Make sure you have up to date Virus Protection and do not open any
attachments from anyone you don't know. Do not take any notice of any
bounced or undelivered emails as this one sometimes pretends to be just
such an item.
I had one come with an email but Norton trapped and deleted it.
Just
Don't open attachments. Period.
More reasonably, if you receive an attachment that you are not *expecting*,
even from someone you know, check with them before opening it to ensure that
they sent it and it is safe to open.
Oh, yeah, turn off the Preview Pane (View|Layout|Show Preview Pane) in
That's one of the nice features of Outlook 2003, you can set it to disable
picture download. And if you want to selectively enable it for individual
pictures or messages.
Kind of interesting to see what messages have hidden pictures.
Cheryl D. Wise
Certified Professional Web Developer
- Original Message -
Sent: January 29, 2004 8:44 AM
Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: How is the virus?
Tools Options Read check Read all messages in plain text
But if everyone did this, (along with installing Zone Alarm) then Norton
and McAfee wouldn't have a business and viruses wouldn't
On the subject of turning off the preview pane - I have Juno. You cannot
configure Juno to work with anything but Juno. Does anyone know how I
can turn off the preview pane in Juno OR find out their smtp or pop addys
so I can configure it to work with Outlook Express?
Riva
Oh, yeah, turn off
I got several emails with the virus attached through my Paint Shop
Pro Group email address, but I did not open the attachment. My
anti-virus program detected all but the first one. It updated its
definitions between the first and the next few.
I did a bad thing by allowing my spam filter to bounce
- Original Message -
From: rudy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 11:44 AM
Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: How is the virus?
Oh, yeah, turn off the Preview Pane (View|Layout|Show Preview Pane) in
Outlook Express, if you are using it. Embedded code (scripting) can
Scott wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Scott Glasgow
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 12:09 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: How is the virus?
Tools Options Read check Read all messages in plain text
Intriguing. No such option exists in my version of Outlook Express
Tools Options Read check Read all messages in plain text
Intriguing. No such option exists in my version of Outlook Express
(6.00.2600.). In fact, I checked all the tabs available in the Options
dialog and this choice does not appear anywhere. What version of Outlook
Express are you
-
From: rudy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 12:33 PM
Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: How is the virus?
Tools Options Read check Read all messages in plain text
Intriguing. No such option exists in my version of Outlook Express
(6.00.2600.
rudy,
You're right, I finally took the time to explore my isp's spam program
and turned off viewing images. Also, the spam program said the same
thing you did about the images being some kind of receipt for the sender.
Jan
rudy wrote:
Oh, yeah, turn off the Preview Pane (View|Layout|Show
Yumin
I have had 6 emails in the last 2 days that were affected with a virus
and my ISP spam program caught them all. Lucky for me.
Jan
Yumin wrote:
Hello all:
It is said that new viruses navad/mydoom are flooding right now. Who in our
list
has been attacked ? How to prevent from that?
Yumin
Riva
It's been a long time since I left Juno, but I believe you have to go to
your web page area and if they have a spam program you should be able to
configure it there.
hth
Jan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On the subject of turning off the preview pane - I have Juno. You cannot
configure Juno
At 09:21 AM 01/29/2004 -0500, Yumin wrote:
Hello all:
It is said that new viruses navad/mydoom are flooding right now. Who in our
list
has been attacked ? How to prevent from that?
Yumin
I've had a few attempts with emails claiming to be
notifications of bounced or failed messages and
containing
Thanks Jan. I will check it out.
Riva
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 10:41:36 -0800 Jan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Riva
It's been a long time since I left Juno, but I believe you have to
go to
your web page area and if they have a spam program you should be
able to
configure it there.
hth
I'm sure I'm not the only person who doesn't use Outhouse on their
machines - in case anyone else is looking for it, Eudora tucks the
turning off images facility under SpecialSettingsFonts Display -
thanks for the tip, Rudy.
Franni
rudy,
You're right, I finally took the time to explore my
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