidmor-7E8F72.15455220012014@news.internode.on.net> <slrnldv1u4.1891.g.kreme@amelia.local> <davidmor-FF039E.01424123012014@news.internode.on.net>

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On 2014-01-22, David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> wrote:
> In article <slrnldv1u4.1891.g.kreme@amelia.local>,
>  Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>
>> In message <davidmor-7E8F72.15455220012014@news.internode.on.net> 
>>   David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> wrote:
>> > In article <180120142343428924%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
>> >  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>> 
>> >> Thanks for that. However, I don't do facebook, one look at their Ts&Cs
>> >> was enough.
>> 
>> > I have a low profile Facebook account. I hardly ever post anything, and 
>> > when I do, it is as restricted as it is possible to do. Nothing of 
>> > consequence in my settings. Allows me to see what people are doing as 
>> > Roberta said.
>> 
>> > And I check it once a week or less.
>> 
>> The trouble is that Facebook tracks you all over the web if you have an
>> account, so just HAVING one is a selling your soul to Facebook.
>
> Have a look at this plugin, available for Safari and others:
>
> http://disconnect.me
>
> "Disconnect lets you visualize & block the invisible websites that track 
> you"
>
> I have ben using it for several months and it works as advertised. The 
> only problem was a site that, with my agreement, wanted to post an item 
> to my Facebook feed. It wouldn't let it!
>
> But that can be overridden on an individual page basis if necessary. But 
> otherwise, they just have to guess what I am doing.

To each, their own, of course; but I prefer DoNotTrackMe, since it does
the same thing and is compatible with more web browsers. Also, I've read
Disconnect.me is more resource intensive than DoNotTrackMe.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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MailForge dead Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-16 10:13 +0000
  Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-17 09:50 +1100
    Re: MailForge dead Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-17 00:19 +0000
      Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-18 11:37 +1100
      Re: MailForge dead "R. Millstein" <usenet@spamaway.rlm.net> - 2014-01-18 15:06 -0800
        Re: MailForge dead Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-18 23:43 +0000
          Re: MailForge dead "R. Millstein" <usenet@spamaway.rlm.net> - 2014-01-18 16:45 -0800
          Re: MailForge dead Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-01-18 20:31 -0500
            Re: MailForge dead "R. Millstein" <usenet@spamaway.rlm.net> - 2014-01-19 09:33 -0800
          Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-20 15:45 +1100
            Re: MailForge dead Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-22 08:56 +0000
              Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-23 01:42 +1100
                Re: MailForge dead Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-22 15:23 +0000
                Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-23 09:56 +1100
                Re: MailForge dead Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-22 16:26 +0000
                Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-23 10:02 +1100
                Re: MailForge dead Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-22 23:19 +0000
              Re: MailForge dead richgr@panix.com (Rich Greenberg) - 2014-01-23 20:03 +0000
              Re: MailForge dead Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-01-23 18:19 -0500
              Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-06-18 15:55 +1000
                Re: MailForge dead Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-06-18 19:53 -0700
                Re: MailForge dead Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-19 02:58 +0000
                Re: MailForge dead Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-19 03:14 +0000
                Re: MailForge dead Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-06-18 22:45 -0700
                Re: MailForge dead billy@MIX.COM - 2014-06-19 10:34 +0000
                Re: MailForge dead Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-06-19 21:18 -0700
                Re: MailForge dead Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-20 16:13 +0000
                Re: MailForge dead Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-19 16:02 +0000
                Re: MailForge dead Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-06-19 21:20 -0700
                Re: MailForge dead Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-06-20 16:15 +0000
      Re: MailForge dead cvb@compuserve.com - 2014-01-31 00:56 -0800
        Re: MailForge dead Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-31 10:08 +0000
    Re: MailForge dead peter@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) - 2014-01-17 07:23 +0000
      Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-18 11:50 +1100
        Re: MailForge dead David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> - 2014-01-18 11:52 +1100
        Re: MailForge dead peter@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) - 2014-01-19 10:39 +0000
        Re: MailForge dead kmorgan@spamcop.net (Kathy Morgan) - 2014-01-21 13:57 -0900
      Re: MailForge dead kmorgan@spamcop.net (Kathy Morgan) - 2014-01-21 13:57 -0900
      Re: MailForge dead Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-01-31 10:33 +0100
        Re: MailForge dead Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-31 12:37 +0000
          Re: MailForge dead Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-01-31 21:16 +0100
            Re: MailForge dead Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-01 17:02 +0000
              Re: MailForge dead Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-02-02 00:12 +0100
    Re: MailForge dead dont.spam.usenet@googlemail.com (Hauke Fath) - 2014-01-17 14:37 +0100
      Re: MailForge dead Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-17 15:21 +0000
        Re: MailForge dead dont.spam.usenet@googlemail.com (Hauke Fath) - 2014-01-17 19:03 +0100
          Re: MailForge dead Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-17 18:59 +0000
            Re: MailForge dead dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-01-18 10:48 +0000
              Re: MailForge dead Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-18 13:12 -0800
                Re: MailForge dead nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-18 16:45 -0500
                Re: MailForge dead snipe@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) - 2014-02-03 22:46 +0000

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