Re: Outlook Express
From: Another Silly Rabbit (clipfront.davidpkd@earthlink.net)
Date: 10/21/02
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From: "Another Silly Rabbit" <clipfront.davidpkd@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 04:03:20 GMT
"David Williams" <davidwnh@ncia.net> wrote in message
news:uB$SqVbdCHA.2568@tkmsftngp10...
> Look in tools->options->security-> and uncheck the do not allow
attachments
> to be opened.
>
> And the reason they check this by default is because too many people are
too
> stupid to install virus protection and keep it up to date.
It seems like something that people should be clearly informed about by
Microsoft so they don't encounter this problem without knowing the cause and
have to endure it until they learn the cause and how to fix the problem
(which may be a considerable hassle and which some people may not ever
figure out how to do). Microsoft and others have touted the convenient
"intuitiveness" of using Windows, even by the very unknowledgeable, for many
years and users have reason to expect it actually exists. Users also have
good reason to expect a long existing feature will work as it has in the
past unless informed otherwise.
Additionally, it should be noted that RTFM has become an obsolete acronym
and TINFM has gained some use because the manufacturers presumably believe
their operating systems are so intuitive that manuals are not required.
Anyway that is a very charitable presumption of the reason for this practice
which is out of conformance with several parts of my employer's Quality
Policy and my employer's Mission Statement.
> They are usually the same people that are to stupid to look at the options
> settings.
see above comments
> And are usually the same people that too stupid to realize that most
viruses
> are spread via attachments from friendly addresses.
Viruses within the body of email messages rather than attached to them has
become a noticeable trend. Perhaps a reason for this is that people are
increasingly careful about the use of attachments.
> And are usually the same people that blame Microsoft for their own
> stupidity!
"see above comments" applies here also.
Mr. William's frequent comments about stupidity of people seem unnecessary,
unprovoked and ill-mannered. I would give greater considertion to the
merits of the poster's opinions if they were expressed in a less hostile
manner and believe that news group discussions in general (for news groups
of this sort anyway) are more useful and pleasant when they are civil in
tone.
David K
>
> "Ralph Clark" <rclark@megapipe.net> wrote in message
> news:44ff01c27542$7ed9f5e0$36ef2ecf@tkmsftngxa12...
> > It seems that Outlook Express cannot tell the difference
> > between a virous and a digital photo. Too often family
> > photos are blocked for security reasons. I have looked
> > for updates to correct this problem but, none are
> > available. This tells me that Microsoft is not in any
> > hurry to fix these problems. Other comments exist on the
> > same subject.
>
>
>
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