Hello Jonathan,

On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:15:29 -0600 GMT (12/03/03, 11:15 +0700 GMT),
Jonathan Angliss wrote:

> Why does Word need access to the internet to perform a system call? If
> it does, then I think MS just put themselves another nail in the
> coffin for me. It should be a system call only... Word shouldn't be
> attempting to open sites, process urls, and the likes.

I agree, Word should just call IE and let IE connect to the internet.
Alas, when I click on a URL in Word, my PFW says that "Word" (not IE)
is attempting to connnect to IP-address so-and-so, port 80. That's all
I know.

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Cheers,
Thomas.

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