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From: "Klaus Dieter Cook" <>
Subject: Re: OT [TMG] Virus or what?? HTML
Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 10:12:02 -0500
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Valorie,
By moving the bar down to the bottom you are only "hiding" the preview pane,
this does not turn it off. The only way to turn it off is through the
options menu.
Klaus Dieter Cook,
Houston, Texas
----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: OT [TMG] Virus or what?? HTML
| Theresa,
|
| Someone on the TMG-L suggested downloading a program called Mailwasher
| (Mailwasher.com). I did and I really like it. It's free and easy to use.
| You read all your messages from the server, none are downloaded to your
| computer unless you tell it to. So if it's from a trusted source you can
| d/l it to Outlook. As for turning off the preview in Outlook (which I
use),
| there should be a "bar" at the top of the message, and when you move your
| cursor over it, you'll get an arrow pointing both up & down, then you can
| just "scroll" the bar all the way down, and the preview is gone, and you
can
| then see the list of messages. Don't know if that's clear or not. Let me
| know (you can call if you want, you have my #).
|
| --Valorie
|
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Theresa Greene Reed" <>
| To: <>
| Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 10:36 AM
| Subject: Re: OT [TMG] Virus or what?? HTML
|
|
| > Darrell,
| >
| > NO ! NO ! It is not safe in my copy of Outlook Express to click on the
| > message line (line with the icon, name of sender, subject, and date ant
| time
| > received) for an infected message without actually receiving the virus
or
| > worm when the Preview pane is open. It has happened to me many times.
I
| > never open unexpected attachments. This happens by simply clicking on
the
| > line on the list.
| >
| > When I click on the line, two things happen at once. My McAfee
VirusScan
| > gives me a big red Virus Warning window. Behind this is another window
| > which shows the download IN PROGRESS. The downloading envelope is
moving
| > from one side to another in a download window, meaning (in my view) that
| the
| > virus or worm is being downloaded as I look at it. I have learned to
act
| > QUICKLY to cancel everything before it progresses too far. I do this as
| > fast as possible. Then I close Outlook Express, and run a virus scan on
| all
| > drives.
| >
| > As I said before, I have been fortunate to cancel everything fast enough
| so
| > that I wasn't infected, and my VirusScan report showed that there were
no
| > infected files. I've never known how to avoid this.
| >
| > I don't want this to happen again, so I'm taking every precaution. Now,
| > since I received Kirk Ransom's e-mail telling me how to turn off the
| Preview
| > pane, and since I received Caroline Gurney's e-mail message telling me
how
| I
| > can read the message without the Preview pane open, I do it differently.
| > Before I receive e-mail messages, now, I turn off the Preview Pane, then
| > look at the list of messages (sender and subject, etc) first. If I
don't
| > recognize the sender and subject as those that are familiar to me, I
view
| > the suspicious message by right-clicking on it, then selecting
| > Properties>Details> Message Source to read it safely. Then, and only
then
| > do I go back to turn on the Preview pane and read the ones that are
| familiar
| > to me (like TMG messages).
| >
| > In other words, I don't click on an unfamiliar message anymore. If I
| should
| > miss one, and happen to click on an infected message, my antivirus is
| > up-to-date, and will catch it as before. But that is much less likely.
I
| > don't mind doing all of this, because I'd rather be safe than sorry.
| >
| > Theresa
| > (Not a computer guru)
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: "Darrell A. Martin" <>
| > To: <>
| > Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 7:50 AM
| > Subject: Re: OT [TMG] Virus or what?? HTML
| >
| >
| > > At 05:32 AM 5/4/02 -0400, Theresa Greene Reed wrote:
| > > >To Beth and Kirk,
| > > >
| > > >I am using Outlook Express Version 5, and, like Beth, I do not find a
| > place
| > > >where I can only show text. Perhaps someone can shed more light on
| this.
| > > >Please.
| > > >
| > > >(However, I'm having a wonderful time turning off preview and
examining
| > all
| > > >mail messages carefully under Properties> Details> Message Source
| before
| > I
| > > >open them to read them. The only inconvenience with this is that I
| don't
| > > >find a way to print the message. If it's something I want to keep, I
| > have
| > > >to hand-copy the message in its entirety. But that's better than
| > exposure
| > > >to a potential virus when I don't recognize the source.)
| > > >
| > > >Theresa
| > >
| > > Hi, Theresa:
| > >
| > > I am *not* an Outlook Express guru. However, what you are doing --
| > although
| > > certainly calculated for safety -- just HAS to be more paranoia than
| even
| > > the KLEZ epidemic would call for. If you have your AV software up to
| date,
| > > that is: a current version of a reputable program with virus
| definitions
| > > no more than a few days old, and if OE is configured reasonably well,
| you
| > > should be able to open any message that does not have an attachment,
| > > it, etc., without concern. Even a message *with* an attachment should
be
| > > safe, if the attachment is not opened by your specific action.
| > >
| > > If preview is turned off and AV is on as described, and if you can see
| > > which messages have attachments, there should be I think only two more
| > > steps to take. You need to find a setting that will stop HTML tags
from
| > > auto-running (I don't know the exact OE phrase), and you need to find
a
| > > setting that will prevent embedded scripts from running (ditto on the
OE
| > > phrase).
| > >
| > > Darrell
| > >
| > >
| > > Darrell A. Martin
| > > a native Vermonter currently in exile in Addison, Illinois
| > >
| > >
| > >
| > >
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| interest
| > to TMG users.
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
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| > Please remove any "Reply-To:" address in your e-mail program. Including
a
| "Reply-To:" prevents others from benefiting from replies to your
questions.
| >
| >
|
|
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