On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 14:31:35 -0600, anarkisseD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> > to, again, turn off the preview pane and delete unread every message > containing unsolicted messages after composing a message to the sender > requesting that they forewarn and resend if the attachment was important. > I would say it's time OE was rewritten to stop displaying html interactive > content. People can live without it! <snip> I would say that it is time to outlaw the use of OE on the internet. After all, they outlaw motor vehicles that fail to meet our safety standards on our public hiways, don't we? I am not allowed to drive an unsafe vehicle on a public hiway, even though I am a highly experienced driver and I know all the right work-arounds for dealing with a vehicle's safety problems. So far I have never met a Virginia State Trooper whom I could impress with my awesome abilities to drive an unsafe vehicle very carefully. They always give me a violation notice and they order me to take my car off the road every time, even though I am a very safe driver and I know what I am doing. The problem with your proposed solution is that the user doesn't know that the message was unsolicited, nor does he know the real identity of the sender. The KLEZ.H virus forges the "sender's" email address, and sometimes it even forges the "Return path:" email address. I have received many KLEZ.H viruses reputedly sent by friends and by fellow members of this mailing list. Maybe some of you have received KLEZ.H reputedly sent by me. I once received a KLEZ.H reputedly sent by "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Friends do not let friends drive Outlook. KLEZ.H has done a lot of damage to a lot of computer systems and it has done a lot of damage to the reputations of upright and innocent people too. I often read some horror stories about innocent people getting accused of sending KLEZ.H. Of course we know the real culprit is Micr$oft for allowing this kind of thing to happen. I don't know why Micro$oft isn't being sued for billions in a class action suit over this matter. Furthermore, I can think of no reason why such a lawsuit would not be successful, but I am not a lawyer. However, we all know that some lawyers have won big bucks for themselves in lawsuits that seemingly have much less merit. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
