Curt > Outlook is a program that (doesn't have to) but seems happy to run > just about any program anyone on the internet wants to send it. I've > heard stories that in some cases, outlook will open/run the attachment > silently behind the scenes even if you just delete the message without > reading it. It's one of those pieces of software that was written to > be used in a happy place where everyone get's along and no one does > anything mean to each other ... like at ... I don't know ... tele > tubby land or something.
I don't want to spoil the party, but please bear in mind that people on the flightgear lists (who by and large tend to know what they are doing) who choose to use Outlook or Outlook Express are likely to feel alienated by the perpetuation of anti-Microsoft arguments that may have been valid at some point in history but which are no longer relevant. I'm not an apologist for Microsoft, but there has to be room for rational analysis of the current rather than historical situation, i.e. that for anyone prepared to take sensible precautions as Jon and myself (and no doubt others) have done, Outlook and Outlook Express remain valid choices of email client. Undoubtedly many installations of these email clients, particularly in the home environment, are unsafe, but used properly the software itself is not. The most realistic prospect for a widespread improvement in the global email-virus situation is for the relevant options currently available in Outlook Express to be widely publicised. The alternative, for everyone to change their browser, is simply not going to happen, at least not in the short term, though Microsoft themselves could well precipitate a move in this direction if and when they stop developing Outlook Express. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 19/08/03 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
