Bill_MI
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Re: Earthlink Pop-UP Blocker and other ISPs.
Something smells wrong about this. It's either a "SITS" (Suck-In-Then-Screw) marketing ploy like cell-phones went through a few years back or a variation to get Earthlink software on machines. Since marketing-data-collecting is the prolific money-maker these days I'm always leery.
So on 1/31/03 *this* stops working unless you load *that*... what's wrong with this picture? Don't your alarm bells go off? My BS alarms are ringing loudly. 
All Comments Welcomed.
EDIT: Well, there is another possibility. It appears the requirement to install EL's TA is part of the licensing enforcement mechanism to protect the proprietary GuardWall PopUpBlocker program. TA can apparently be uninstalled after PopUpBlocker's installation or downloading - I cannot tell which. See ELNKrobert's post below. My alarm bells have dimmed a lot.
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skj
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said by Hall  :
Okay, to clear up *your* confusion...
I downloaded it AND installed it a few weeks ago, before they made it somewhat dependent on their TotalAccess software "suite". I worked with it a little bit: restarting IE, restarting Windows, etc, etc. Then I thought, "Hey, I use Mozilla 90% of the time and it has a popup-blocker built-in !".
Ok- you have to be careful. I confuse easily. |
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Hall
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Okay, to clear up *your* confusion...
I downloaded it AND installed it a few weeks ago, before they made it somewhat dependent on their TotalAccess software "suite". I worked with it a little bit: restarting IE, restarting Windows, etc, etc. Then I thought, "Hey, I use Mozilla 90% of the time and it has a popup-blocker built-in !".
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skj
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Found it. Don't tell anybody but you can still get it here:
»support.earthlink.net/support/DL···blocker/
Maybe it will only work until it expires on 1/31/2003 and then you have to download the TotalAccess stuff.
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skj
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said by Hall :
Yeah, yeah, I know all that that... I just looked to download it again and the pages says this:
The full version of Pop-Up Blocker is only available through the TotalAccess 2003 Task Panel. You must install TotalAccess 2003 before you can download and activate Pop-Up Blocker.
I do NOT use TotalAccess... Got it handy ??
Well-- you said you couldn't see it , but then you already had it, but really you didn't see it to download it...... Don't confuse me. I don't have TotalAccess. I have looked at it, can't think of much use for it.
I see where it says you need the TotalAccess thing. Maybe that answers my question about being used with other ISPs. Looks like they have eliminated getting it as a stand alone. |
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