Censored E-mail

From: Anne (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/09/04 

Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 05:54:02 -0800

This is not censorship. This is protection.

OE had a feature for convenience that opened attachments
by default. The intentions were noble but the hackers and
virus/worm writers used this to spread their nasty wares.
To protect against this auto-opening this feature is
added.

Without other AV protection, you are at risk. Turn it off
at your own risk and cost.

-A.
>-----Original Message-----
>I was without a computer for a while and finally set up
>my new one.
>
>When I went to review all my E-mail received, I found two
>thirds of the messages had been censored with the
>caption "OE removed access to the following unmsafe
>attatchments in your mail."
>
>When did Outlook Express start this Censorship and how
>can I solve this problem?
>
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