"Mike Easter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Heidi" "Anne M. Marble" Redstone? "Melita" "Cuspid"
>
> First of all, why are you-all [that's Texan for the plural you] opening
> your spam?
>
> Once upon a time, I didn't know much about securing OE and IE - *and* I
> did all of my mail handling [and ng reading] with OE while online. Under
> those circumstances, it was imperative that I not open my spam; because
> of what it could do with the unsecured browser/mua integration. That's
> when I first configured my message rules to channel the spam into a Junk
> folder, and "approached" the spam very gingerly; not opening or
> previewing it, but examining it only by the Properties message source.
>
> Now, I know how to secure both of them; but I still handle spam the same
> way, unopened and unpreviewed. It is very unusual that I have to open and
> allow a piece of spam to manipulate my browser to discover whatever
> complex misdirection may have been built into the mail or obfuscating
> urls. Those are the -only- rare occasions that I open spam.
>
Very good idea, and thanks much for the tip(s). Unfortunately, most of my
spam is coming thru my Hotmail addy (viewed with OE, not from the website),
and message rules in OE won't apply to HTTP- or IMAP- accessed accounts.
I've filtered the heck out of my Hotmail, but stuff still gets thru to the
Inbox...and I don't think I can selectively shut off the preview panel (I
rarely ever actually open the message..but would still like to be able to
preview legit messages). I managed to get scripts, etc, shut off, but
short of dumping OE altogether (or the Hotmail addy altogether), I'm not
sure how to work around that one. Any ideas?
Melita
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