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...heard about all the trouble with Microsoft's Outlook Express and Netscape Mail, the gaping holes in the code that might allow hackers to sneak in an attachment that screws up your PC. In desperation, you turned to the supposedly bug-free Eudora from Qualcomm. Now, on Friday, reports emerge that Eudora, too, can be transformed into a Trojan horse -- that hackers can write a nasty little Java Script program and disguise it as an HTML link. You click on the link and, in theory, bang goes your hard drive. What's a self-respecting e-mailer...
First of all, don't panic. If you're on a Mac, you're safe. If you're using any version of Eudora that precedes 4.0 -- including the free Eudora Light program downloadable from eudora.com -- you're also safe. Furthermore, Qualcomm promises to post a patch on that site as early as Friday afternoon (a far cry from Microsoft and Netscape, who are taking substantially longer to patch up their bugs). If their home page is too busy, or if the Eudora patch (like Microsoft's first attempt) fails to completely debug the problem, you might want to remember what...
...Monday; trouble is, it didn't fix the problem. A working patch is expected from both Microsoft and Netscape soon. Advises TIME tech columnist Joshua Quittner, "If you use one of the affected mail programs, you have two choices: Stop using email, or get another program." Qualcomm, makers of Eudora, claim their software is unaffected. Word to the terrified: No such e-mail attack has been confirmed...
...Professional. The differences are that the Professional has one megabyte of memory, twice that of the Personal, and includes support for TCP/IP, the language of the Internet. The Professional comes with an e-mail program, which lets you download your e-mail from popular desktop software such as Eudora. It also has the ability to access the Internet directly via a modem or a special network cable...
Though unsure of the specific cause of the slowdown, officials pointed to a dramatic increase in the quantity of e-mail received by the University's system, the use of mail retrieval programs, like Eudora, and the flurry of mass mailings, such as election-related messages, as factors that contributed to the problem...