From: "NoOp" <[email protected]> | On 10/14/2010 09:40 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: | ... >> If you associate .PPS files with OpenOffice then doubling clicking such >> an attachment from within your mail program will automatically invoke >> the OpenOffice Impress module to display the presentation. Note, >> however, that OpenOffice doesn't have an Autorun feature. For that you >> should download the *free* Microsoft slide viewer. You can download it >> from >> <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951- >> 294eeb832823>.
| I think the ability to associate and open the pps from the email client | depends upon the email client. Some can be configured to associate an | attachment with a particular program, others cannot. The safest & | smartest way to use the pps attachment is to save it to disk, virus | check it (if your particular OS requires that), and then play from | there. Playing an attachment (pps or other) from within the email client | directly subjects the client to all sorts of security issues. While an email program *may* be able to overide the User file associations, the majority default to inheriting the User set of file associations. I do agree it is *better* to save email attachments for examination then to auto-launch email attachments. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
