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The First Commandment : Thou Shalt Not Use Outlook Express.
Would never dream of using an email program made by the Evil Empire (tm), so I can't help you. I just wanted to get Internet Cred Points for mocking the Micro$oft-user. Posts: 10645 | Registered: Jul 2004
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Is it OE that's blocking attachments, or your anti-virus software, assuming you have such?
And seriously, OE sucks. Not that I'm trying to make you feel bad - I'm not. It's just that it's a terrible program. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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Have you gone to tools, options, security, and checked the box that says "do not allow attachments to be saved or opened htat could potentially be a virus"?
If the files you sent yourself were either zipped format or executables, that could be automatically interpreted as potentially harmful and therefore blocked.
So next question - what file format were the files you sent yourself?
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You're welcome. But the other side of the coin is that now, you'll be able to open potentially damaging files. So you've got to make sure you
a. have antivirus software b. update the virus definition files as soon as new ones come out c. they're set on paranoid d. they scan all email attachments.
Or you're setting yourself up for some major problems.
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*sigh* Do you know how long it tool me to learn how to use the basics of what is installed? I don't think I can handle trying to learn a new thing at the moment. i'm totally overwelmed by work, right now.
But thanks for the info, folks!
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Largely that its not standards compliant, has remarkably few features, particularly lacking the wonders of tabbed browsing, and has a crappy security model, making it far too easy to get spyware and malware problems. If you've ever had any of those, realize that if you used firefox, mozilla, or another alternative browser you most likely wouldn't have.
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Gotta agree with the others. Firefox is way way way better. Hands down. And no pop up problems.
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Just to translate AND support fugu here - IE has problems. It doesn't render sites properly the way it's supposed to, it allows pop-up windows to have free reign and there a more than a few viruses that target IE due to security vulnerabilities.
Firefox handles all of these much more efficiently, although it has it's share of rendering problems too.
The two best, deal-maker abilities of firefox are definitely pop-up blocking and tabbed browsing. Tabbed browsing means that instead of having multiple windows for each webpage you view, you can arrange them all as a series of tabs at the top of your browser, and just switch between them. When you want to open a new page, just right-click on the link, and choose 'open in new tab' and it will open it up, but put it in a tab next to your other windows.
Apart from using it to test my own sites for compatibility, I haven't used IE in years.
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Oh, and I forgot to mention mouse gestures. They are lovely, and you can use them in both Opera and Firefox. They are better implemented in Opera though.
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