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post #1 of 8
8/27/04 at 2:44am
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With all these security risks, backdoors, and holes; Is Outlook Express dangerous to use?

Would I be better off using Outlook 2003 or would it be in the same boat....
I want to know because didn't they get the HL2 source from hacking one of Valve's employee's outlook express?

I have used firefox browser, liked it but unistalled it because most of the pages didn't appear correctly.... I want to use Thunderbird but fear that will be the same experience. I would rather use Outlook, but if im going to be worried about my data. Forget that.....
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post #2 of 8
8/27/04 at 10:06am
I ahve always thought OUtlook was better at security than Express. Outlook 2003 appears to be pretty secure. It even block files containing attachments with the extensions of .exe and .cfm and a bunch of others. This feature you can't shut off so you end up having to rename or compress files to get them through. All in all it was a good upgrade for me. I would suggest Oulook 2003 over Outlook Express.

Peyton
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post #3 of 8
8/27/04 at 10:10am
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This feature you can't shut off so you end up having to rename or compress files to get them through
And THAT as of late has caused quite a problem. The latest MyDoom worm propagates by a .zip file automatically sent without you knowing. I had to abandon my old email address because I would get 14 of these emails everyday, and outlook thinks they're legitimate. My huge beef with outlook is you can't even configure the rules to block messages that contain .zip files.
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post #4 of 8
8/27/04 at 10:18am
I think Outlook 2003 will. If you set your securty for Medium or higher it won't even download the small gifs that are on HTML mailings. It also has a junk mail folder that it moves everything to to isolate possible threats. I only installed a couple of weeks ago so i ahvenot looked too deeply at the security.


Peyton
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post #5 of 8
8/27/04 at 11:30am
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Originally Posted by PMan
I have always thought Outlook was better at security than Express. Outlook 2003 appears to be pretty secure. It even block files containing attachments with the extensions of .exe and .cfm and a bunch of others. This feature you can't shut off so you end up having to rename or compress files to get them through.

Peyton
Allow me to burst your bubble. In the Outlook help under "Attachment file types blocked by Outlook" you will see the file extensions that are blocked.

Well... there is a registry entry that tells Outlook not to block those file extensions that you add to its list.

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article08-104

Enjoy!!
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post #6 of 8
8/27/04 at 12:18pm
man that is great. I actually searched a little but never found anything. here in the office we pass stuff via email like cfm files and exes. That is awesome. I am going to go try....

Thanks!
P
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post #7 of 8
8/27/04 at 12:41pm
seems to work. The path is a little different for Outlook 2003. A value to me!

thanks again.

P
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post #8 of 8
8/27/04 at 10:31pm
Be advised, this change exposes Outlook to increased security risks. The note in the link is quite clear:
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Note: I shouldn't have to tell you that this means you'll now be able to receive EXE files and other potentially harmful file types over email. Even though the majority of viruses are actually contained in Word documents (.doc files), you'll want to excercise some caution when opening any EXE files you subsequently receive.
When making the changes in the link, you should have installed anti-virus software that will scan Sent and Received email messages and their attachments for viruses.
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