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Setting Security settings in Outlook Express to Restricted and disabling Scripting services will do a lot to protect e-mail.
To do this you will need to open Outlook Express (referred to as OE from here on)
Go to the Menu bar across the top of the OE window and click on Tools
Then click on Options from the [...]

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Welcome back to the always exciting and fun filled adventures of The Weekly Geek. Last week we began discussing how to secure Outlook Express by turning off the Preview Pane. This week I want to go over e-mail formats, what you should use, what you should request and why.
The three most popular types of e-mail [...]

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Welcome back to another exciting and fun filled edition of The Weekly Geek!
Over the next few weeks we are going to go over the basics of securing Microsoft Outlook Express to help reduce the chance of catching a virus, worm or other nasty thing.
In all versions of Outlook Express (OE) comes with the Preview Pane [...]

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Welcome back to The Weekly Geek!
Over the last several weeks we have cleaned up your hard drive and Internet Explorer as well as defragment your hard drive. This week let’s clean up your email box. There are several email clients (programs) out there and most will work similar to what is described here. Since Outlook [...]

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