[pchelpers] Re: Blank Preview pane
- From: "tactilelady" <supergrams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 16:16:47 -0500
I've gotten virus using the preview pane isn't it better safe then sorry?
For that matter why would anyone want to read in such a small space when you
can open it to a large screen? I don't get it. Oh well what one likes the
other may not. It's all about preference right?
Pen
>
> > There are some viruses that can infect your computer just by viewing the
> > infected email in the preview pane. For that reason I don't use the
> preview
> > pane at all. Some on this list have said this is not true.
>
> Bob says:
> While this is true....I have always used the preview pane and have never
> gotten a virus. Because I keep my AV and Windows up to date. They print
> things like "Don't put this plastic bag over your head" on plastic bags.
Or
> on hairdryers, "Don't dry hair while standing in the bathtub full of
water".
> We usually laugh at these notices BUT they are true. We know that
anything
> has to be used in the right manner. The preview pane is the only way to
> view mail -IN MY OPINION. But you have to have the proper protection in
> place. As an example, you may be so paranoid about getting virus that you
> don't even use email, but you don't do your Windows update and guess what
> ...you have the latest worm infecting your computer, as it doesn't use
email
> to spread.
>
> Bob McLellan
>
>
>
>
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