Absolutely right, Bj. All of my home machines save one (which I deliberately keep set up with IE 5.5 and OE 5 for testing) have had the latest updates/patches applied now, although I had applied the one which added the "Read all messages in plain text" option to OE's Read tab only within the last few months. You are correct that this option will permit viewing safely even messages with embedded HTML, scripts, etc. I proposed the "no preview" method because I receive a number of industry-specific and hobbyist (e.g. Woodworker's Journal) newsletters in HTML format, and this method works while still permitting me to read these newsletters intact. Also, as seems evident from some of the replies, not everyone is up-to-date with their patches, so this method will be available as an alternative until they bring themselves up-to-date.
Lastly, there's just plain old force of habit. I've been using the no preview pane method for years, long before MS finally decided to address the issue, and have become accustomed to the method described. It does take about five clicks to actually view a message using Properties, and although they've become unthinking second-nature to me by now, others might find that irritating. Cheers, Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 6:07 PM Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: New Netsky Variant -- No Attachment Needed > Hi Scott > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Glasgow" > > > Not if you DON'T USE THE PREVIEW PANE.... > > That way, only messages that you deliberately > > double-click to open will be subject to this threat. > > And if you have downloaded the critical patches for Explorer/Outlook from > Windows Update, which everyone REALLY should have, you now have an even > better option, go to "Tools", "Options", find the "Read" tab and put a check > in the box "Read all messages in plain text", now it's safe to turn the > preview pane back on because it no longer shows the HTML code that can > getcha, just the plain text message; and, frankly, you lose nothing by this > option except no more web bugs, or "pretty" coloured backgrounds and > "clever" fancy fonts in email messages. You still get to see any attached > JPGs by the way. And it's much safer than having preview pane disabled, > because you can't view an HTML format message even by accidentally opening > it. > > Bj > > > ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
