On 4/12/05 11:20 AM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4/12/05 8:22 AM, "Mike Panas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 4/11/05 9:00 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On 4/11/05 8:36 PM, "Mike Panas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Seems like no matter what I do Erage just will not let images come through >>>> in my email they are always missing, waiting for me to invoke the "download >>>> images" command. What a pain. Erage 11.1.0, G5 DP 10.3.8. >>> >>> It's to protect you from spammers and viruses. All you have to to is add the >>> sender to your Address Book and set preferences/Security to allow automatic >>> download of pictures from contacts, to allow that sender's pictures to >>> download automatically in future. >>> >>> This just refers to pictures on websites, which have to be accessed, and can >>> contain code that confirms your email address and will sell it to 1000 >>> spammers who sill certainly spam you. Pictures inserted into HTML messages >>> or included as attachments will always appear automatically without any need >>> to download anything. >> Paul, >> Thanks for the reply. It's this very "thinking for me, deciding what's best >> for me" paternalism that drove me from M$ products into the arms of Apple's >> .apps. I just hate it. I want a general pref that allows me to have images >> download with email if that's what I want. I don't like have to set special >> prefs for chosen senders. It just bugs me. I guess it's born out of the long >> history of crap being imposed on Windows machines by spammers, malware >> artists, etc., but it's too bad M$ feels compelled to port this paranoia to >> their Mac products as well. I'm going to keep plugging away with Erage for >> awhile longer, but I do now understand better why I left it for Apple .apps >> once I retired and didn't need so much of a Windows like app for email, >> calendaring, etc. >> Mike >> PS: I will say that, in Erage's favor, it has a much more powerful and >> intuitive spell checker than in Mail .app, IMHO. Just want to be fair. >> Erage 11.1.0/G5 DP/10.3.8 >> > > You're being very foolish, but if that's what you want, why don't you use > Entourage X then? > > Entourage 2004 is giving you full control. You can add everyone to your > Address Book if you trust the whole world and don't care if you get spammed > or sent viruses. All it takes is one single click to Add to Address Book the > first time you get a message with links. After that all the crap will come > down automatically if that's what you want. Nobody's "thinking for you". > > Believe me, one day there will be an email virus for the Mac. MacBU has made > it possible for you - and people who don't have the time to study up on all > this and have no idea they're being targeted - to protect yourselves. They > chose to let you get the downloads automatically from people in your Address > Book if that's what you want - but it must be your responsibility to choose > that preference - just once, and to choose the approved senders. They're not > doing the choosing for you - it's up to you. Millions of people blame > Microsoft for enabling viruses and worms to cause great destruction on their > (MS's) Windows products. MacBU are making sure it won't happen on the Mac > with Entourage, unless you go out of your way to enable it. Paul. Wow. I think that's as lose as I've ever come to being flamed, but I do appreciate the perspective. Maybe I am being foolish, or na�ve. I thank you (and others) for the opportunity to think differently about images in email. Mike -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
