If you go into Outlook's options, you can disable Active-X and other back doors, so its danger really lies in the fact that Microsoft has chosen dangerous defaults and most people don't change them. Same with IE. -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco Paul mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com > From: Sam A. McCandless > > I've never used Outlook, as Rafe suggests below, but rather Eudora, > because it was better documented in Adam Engst's book. Since then > I've come to appreciate the safety factor Rafe mentions. So much so > in fact that I'm thinking about replacing Internet Explorer with > Opera. And I like IE, if not Microsoft. I'm on a Mac, but I don't > think you have to be to use Eudora or Opera. - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.