No, that won't help. I don't use Word as my email editor - no sane person does :-) - and my Outlook still likes to send in HTML. Outlook Express seems to obey the "plain text only" wishes of it's users, tho.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [expert] viruses, worms, trojans, html, pgp sigs > There's an option to use or not use Word as your default editor for > E-Mail in Outlook. It's in various locations depending on the version > you have at work. Try turning that off and maybe it'll stop doing HTML. > > > On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 11:35:04 -0500 > "George Jones (IT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > George> Some of us (yes, me!) have no choice, it seems. I'm forced to use Outlook > George> here at Borders corporate offices. Even when set to plain text, it looks > George> like the Exchange servers are set to convert to either rich text or to html. > George> > George> At home, I usually send plain text in outlook express, but I recently > George> "discovered" Sylpheed and have adopted it as my primary mail client. > George> > George> -----Original Message----- > George> From: Michael Scottaline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > George> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 4:57 AM > George> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > George> Subject: Re: [expert] viruses, worms, trojans, html, pgp sigs > George> > George> > George> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:33:34 +0000 > George> g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George> > George> > hello to all; > George> > > George> > this does not apply to all that receive this, but it does give all > George> > something to think about. > George> > > George> > > George> > ok, you html nuts, > George> > > George> > i am not flaming you, but i am going to blast you, not just you, but > George> > all in general who insist on sending html email to list such as these. > George> > > George> > please do not take offense, but try to understand what you can > George> > cause by sending html. > George> > > George> > i too received virus, which was an html message, but it did not > George> > get into my system. it is still sitting at my isp. > George> > > George> > why? simple. in locking down my system, i have set my maximum > George> > message size to block any messages over 35k bytes. > George> ===================================== > George> I agree with your diatribe v. html mail, but another solution to at least > George> 90% of your concerns would be to stop using windows 98 (where you had sent > George> the message from). Good idea to use Mozilla (as you seem to) and not > George> Outlook, but Linux is immune to most of the virii out there that are > George> really designed to exploit windows machines. ;o) > George> Mike > George> > George> > George> -- > George> "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." > George> -- Albert Einstein > George> > George> > George> > George> _________________________________________________________ > George> Do You Yahoo!? > George> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > George> > George> > > > -- > Brian - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > My Home Page: http://www.brimac.com/~brianmac > Fine Photos: http://www.brimacphotography.com > Art for Sale: http://www.artbrowser.com > Classified Advertising: http://www.sellit2000.com > > > The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the > South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 > caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being > loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a > target, it got "the whole 9 yards." >
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