Does anyone know how to add the field "content-type" (that field in the
email header that indicates whether an email is text or html) as a field
inside of Outlook?

I received a number of emails containing the Swen worm as an attachment.
Thankfully I recognized it for what it was, and deleted all copies, ran
virus checkers etc. But in researching Outlook security (which is
unfortunately deplorable) I found out that not only can I get into trouble
by opening the attachments, but I can trigger scripting bugs by viewing the
email (I've turned that off and I'm considering using one of the utilities
out there to renders viewing unusable) and even reading a text email (a
problem with Outlook Express 6). So I'm doing all that I can to protect
myself.

In particular, I would like to have a field inside out outlook that tells me
whether the email is text or html. I can see it within the header with
(View) (Options) but I want to do better than that. Ideally I'd like to sort
through email from folks that I don't know by the content-type and only read
the text email. I thought content-type would be another field that I could
add to a view, but not so. Is there an easy way to do this? If there isn't
an easy way, does anyone have suggestions about doing this? I can code if I
have to, although I don't have visual basic on my computer. If you know of
code for a custom view out there that I can adapt, that would be great. I'd
rather do this easy if I can. I can't believe nobody else is trying to do
this.

If I am able to cludge together something that works I will post my findings
back here.

Thanks!

Outlook does not support extraction of data from message headers, unless you want to write CDO or Redemption code in the Outlook VBA environment to do the job.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Adrielle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:uGtbcN%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Does anyone know how to add the field "content-type" (that field in the
> email header that indicates whether an email is text or html) as a field
> inside of Outlook?
>
> I received a number of emails containing the Swen worm as an attachment.
> Thankfully I recognized it for what it was, and deleted all copies, ran
> virus checkers etc. But in researching Outlook security (which is
> unfortunately deplorable) I found out that not only can I get into trouble
> by opening the attachments, but I can trigger scripting bugs by viewing the
> email (I've turned that off and I'm considering using one of the utilities
> out there to renders viewing unusable) and even reading a text email (a
> problem with Outlook Express 6). So I'm doing all that I can to protect
> myself.
>
> In particular, I would like to have a field inside out outlook that tells me
> whether the email is text or html. I can see it within the header with
> (View) (Options) but I want to do better than that. Ideally I'd like to sort
> through email from folks that I don't know by the content-type and only read
> the text email. I thought content-type would be another field that I could
> add to a view, but not so. Is there an easy way to do this? If there isn't
> an easy way, does anyone have suggestions about doing this? I can code if I
> have to, although I don't have visual basic on my computer. If you know of
> code for a custom view out there that I can adapt, that would be great. I'd
> rather do this easy if I can. I can't believe nobody else is trying to do
> this.
>
> If I am able to cludge together something that works I will post my findings
> back here.
>
> Thanks!
>
>