where to open emails

From: me curious (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:06:27 -0700

Sometimes I expect to get emails from people I dont know
because I have a retail store. Ive avoided opening some
because they looked suspicious. However, what if they
would have been a potential customer?? A friend suggested
to me that I go to a public library & open the ones Im
not sure of there. Can I expect that since it is
government facility, that viruses wont spread to other
pc's there?? After all, they must be in tip top shape
with antivirus stuff. My address book is on my emails
accounts server. So I was told that worms cant infest my
address book unless I use Outlook or something like that.
Can someone who knows let me know. I dont want to infect
any ones pc by my ignorance. thanks