[dba-Tech] Outlook question

Thanks Lambert -- exactly what I needed. :)

You know -- like John -- the first thing I thought of was... who's not 
running virus protection? But, even so, I have to be responsible for what I 
write.

Now, I vaguely remember all this, but I guess it's just so old that my old 
brain has let it go to make room for newer more exciting stuff. :)

Susan H.


> AFIK, Outlook has had various security patches in place for year that 
> prevent it from running any scripts in HTML formatted messages and to hide 
> unhealthy attachments. See this old article for instance...
> http://windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=9132
>
> In any case it's pretty lame to say "don't open a message, you might get a 
> virus infection." This might be true of you have no or out of date 
> anti-virus software but only a very foolish Windows user would do that. 
> No?
>
> Lambert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 9:36 AM
> To: DBA Tech List
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook question
>
> In a recent blog, I showed the readers how to disable the automatic "read"
> setting -- you know how Outlook bolds messages until they're "read?"
>
> So, there's a simple setting that still allows you to view the message in 
> the Reader Pane, but doesn't unbold the message header.
>
> Well, I've got a couple of readers who are claiming that this 
> "automatically opens" the message and allows viruses in.
>
> They might be right, but I admit I'm confused. Anyone know what they're 
> talking about?
>
> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/msoffice/?p=2354&tag=leftCol;post-2354
>
> Susan H.
>
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