Re: Take a look at corrective update from the M$ Corporation

["Laine Houghton" <laine@@@intergate.com>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
20031117203105.28917.00000489@mb-m17.aol.com">news:20031117203105.28917.00000489@mb-m17.aol.com...
>
> I have no fear about opening .zip files with WinZip
> or .jpg files with any of my viewers/editors.  Ditto
> for any data types that I recognize.
>
> It is important to reset the default so that filetypes are
> _always_ displayed, then avoid double-clicking things
> that may execute--like .exe, .com, .vbs, and so forth.
>
> I have never had a problem (of course, I don't run Outlook
> either).


That's pretty much my practice as well and I do run outlook. My main
computer is win95 and outlook 5.5 is tops in support. I came across a 166
MHZ notebook in the trash and installed win98. Outlook 6.(something) was
available on that system and I was actually miffed that what I was use to
wouldn't work. For safety reasons what I was use to was disabled but A quick
search of the switches allowed me to be at ease.
Not safe just comfortable.