Open an email - what is that mean?

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Man T

Whan a email is virus attached, you should not open the email otherwise some
virus will destroy your harddisk.

In Outlook, there are email header on the top panel. When I click the
header, the body will be displayed on th bottom half. Did I open the email?
Or it only happened when I open the attachment?
 
Man T wrote on Thu, 11 December 2008 20:2
Whan a email is virus attached, you should not open the email otherwise some
virus will destroy your harddisk.

In Outlook, there are email header on the top panel. When I click the
header, the body will be displayed on th bottom half. Did I open the email?
Or it only happened when I open the attachment
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you are opening the message but as long as you don't open the attachment, its safe - the preview pane can't run active content, at least as long as you aren't using Outlook 98 or a early buil of Outlook 2000.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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