Re: [MV] Virus

From: Richard Notton (Richard@fv623.demon.co.uk)
Date: Tue Nov 27 2001 - 16:48:03 PST


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan M Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Virus

> At 7:56 PM +0000 11/27/01, Richard Notton wrote:
> >
> >I can't see why all the fuss. Why denigrate Outlook Express and Explorer,
> >sure we all like to take a pop at MS, but.
>
> Because the default is to open the attachment.
>
Perhaps the UK versions are different. . . . . . .

In several versions of OE supplied to me here I cannot find any way of setting attachments
to auto open, only jpegs appear at the end of text, everything else triggers a warning
window showing the full filename and always has.

Immediately prior to this, 3 mails with viruses arrived and would appear to have attempted
to auto open but triggered the warning screen whereupon I have used the block sender and
delete function.

Richard
Southampton - England



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