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List:       vim
Subject:    Re: I THINK SOMEONE ON THE LIST HAS THE VIRUS - excuse theuppercase
From:       "Antoine J. Mechelynck" <antoine.mechelynck () belgacom ! net>
Date:       2004-01-28 18:54:12
Message-ID: 006c01c3e5d0$1ef16280$63c0c950 () tonymec
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Keith Roberts <kroberts@wpas-inc.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Antoine J. Mechelynck [mailto:antoine.mechelynck@belgacom.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 5:09 AM
> > To: Matthew Winn; vim@vim.org
> > Subject: Re: I THINK SOMEONE ON THE LIST HAS THE VIRUS - excuse
> > theuppercase
> >
> > Morality:
> > -    If your mail client has a "Preview pane", disable it (usually
> > via the "View" or "Preferences" menu).
> > -    Do not open or preview a mail whose "good behaviour" is
> > uncertain. In case of doubt, look at the mail source to make up
> > your mind. (How to do that
> > may vary from one mail client to the next. In Outlook Express, it
> > is, at your choice, any of [a] MouseRight -> Properties -> Detailed
> > -> View source,
> > [b] File -> Properties -> Detailed -> View source, or [c] Alt-Enter
> > -> Detailed -> View source).
> > -    Set your mail client to "Reject" cookies in html mail, not to
> > run Java or VB scripts in html mail, and not to preload embedded
> > images.
>
> Tony, is it possible to do these things in Outlook2002 or OE?  And
> how? According to Outlook Help:
>
> To protect against viruses that might be contained in HTML messages
> you receive, scripts won't run and ActiveX controls will be
> deactivated regardless of your security zone setting. By default, the
> Microsoft Outlook security zone is set to Restricted Site.
>
> Is this sufficient?  Or is there something else I should do?
>
[...]

Outlook and Outlook Express are two different programs. I use Outlook
Express myself, I don't know anything about using Outlook (non-Express).

In Outlook Express, the "Preview pane" can be enabled or disabled separately
for Mail and for News. I set it "on" (open) for News and "off" (closed) for
Mail.

Security settings are set in OE by means of the "security zones" of Internet
Explorer. Setting Outlook Express to Restricted Zone, and setting that zone
settings to Reject cookies, disable Java, disable VBScript, disallow ActiveX
and plugins, and not preload images, gives you some degree of protection
against malicious HTML mail. Other methods include: not opening HTML mail if
you don't know where it comes from, or opening it only after setting OE to
"offline" mode. Use the view-source facility first if you hesitate about
whether you can afford to open some particular email.

I recommend setting OE to send all "outgoing mail" in plain text, even when
responding to HTML mail. In OE, that setting is in the Tools -> Options
menu.

Regards,
Tony.


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