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Skriven 2005-01-30 01:58:00 av CHARLES ANGELICH (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ALAN ZISMAN
Ärende: Re: PDF Reader
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Hello Alan - 

CA>>> I didn't like Thunderbird either but don't recall why. I
CA>>> use Eudora. :-) 

AZ>> Is your Eudora setup to use IE as its HTML mail viewer? 

CA>> Nothing uses IEx here by default. My default browser is
CA>> set to be FireFox. I launch IEx manually at times when at
CA>> Microsoft's website or the rare occasion some fool wrote a
CA>> webpage that _only_ IEx can interpret properly. 

AZ>> In that case, you're still open to a bunch of IE-based
AZ>> vulnerabilities. 

CA>> I've added patch files from Microsoft (several) plus
CA>> manually edited preferences and even the registry
CA>> according to instructions from Microsoft and others. My
CA>> version of IEx v6 is probably as 'safe' as is possible
CA>> considering what it is. 

AZ>> While more secure, Eudora doesn't do a very good job of
AZ>> displaying HTML mail on its own. 

CA>> I consider Eudora extremely safe based on my personal
CA>> experience using it and the fact that it falls under the
CA>> radar much the same as MAC's OS does. Little to nothing is
CA>> targeted towards Eudora. :-) 

CA>> I have AVG scanning email for me and I don't encourage
CA>> people to send me HTML emails. I don't find them at all
CA>> entertaining and prefer not to read 'wingdings' or
CA>> whatever that childlike font is people seem to prefer
CA>> lately. Since I do write HTML I can also _read_ HTML
CA>> directly if need be. :-) 

AZ> Charles... you seem to have missed my point. Regardless of
AZ> your default browser, Eudora will use IE to display HTML
AZ> mail by its own default. (You can change that). And even
AZ> though you discourage people sending you HTML emails, you
AZ> may receive them anyway... and if viewed using Eudora (with
AZ> its default display setting), 

I installed Eudora so long ago I don't know what the default
settings were but as I've mentioned before I followed
instructions re:security settings and Eudora does _not_ use IEx
by default or otherwise. 

AZ> IE vulnerabilities-- such as running Active X scripts
AZ> without asking for user permission-- can cause problems.
AZ> And these sorts of things are not picked up by AV software. 

I followed M$ and other website's recommendations and have set
ActiveX to ask me first. Really Alan, my version of IEx v6 as
it is now is as safe as IEx can be but FireFox is my _default_
browser for everything. 

AZ> While no viruses target the Eudora address book to spread
AZ> themselves (the way they often target Outlook or OE address
AZ> books), Eudora's default use of IE is a vulnerability. 

Nothing here uses IEx by default. 

AZ> Since you don't care much for HTML-formatted mail, a simple
AZ> solution is turn off Eudora's default setting. (I don't
AZ> have an installation of Eudora handy to tell you the exact
AZ> steps or wording of that setting-- I think it refers to
AZ> 'Microsoft viewer' or something similar rather than
AZ> explicitly mentioning IE). 

Try: 

tools>options> Viewing Mail>Message Window> 

Uncheck "Use Microsoft's Viewer" box 

At the bottom of the same display uncheck "Allow executables in
HTML content" 

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