[mso] Re: How do I handle Outlook2000 email pre-view panes

  • From: "Charles R. Buchanan" <crbgfblab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 08:53:50 -0700

My impression is (Maybe Dian or Linda can correct me if I'm wrong) and that
is, The preview pane in Outlook handles things a bit different than Outlook
Express because in OE, if you have it set up where you can view things like
Jpegs and what have you in the preview pane without doubleclicking or
hitting the spacebar, I think in that case, stuff will run or be shown
without any intervention from you, thus that could be dangerous as far as
malicious sripts and so forth.

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
-> Behalf Of ds
-> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 6:25 AM
-> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-> Subject: [mso] Re: How do I handle Outlook2000 email pre-view panes
->
->
->
-> The common advice is not to use the preview pane. However, I always use
-> the preview pane and I have never gotten a virus. Only once was a virus
-> able to activate on the preview pane and my virus scan caught it so no
-> damage done. I imagine opening the mail would've done the same thing, so
-> I don't see the benefit, unless you are sure to save and scan your
-> messages before opening which would be a real pain. I get thousands of
-> mail every day and some from rather novice groups. That is where the
-> majority of viruses will come in from.
->
-> On the other hand, I always keep my virus scan updated, and I suspect
-> that my ISP filters out some of the viruses. So if you are not careful
-> about safe computing, then you might want to disable anything that could
-> catch you unawares.
->
-> When you turn off the preview pane in a folder, the next time it opens
-> the preview pane will be off. So once you set it, it will stick.
->
-> Denise
->
-> Warning: Dates in Calendar are closer than they appear.
->
->
->
-> I just upgraded from Win95 and Outlook98 to Win2000 and the Outlook that
-> is
-> in Office 2000. Most things operate in a familiar way. Some don't.
->
-> I have noticed that when processing mail from some subfolders in my
-> inbox, a
-> preview pane shows. I have heard that this is insecure. On the VIEW menu
-> I
-> can select and toggle preview pane and auto preview. What I have been
-> doing
-> is turning off (via the VIEW menu) preview pane whenever it shows up. I
-> always have auto-preview turned off.  Am I safe, or am I already
-> compromised
-> when the preview pane shows up? If I am compromised by the preview pane,
-> how
-> do I ensure that it is always off?
->
-> TIA Jim Chapman
->
->
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