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On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:53:05 +0100 (BST) Gordon Henderson <gordon+lug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Sep 2015, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > > I seem to get more and more rubbish emails. I also read articles in > > the papers that tell me that it is all getting worse. So I have > > been looking at VPN's. > > > > I can see the idea but, as ever, the more I research the more I get > > confused. Is a VPN a good idea, mainly to help with personal > > security? It seems that some of them are for Windows only, so which > > are recommended for Linux? If necessary I don't mind paying. > > > > If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be very > > grateful, even if the advice is 'don't bother'. > > A VPN will not help you with spam/uce/phishing emails. I'm not sure > why you think it would. > > Gordon > As I have already explained, I know a VPN will not help with spam. It is just that I was feeling rather irritated with the increasing amount of spam I am getting and that made me look at security on the internet more carefully. Among other stuff I came across I started looking at VPN's and became interested, to start with, and then confused. Hence my query, Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq