[casbahdance]

Well, I have a question about both, separately, but they actually are kinda related! At the risk of exposing myself for the rank web ignoramus that I am, here are my questions:

1) INTERNET EXPLORER:

I have "heard" that explorer is not the best option for sending secure information (passwords, cc transactions, etc). If this is true, what is better (and how much is it gonna cost me)?

2) HTML

We have HTML format at work, so I have the same options of text modification (fonts, italics, etc) as I do in MS Word. At home, I'm set for plain text, but I have an HTML option, so I'm thinking about changing to HTML.

Again, I've "heard" that HTML can leave one more exposed to viruses, etc (all those bad things!) than does plain text. Is this true? If this is true, and if I decide to go with HTML, what kind of security features should I add and how much is it gonna cost me?

Thanks for your help!

Deborah