Hi Donny, try reading the message in plain text only.
If you do this, messages come with the text separate from whatever attachments are attached to the e-mail. I'm not sure if there's a way to switch back and forth from html to plain text, but I know you can switch from plain text to html. If you are in a message, whether you have the message open or closed and are reading the message, either on it's own window, or in the preview pane, you can hit the key combination of alt-shift-H and this will turn a plain text message into an html message. Having said that, I have my message set to display in plain text only, so if there's a link that someone sends me, and it's embedded in the message, I hit the key combination stated above, and Jaws will come back and tell me how many links are in the message and I can then arrow through it like a web page. This is beneficial in several ways, but the most important ways are: 1. Problems such as yours don't occur unless I do it to myself, so if there's an embedded message, song, attachment or virus, worm or trojan horse, I can choose to activate it, rather than it doing it automatically. 2. I don't get bogged down by links in a message, and in some cases, Jaws, or rather Outlook Express will filter them out completely, as they are extras attached to the message. 3. The best way for a spammer to spam you is to send out millions of e-mails to millions of e-mail accounts, with tags embedded in them, so that when the person opens a message that is tagged, your e-mail program sends out information to the computer or server that the message was read, and that means the e-mail account is active and they can feel free to spam you at their leisure. This also has the advantage of my not having to press extra keys on the keyboard to read a message, as I can preview the message in the preview pane without any worry that I'm going to open up a virus or something dangerous like that. 4. Viruses can come disguised as many things, from pictures, to movies, from music to hyperlinks. In plain text mode, only the text of the link is displayed, not the hyper part of it, so if there is a virus embedded in that link, and you happen to click on it, you're in very little danger, and in fact, you can scan the link with an anti-virus program or something like that before you click on it. Anyway, that's just my two cents worth, and this is my preference and choice. some people may tell you differently because they've experienced life in different directions than I have, so take it with a grain of salt. In the end, it's up to you what you choose to do. Hope this helps. Victor Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jaws-users/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jaws-users/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
