After all the horrors that became evident with the "ILoveYou" virus and the vulnerabilities latent in MicroSoft Outlook I decided to switch to another mailer, one that would be as immune as possible from virus attacks. To my delight I found an email program that fit my needs and best of all, it is developed and maintained by a former University of Victoria student, Slaven Radic.
This mailer is PocoMail and the following are some tips for using it, additional tips can be found at the PocoMail website.