RE: off topic - e-mail software

Well, maybe not Outlook, but Outlook Express 6 has problems working with 
McAfee Virus Scan 4.51.  In this case M$ is blaming VS for deleting all my 
e-mails I had stored on my PC (yes, thousands of them).  The M$ solution? 
Disable the virus software.  My solution?  Eudora 5.1 in sponsored mode.

Norman

At 03:29 PM 11/27/2001, Ezra S F wrote:
>All of the problems Outlook has is due to using Internet Explorer so
>tightly. The holes are actually in IE, not Outlook.
>
>I've used Outlook for the past 3 years and never distributed a virus. There
>are 2 reasons:
>
>1) Outlook stays patched. Even if I reinstall the OS I patch Outlook before
>reading any email.
>2) My anti-virus software stays current.
>
>Under these 2 conditions, anyone using Outlook has no problems. At times I
>was hyper sensitive and mapped some of the executable file types to Notepad.
>Then Microsoft released a patch to not allow all of those file types to be
>executable in IE and Outlook.
>
>Ezra S Freelove
>Computer Support Spec, Web Services
>Valdosta State University            229-333-5974
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>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
>[mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Kukla Fran and Ollie
>Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:31 PM
>To: hwg techniques
>Cc: Lisa Bradshaw
>Subject: Re: off topic - e-mail software
>
>
>If you have Preview set up with Outlook, you can read email without opening
>it.  However, the script kiddies are getting so sophisticated that actually
>previewing an email can cause problems.
>
>You are not alone in your M$ frustration.  Read this from
>http://www.netaction.org/notes/notes77.html#outlook
>
>"Virtually every Internet virus and/or worm causing widespread damage today
>has been propagated by using Microsoft software, principally Microsoft
>Outlook, and Microsoft Internet Information Server. It is these two
>programs which are badly designed and extremely insecure which should be
>targeted as virus launchers, which is what they are." In a later message he
>added, "Using Outlook as a mail client is like going on holiday and leaving
>your house not only unlocked, but leaving the doors and windows wide open."
>
>As the article suggests, the email client in Netscape, as well as Eudora is
>the route to go.
>
>At 11:58 AM 11/27/01 -0500, Lisa Bradshaw wrote:
> >Hi gang,
> >
> >I have received 4 e-mail viruses in the past 2 days via good ole lookout
> >express. Is there any way I can delete an e-mail without opening it in
> >outlook? If not, can anyone recommend a good e-mail program that is more
> >secure than outlook express? I'm really getting fed up with M$.
> >
> >TIA,
> >Lisa

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