Dazz <cashdj@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:8c1fl1p7llcgjkuij3djcncj4kebt7dd6j@4ax.com:

> On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:01:43 GMT, McSpreader
> <invalid@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Imhotep <Imhotep@nospam.net> wrote in news:LN6dnaX1b4opcsveRVn-
>>vg@adelphia.com:
>>
>>> Now do /you/ have any questions?
>>
>>Yes. What was the point of your original post?
>
> I believe lmhotep posted a link to an article that discussed
> some security patches.
>
> Maybe that was the point?
>
> At least that's how I perceived it.
>
> And quite frankly, I'm glad he posted it.

If you are happy to receive late information from an unreliable
source with an axe to grind (The Register) via a biased Usenet
source.
>
> Hmmm, that reminds me. Quite some time ago I signed up for SMS
> alerts to critical security patches so that I was kept in the
> loop - I haven't received an alert from M$ in at least 7 months.

Interesting:

- You can't be that bothered if you haven't followed it up after 7
months.

- I've received regular alerts from Microsoft by email, including
early information on the lastest bulletin a week *before* its
release.