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Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed
de Susan Bugher 01/14/2007 05:23
jon wrote:
> Susan Bugher wrote:
>>There are lots of wonderful programs that are not eligible for the
>>Pricelessware List. It looks like this may be one of them.
>>
>>The auto-update "feature" is something that should have been in the
>>program description when the app was nominated for the PL. If anyone
>>knows how to turn the auto-dater off please post that information. If
>>there is no known way to turn off the auto-update feature ePromper will
>>be removed from the 2007 Pricelessware List.
> IIRC Eprompter has always been a borderline case. It gets on the list
> if/when it does because it is the best (only?) free app of its type.
Per the info I have stashed in my Treepad file it was Adware for a
while. dunno if it's flip-flopped more than once or not.
> I've had a look and it is not possible to turn off auto-update.
Thanks for checking. :)
The
> first thing it does when you go to update a mail acct is phone home
> for an update. It is a long time since I used it regularly, but I
> remember it giving me 'messages from the eprompter team' (or similar)
> from time to time which I found to be intrusive.
> A brief test - I was too lazy to do a full test, suggests that
> firewalling it from phoning home prevents you from accessing yer mail.
> But anyway, as you say, autoupdate should be controllable from within
> the app. And isn't.
I said "no known way" => controllable by ANY method - internal or external.
Susan
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| [PL] ePrompter help needed | Susan Bugher | |
| Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed | Ron May | |
| Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed | Susan Bugher | |
| Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed | jon | |
| Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed | Susan Bugher | |
| Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed | Ron May | |
| Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed | Susan Bugher | |
| Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed | Ron May | |
| Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed | Ron May | |
| Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed | Susan Bugher | |
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| Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed | jon | |
| Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed | Susan Bugher | |
| Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed | Ron May | |
| Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed | Ron May | |
| Re: [PL] ePrompter help needed | Craig | |
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