On 10/06/2004, at 12:09 AM, Andrew Schox wrote:
Hi all,
I just installed the new version of M$ Office. Now when I receive an
email
with an attachment, Entourage puts up a dialog which says something
like
"Are you sure that you want to open this? It might contain a virus".
Well, I'm sure that the stock prices over at Norton, Virex, McAfee etc
are
plummeting even as you read this.
Ta,
Andrew
Well at least it asks! I was helping a client yesterday solve a problem
with scanning and emailing documents on their XP Win2003/XP network.
All email is routed through Exchange Server. I showed her how to scan
several pages into a single stand-alone executable Paperport document,
which could then be sent as an email attachment. A fine idea on the
surface.
She tried emailing it to a colleague sitting at the desk next to hers.
He received the message alright, but his Outlook proudly announced that
it was protecting him by refusing to allow the download of this
"dangerous" attachment. No choices, no arguments, you just can't have
it! And there is no obvious way overriding this behaviour without going
back to Exchange Server.
How this stuff continues to survive, and how people continue to put up
with it, is increasingly amazing. Yet when you suggest that Macs might
be an option to consider the shutters come crashing down.
--
Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913
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Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
