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Re: Grrr... another virus
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Date: 
Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:38:41 GMT
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Shiri, I think you can change the Outlook settings so that attachments are NOT
automatically previewed or opened.

Paul Sinasohn
LUGENT #115


In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Miller writes:
> > > Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > My mom got an email laballed "Fwd: JOKE". When she opened it, it replaced
> > > Just from opening it? Don't you have to click on the attachment?
> > 
> > Not necessarily, using MS Outlook.  In some configurations, it seems to open
> > attachments automagically.
> 
> Ahhh, true. That's what my mom uses, and it does open attachments
> automatically... so I guess that's it.
> 
> -Shiri
> Spamcake... hrmph.



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(...) Ahhh, true. That's what my mom uses, and it does open attachments automatically... so I guess that's it. -Shiri Spamcake... hrmph. (26 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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