Re: Agnitum Outpost blocking everything

In article <uIZQe.4044$_84.1968@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
tomj_ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
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>"Jim Scott" <mr.jimscott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:3kc72bd2ie41.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I used to use Outpost(Free) on W98se, but when I install it on XPpro
>>SP2 it
>> just blocks everything even if I tell it to trust email/news/browser
>> etc.
>> Does it not work with XP?
>
>What's wrong with the built in XP firewall? I have had no breach with
>it.
>
>Tom J
**************** RERLY SEPARATER ***************
What's wrong with it? I have a list of customers as long as your arm who have
had nothing but problems with this piece of crap that is activated
automatically with SP2. All of our customers are protected with a NAT router
(which is far more reliable than any software) and do not need this firewall.
The biggest problem with the MS firewall is that in true Microsoft fashion,
they chose to simply hide what the firewall was doing (the inexperienced user
wouldn't understand what it meant anyway). It became such a chronic problem
that I have since issued instructions to all our customers on how to disable
the firewall service and the accompanying nag service.

J.A. Coutts

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