"Ryan Germann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > but the weakness is a virus accessing the address list not how the
> > addresses get their.
>
> ...but if you have an address book with every email address even
> encountered by your Mozilla, then all those addresses will be victims of
> an email virus. Fewer emails in address books means less propogation of
> email viruses... especially where the feature is equally useful to some
> as it is irritating to others. Have it off by default protects the
> ignorant from propogating email viruses to huge lists of strangers.
only if you post to huge lists of strangers and never trouble to clean up
your address book.
