[PLUG] Possible worm, the attachment is the text source listing of the email in question.

[Holger Stephan]

This quote underlines the fact that the preview does the same as opening
the message.

As does this quote from your source:

"I'll bet the scripts execute in a preview pane just fine, thank you
very much."

- Holger

On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 10:07, Russ Johnson wrote:
> Randall Hansen wrote:
> > AFAIK, for Outlook and Outlook Express, previewing and viewing of
> > messages are handled by the same IE control -- there's literally no
> > difference, just different window dressing.  It's very different for
> > messages whose attack is triggered by attachment execution, but that's
> > another issue.
> 
> It was my understanding that the preview pane (pain?) does NOT behave 
> the same as when you "open" a message.
> 
> Here's a reference: http://itrain.org/itinfo/2000/it000506.html
> 
> <quote>
> Microsoft reports an alternative to this process is to not open incoming 
> email messages, to read them in the AutoPreview or Preview Pane.
> </quote>
> 
> -- 
> Russ Johnson
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