Gaim encrypts your IM conversations

If you want to encrypt your IM conversations you can install and use Gaim. This open source application uses public/private key pairs to scramble each message that it sends to your recipient, as well as it will then de-scrambles that message and display it for you. If the recipient does not have the Gaim plugin installed, he/she will receive a message explaining that the text is encrypted.


Naturally all these routines work in background and do not require any kind of effort on your part - save of course the initial encrypting (just click on the lock icon).
Gaim works on Windows/Mac/Linux/OS portable, its latest stable version is 1.5. Be warned that Gaim IM security is not 100% foolproof, albeit it is certainly an easy way to obscure your sensitive conversations.

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Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1 Suite

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1 is a suite derived from the application formerly known as "Mozilla Application Suite".


SeaMonkey 1.1 includes:

Navigator

• Tabbed browsing gives you a better way to surf the net. You no longer have to open one page at a time. With tabbed browsing, open several pages at once with one click. Plus, your homepage can be multiple pages, in tabs.
• Popup blocker lets you surf the web without interruption from annoying ads.
• Image Manager lets you block images to remove offensive images or speed up the rendering of web sites.
• Find as you type gives you another way to navigate a page. Just start typing to jump from link to link or to find a word or phrase within a page.
• Plus all the features a modern browser should have including: Advanced security settings; Password, Download, and Cookie managers; Themes; multi-language and multi-platform support; and, the latest in Web Standards.
  

Mail & Newsgroups

• Junk mail controls helps you take back control of your e-mail from spammers. SeaMonkey's adaptive junk mail control gets smarter with use and is personalized to the e-mail that you receive. Manage your mail with customizable Labels and Mail Views. Color code your e-mail to help you prioritize. Sort your mail with views to help you through your e-mail much faster.
• Multiple Accounts support helps you manage all your mail through one interface.
• SeaMonkey Messenger includes Enterprise ready features such as S/MIME, return receipts, Address Books, LDAP support, and digital signing.
  

Composer

• SeaMonkey's powerful yet simple HTML editor keeps getting better with dynamic image and table resizing, quick insert and delete of table cells, improved CSS support, and support for positioned layers.

SeaMonkey 1.1 is powered by the same engine as Firefox 2 and the upcoming Thunderbird 2, and includes numerous enhancements including more visible security indicators in the browser and enhanced phishing detection for e-mail, a new tagging system for e-mail that supersedes labels, support for multi-line tooltips in web pages, and previews images in tab tooltips. Other changes include inline spell checking in the browser, an updated version of ChatZilla, and a significantly improved startup script on Linux.

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Stop Spam and Phishing with SPAMfighter

SPAMfighter is a free application that works with Outlook and Outlook Express and that immediately filters spam and phishing messages.


It works in a very simple way: anytime a e-mail reaches you, SPAMfighter will automatically test it and should the message be considered spam, this be instantly moved to your spam folder. In case you receive a non detected spam message that you will have to tag it and the application will remove it from your "in Box" and from any other SPAMfighter user. Considering that over 2,5 million users have already installed SPAMfighter, thank to this community report system the software learns continuously and enhances this united spam-fighting...

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