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Thunderbird for Win98 (Security Error Crap)
My only (affordable) means to connect to the internet is to use Dialup,
(because of my location). And I have never been able to establish a usable connection using Win XP, or even Win 2000. Lately, since almost all websites are using httpS, I cant get Firefox or any browser (which works with Win98), to connect properly. I get repeated security errors all the time, as well as many script errors with Java Script turned OFF. I've pretty much stopped using the web because of this, and only use the internet to email and run the newsgroups. Now, even my email is giving me security errors. I am using Thunderbird 2.0.0.24. I am not sure if this is the final version of TB to work in Win98, but I have used it for decades and have never seen a reason to upgrade it. It has always worked fine. Personally, I could care less about security with my email. I talk to friends about cars, pets, and general chit-chat. Nothing that needs to be secure and nothing worth securing. Bur lately, I get this f**king error every time I try to get my email: "Thunderbird cant connect securely to website-archive.mozilla.org because it uses a security protocol which isnt enabled." First off, why is TB trying to connect to Mozilla? Yea, I know TB is one of their products, but it appears they are trying to archive all my emails, and there is absolutely no reason for that. Usually, I have to click OK when I get that error message, then close TB, and reopen it, to get my email. Sometimes I have to do this 5 or 10 times, before I actually get my email. Talk about annoying.... Is there any way to stop this? If not, this may be the final straw that broke the camel's back, and I am going to stop using the internet entirely. I already think I am wasting my money for ISP service, when I cant use the web anymore. The newsgroups are nearly dead, and once I cant use email anymore, I'm done using the internet. I still dont understand why there needs to be all this f**king security just to read a webpage on Wikipedia or any other read-only website. And now this..... I predicted the demise of the internet several years ago, it's now happening. Pretty soon it will be so secure that no one will be able to use it, at least not unless they have the latest Operating System, with all the bloated crap software they are making these days. And I have to also mention that my already slow dialup is twice as slow now, on these secured websites. I'm old enough to be retired. I lived more than half my life without the internet, so I guess I can go back to living without it. There are still telephones and I can still send photos to friends via snail mail, but the internet was usable and even enjoyable at one time. I guess those days are gone. |
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