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@demonfowl

Another way to look at your question is that the base OpenBSD installation includes lynx, ftp and mail all of which have been through rigorous code reviews. These applications in part draw their security by being minimalistic. In lynx, you have to accept every cookie and do not have to worry about viruses embedded in flash or other pictorial content. The base mail client can be made to work (sendmail/fetchmail and other transfer agents) but you will not see images/html content. You can increase your security by using the base applications and encrypting as much content as you have time for.