Just so all of the opinions expressed aren't completely one-sided, I agree with you Mike. It is all well and good to have images turned off by default and I applaud MS for putting security first, but I see no reason not to include the option somewhere to download all images. Protecting people is one thing; not allowing those who know better to decide for themselves is another. If someone bothered to go into the settings to change the default then they do so at their own risk, but I know there are many times that I want or need to see images in an email from someone that I don't want in my Address Book. Wanting more options does not mean one doesn't take security seriously or recognize the need for it, which all the responses to Mike so far seem to have forgotten.
Peter -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Panas Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:47 PM To: Entourage List Subject: Re: Image prefs 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/> -- 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/>
