He only thinks that because 99% of the world uses MS OFFICE and no one uses
Linux primarily for their desktop. Hence, if he looked at the numbers he
would know (being a linux guru) that because of the high number of users you
are going to have a higher incidence of problems.
Agree !, that is why I still run Outlook 2000 on one machine, It also gets
me mad when my LINUX coworks laugh at how Microsoft thinks all it's users
are morons by doing this kind of stuff.
Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 12:05 AM
To: NT 2000 Discussions
Subject: RE: *.exe in Outlook 2002
> Don't disable this feature. You WANT .exe's to be blocked in
> email. If you've never been hit with a mail-borne virus in
> the form of an .exe, believe me, you will.
>
> If someone has to send you a legitimate .exe by e-mail, have
> the sender wrap it in a password-protected .ZIP file, or
> rename it with a different extension. It'll come through.
This security option is good, I agree, however its level-management is
disgusting.
For example -- This is *my* computer. I don't want to block EXE files
because I am not stupid enough to load one without knowing what it is
first.
I am quite happy to have that option enabled by default, but editing the
registry and changing some registry key is ludicrous at best.
The other day I had to receive printer drivers for a labeling printer
that were not downloadable from the Internet, and they were sent to me
as a .EXE file. I could NOT get access to this file for the life of me.
Even the registry workaround wouldn't work.
In the end I had to forward the message to myself including the
attachment, and then access the email through our webmail client, just
to stop the filtering and access the file.
REDICULOUS!!
Anyone with enough brains to run WinZip, which includes my mother, would
see a .ZIP file, and load the EXE file within it, so these security
measures will not stop malicious code from being run. The USER MUST BE
EDUCATED.
Even if this means an interactive video that comes up explaining why you
mustn't run an EXE file, as long as it ends the advanced users nightmare
of being restricted by some 'policy' that they didn't want implemented
in the first place.
Argh!!!
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