Tom Badran wrote:
> 
> On Sunday 16 September 2001 7:14 am, you wrote:
> > I'm not sure exactly what your network situation is, but can't you
> > simply instruct people that are using your network in the proper
> > etiquette for using Outlook?  People attack Outlook because so many
> > people use it and aren't familiar with it's "features" (the bigger the
> > target, the easier to hit); if you're the company admin, simply turn off
> > the scripting abilities of Outlook for each of your clients and you're
> > set.  I'm typing this reply using Outlook on my Win2k box and to my
> > knowledge, I've never given, received or passed a virus.  Let me make
> > this analogy:
> > Your roommate comes in the apartment at 3am with a loud group of friends
> > after a party and walks in your bedroom (knowing full well that you have
> > to get up at 5am for work) and flips on your light to ask you if he /
> > she can borrow some money ~ the following day, do you rip all the light
> > switches out of the apartment?
> 
> The reason i wish to block is that i dont have access to all the client
> machines, nor do i trust most of the users ability to do as i ask, whether
> through laziness or inability
> 
> And my roomate does that frequently, so i just bolt the door to the flat so
> he cant get in :)
> 
> --
> Tom "Tomahawk" Badran
> Department of Computing, Imperial College
> 

Well, that explains the "Tomahawk" :)
-- Carroll

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