Re: russian e mails?

From: Lu Tze (Lztue_at_ankhmorpok.com)
Date: 12/12/04 

Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 12:28:48 +0000 (UTC)

Christo wrote:
> "Michael J. Pelletier" <mjpelletier@mjpelletier.com> wrote in message
> news:SXwsd.391371$a85.234@fed1read04...
>
>>Christo wrote:
>>
>>
>>>i use Outlook express have ZoneAlarm and fully updates norton AV i get e
>>>mails with russians characters and lots of ??????;cfjsd;sd#l dodgey
>>>markings in them
>>>
>>>
>>>these aren't any threat, because in Outlook express, to delete the e mail
>>>it must open it when u click on it it opens in the pane below?
>>>
>>>these wont cause any problems with SP2 and firewall / AV?
>>
>>Can you restate that last paragraph? A couple of suggestions I would give
>>you, espically is you are using outlook/outlook express. DO NOT VIEW
>>emails
>>in HTML!
>>
>>-- Michael
>
>
> sorry i meant in outlook, in order to delete an e mail, i first must click
> on it, which in turn opens the e mail in the preview pane
>
> is this a security risk when receiving e mails with viewing potential email
> viruses etc.
>
> I am now running in plain text mode due to your advice
>
> however i am still a bit concerned about the way outlook express views e
> mails, with the preview pain etc. is there no way of disabling automatic
> opening of a message when clicking on it, i have found such an option,
> however this only works when reading news through OE
>
> would you reccomend another mail program?
>
> opera's mail program for instance? which i dont have much knowledge on but i
> do use opera and do know that there is a mail/news function within it.
>
> Thanks for the advice
>
> chris
>
>
Under "view" on the toolbar, is there not a way to disable the preview pane. 

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