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<snip> >even INHEAR is not mean enough to open attachements automatically - the user >has to add the final piece of stupidity - by clicking on the attachement. >So (at least from my understanding) it would be unfair to complain about a >no-cost software that is dangerous to the dull ones - but that is something >the whole life is ... Actually no... because of its geared "for-the-masses" (as you nicely put it), it opens automatically all attachments indiscriminately... (unless you tell it not to...) Hence the spread of all these viruses/worms. I shouldn't tho blame Micro$oft for that as they want a piece of software that is easy enough even for the most inexperienced user... There IS a cost in the popularisation of computers after all. Phoebus </snip> WOW ... 10 years ago I could have claimed I just invented XML ;-) I must admit you are right - the "DO NOT CALL ITS NAME" email program shows attached pictures automatically - and come to think about it: it is nothing more than relying on the programmers responsibility (and the power of publicity!!!) - that it hopefully would not execute too much things secretly behind the nice Windoze GUI ... To come back to the beginning of the discussion: the good news - I am convinced that this newsgroup with its fashion of > (or >> or >>>) as state of the art of attachments is definitely non-vulnerable for this kind of attack.
