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Subject:    [sylpheed:21876] Re: Messages listed as attachment?
From:       Andrei Mircea <mircea.andrei () wanadoo ! fr>
Date:       2003-11-21 17:07:04
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Your exchange of messages about Outlook interested me.
Honestly enough however, although I am a fan of Sylpheed, I find Outlook Express in Windows even more \
comfortable and friendly. Moreover, the last version has a useful feature: since there are so many \
viruses in Windows, and since these last times the attacks have concentrated on email, Outlook can be \
configured to forbid the saving of dubious attachments, if you configure it like that it becomes more or \
less immune to these worms (until new, more clever ones will be invented of course).

On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 16:17:33 -0600
"Jacob S." <stormspotter@6texans.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:28:11 -0800
> Dennis Carr <ke6isf@skyfall.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 20:07:19 +0000
> > Thomas White <taw27@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > "Jacob S." <stormspotter@6texans.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Actually, I would say it is a problem with the users - they're not
> > > > smart enough to pick a better e-mail program. (And I have family
> > > > that uses Outlook! :-)
> > > 
> > > That's not entirely fair.  If people don't *know* about OE's
> > > problems, then they won't know to avoid it...
> > 
> > Not entirely true.  I know people at work who use Lookout and
> > Lookout Explete simply because they're immune by default (you know,
> > "It won't happen to me!").
> 
> I'm still trying to figure out how many virus warnings have to be
> issued saying that it's only Outlook (Express) that opens the attachment
> automatically before they "know" OE's problems.
> 
> (I used to use Windows... as recently as Win98, but I've never used
> Outlook, unless I was borrowing someone else's computer in my occasional
> travels. I had read too many virus warnings to even try it, though I
> will admit I was a little biased by having been started on Netscrape,
> when I first got on the internet.)
> 
> One final disclaimer though: I certainly won't object to anyone saying
> that Microsoft still bears the most responsibility for the
> vulnerabilities and the fact that users haven't found out about them.
> 
> Jacob
> 
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> 
> Have you ever noticed that at trade shows Microsoft is always the one
> giving away stress balls? 
> 


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