-=> Mocking Steve Bennett to Kurt Wismer <=-
   
 KW> supposed to... however, email has the ability to have file attachments
 KW> and what msmail probably does is allow the attachment to be launched
 KW> automatically...
 SB> Ok, I understand.  One wouldn't think it would be a terribly useful
 SB> feature that...just a worrying one.
 
well apparently some people find it useful... there's another mail
reader that was discussed in alt.comp.virus or comp.virus a couple weeks
ago that would launch attatchments at the click of a button...
 KW> this is no different than having netscape configured to execute
 KW> downloads automatically... communications software should not be
 KW> allowed to execute or otherwise launch new materials automatically -
 KW> it's not secure...
 SB> ACtually I don't think netscape launches anything automatically
 SB> (besides music/pictures/sound etc), without special additions
 SB> (add-ons).   
if you're careful about the addons then there's no problem... a gif
viewer isn't going to hurt anyone... however, you can be given a
trojanized add-on and that makes things considerably less secure...
... i am behaving myself, this is just like me...
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