Path: news.net.uni-c.dk!logbridge.uoregon.edu!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews1 From: Terry Austin Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.database,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.beta,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: WARNING! My OE removed the attachment as being unsafe Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 20:08:07 -0800 Organization: Hyperbooks Online Bookstore Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <3C8435F2.4ED2879A@attglobal.net> <3c851cb0_2@news.iprimus.com.au> <3c853c75.13087585@news1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au> Reply-To: taustin@hyperbooks.com NNTP-Posting-Host: p-344.newsdawg.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: news.net.uni-c.dk comp.lang.basic.visual.database:119666 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:516525 comp.lang.beta:13141 comp.lang.c:584947 fajp@optushome.com.au (Frank Adam) wrote: >On Tue, 05 Mar 2002 19:30:37 GMT, "Steve Austin" >wrote: > >>> There is no such thing as "high security", or any real security at >>> all, when using Outlook Express to read mail or usenet. >> >>Bullshit. >> >How many security patches (per release) does it take to change your >opinion on that ? > I use OE at work. Never had a problem. Not even with the viruses that run in the preview pane, or even the one that runs as it's being downloaded. You do have to keep up with critical updates. But you have to do that with Windows anyway. The important ones all show up on the WindowsUpdate list. Once you've got the correct settings, it's as secure as any other mail client, provided you keep the patches current. And if you don't, no mail client is secure, because Windows is not secure. You do program in Visual Basic, no? A Windows only platform for all intents and purposes? -- Terry Austin http://www.hyperbooks.com/ Metacreator character software now available