Re: Settings

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"B.I." <B.I.@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I note that (in other newsgroups) contributors advocate the use of plain
>language settings for both mail & NGs in Outlook Express (as opposed to
>HTML) stating that this is a security issue. No one appears to wish to
>state what this security issue is.
>
> Can you comment, please?

Start here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291387


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