[Stirner]

About 2 weeks ago my son (a systems analyst) convinced me that Outlook (or Outlook Express) was hopelessly unpatchable and dangerous. I asked him what he would recommend instead, telling him it had to be free, and he recommended Mozilla Thunderbird. I downloaded it and it automatically detected by exiting Outlook settings, imported my contacts, and has worked flawlessly since then. It was so good that I also downloaded Mozilla's (free) browser, Firefox, to replace Internet Explorer. It's great too. I'm not a Microsoft basher, but this is one case where there seems to be a superior alternative. Things work so similarly that there was no learning curve.

[JimVT]

You might want to check your 'cookies' file to see if Mozilla has snuck a few in there and also try "AdAware (free) to see if Mozilla is tampering in other areas.

I don't use anything from Mozilla or Gator for these reasons.