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Old 06-21-2004, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Conficio
You are so right. I use MS products for web and e-mail only if absolutely necessary. Use Mozilla and Linux and a bit of caution and you are virus and worm free ! ;-)
...and a bit of caution

That is what you said. In other words, it does not make any mail agent less prone than the other.

The problem with viral attacks through email is usually due to human error and not the mail software. It is not any more than that, and not any less.

If you want to be safe in Outlook Express, do not open any attachments ... plain and simple. If you have an itchy clicking finger, then do this in your options:

Go to the menu Tools > Options .... This will open up a dialog box ... click on the Security Tab. Set it up just like I have in this image grab.



Educate the people to do this very simple thing, and they can have all the safety (with due caution) as much as any other mail agent.
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