I'm interested in what you mean by "Unicode/locale based exploits". Do you mean that nasty individuals have found ways to compromise a computer's security, or do you mean that spammers have been using it to find live addresses when people open such emails?
The best security against MSOutlook is to simply not use it. :)
I use Mozilla mail. I used to use Eudora, but it wasn't seeing some emails sent by people from within MSWord. I have a sneaking suspicion that the invisibility of those emails was intentional on Microsoft's part in an attempt to cripple Eudora, but I guess I should look to that old maxim: never attribute to conspiracy what can be adequately explained by incompetence. On the other hand it seems odd that Microsoft would stray accidentally from the universal mail standard in such a way that would coincidentally damage one of their major competitors.
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Re: How very true!
Date: 2005-02-01 12:39 am (UTC)The best security against MSOutlook is to simply not use it. :)
I use Mozilla mail. I used to use Eudora, but it wasn't seeing some emails sent by people from within MSWord. I have a sneaking suspicion that the invisibility of those emails was intentional on Microsoft's part in an attempt to cripple Eudora, but I guess I should look to that old maxim: never attribute to conspiracy what can be adequately explained by incompetence. On the other hand it seems odd that Microsoft would stray accidentally from the universal mail standard in such a way that would coincidentally damage one of their major competitors.