Yes, Andy, we do live in different times, more knowledgeable times.
If Yahoo hadn't made the mistake of telling us about web beacons, then
people would never have put two and two together, and gotten the reason for
people getting so much spam.
The fact is, you get those spam messages not because someone got a hold of
your e-mail address and decided to send you loads of e-mails on erectile
dysfunction, it's because a bot sent you and e-mail with a web beacon,
letting it know that the message was opened and read, letting it know that
it was an active e-mail address, so it could go ahead and spam the heck out
of it.
Andy, this is not something I just made up, it's been going on for quite
sometime, and while your anti-virus can pick up on malware, Trojans and
other harmful files, the fact is, it won't pick up on beacons your e-mail
contains.
Apple isn't coming out with so many updates for it's iOS because it wants to
make things easier for us, it's coming out with them for security sakes. A
hole here, and critical bug there, anti-virus is not the be all and end all
of security, and besides, you're forgetting one important thing, humans are
the worst offenders when it comes to opening up infected files and getting
more spam.
Don't get me wrong, I agree with you, anti-viruses have gotten more stronger
and ever more vigilant and aware, but in the end, they can't protect us from
everything, even ourselves.
Scorpio
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Baracco
Sent: Monday, October 9, 2017 9:28 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Links don't work in OE
I would have agreed with you years ago, but we live in different times. I
think that the benefits far outweigh the risks, especially if you are using
security software and keeping it updated, as well as keeping Windows
updated.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scorpio" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2017 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Links don't work in OE
Please keep in mind that displaying your messages in HTML is less secure
then displaying them in plain text.
This way, when the e-mail is in plain text, you don't have files that
might be viruses being activated, or beacons being triggered for fishing
e-mails.
I, for one, would not rely on my anti-virus, especially since I'm using
the free one by Microsoft, to completely secure my computer, so I take
every precaution.
If you find this is only happening a fraction of the time, in other words,
you're mostly copying links to send space, or something like that, it's
best to leave it in plain text, and if there's a link you have to click on
to go view a product, let's say, press the keystroke of alt+shift+H, this
will switch the e-mail into HTML, and keep the rest of your e-mails
secure.
Just a thought.
Scorpio
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve
Sent: Monday, October 9, 2017 8:17 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Links don't work in OE
Go into your Options in Outlook Express and make sure you have messages
set
to be displayed in HTML, not plain-text.
Go to Options, Read tab, and make sure the box to read messages in
plain-text is not checked.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arianna Calesso" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2017 6:43 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Links don't work in OE
I'm using Windows 7 with JAWS 17 and I can't get Links to work in Outlook
Express.
Please help.
Arianna
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