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No email program is safe if you open an infected attachment.

Opening attachments, "infected" or not, is harmless. There are any number of mail programs (Thunderbird, KMail, GMail, Evolution, PINE, ...) which open attachments safely regardless of what's in them, because they don't make the incredibly stupid association of "open" with "run."

The "Good Times Virus" story used to be a big laugh on the Internet. Apparently some morons thought it would be a good idea to make a mail program that would actually play the joke!
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Not to worry if...  htotten | 10/29/04
Not to worry if....  InetUser_z | 10/29/04
All you need to protect you users..  FreeBSD | 10/29/04
SAV Intelligent Update vs LiveUpdate  MMcK_z | 10/29/04
Not to worry if...  DarthRidiculous | 10/29/04
using a mac  broadway al | 10/29/04
gotcha on Live Update  carnac | 10/29/04
You strip all executable attachments...  boomslang_z | 10/29/04
What is the MIME type for executable?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/29/04
Hmm, why does it work so well then?  boomslang_z | 10/30/04
Dont forget scripts and script-able apps  achavez382 | 03/03/05
1st Commandment  Squawkbox | 10/29/04
Why not?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/29/04
2nd Commandment  itanalyst | 10/29/04
Wrong again  IT Scion | 10/29/04
One Blocked Virus Does Not A Good OS Make  itanalyst | 10/29/04
Interesting  gary.douglas@... | 10/29/04
If more ppl were knowledgeable  FilledOut | 10/29/04
Under the hood  tic swayback | 10/29/04
Interesting? U Mean LAME.  whogoesthere | 10/29/04
Incredible?  PA-ITGuy | 10/29/04
Pot - Kettle (NOT)  whogoesthere | 10/29/04
Re: Pot - Kettle  PA-ITGuy | 10/30/04
Amen  a40961_z | 10/30/04
Get under the hood?  Linux User 147560 | 10/29/04
Outlook blocking is not a solution for me  voska | 10/29/04
But  DarthRidiculous | 10/29/04
Nonsense  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/29/04
3rd Commandement  Chad_z | 10/29/04
Symantec Support  tygeverink@... | 10/29/04
Suggestion for Symantec  genya356@... | 10/29/04
Trend Micro  mojoguy | 10/29/04
AV support  thutchins | 10/29/04
Are you using Enterprise Edition?  The King's Servant | 10/29/04
Symantec Support  MRBOWTIE | 10/29/04
Any suggestions?  Laura Silvero | 10/31/04
AVG  Kamikaze_Ohka | 11/01/04
Symantec Support  earnescw | 11/17/04
Got better with Computer Associates  zackszoo | 10/29/04
4th commandment  CobraA1 | 10/29/04
5th Commandement  Bio_nuclear | 10/29/04
Well...  Anton Philidor | 10/29/04
Where have you been?  DarthRidiculous | 10/29/04
How about...  AmusedAtItAll | 10/29/04
You need to know how SMTP works  voska | 10/29/04
And this will help  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/29/04
6th Commandment  itanalyst | 10/29/04
Remember  lengua99 | 11/11/04
TruPrevent users were totally protected  childol | 10/29/04
Excellent product...  The King's Servant | 10/29/04
OR...  childol | 10/29/04
What are all these pesky creatures/features?  michael-t | 10/29/04
Well...  James T. Kirk | 11/01/04
Meta-Commandment  michael-t | 10/29/04
Just another reason  richdave | 10/30/04
Can't Wait  DickWelf | 10/30/04
Dick, it is happening now!  derekgore | 11/01/04
Wow! No Linux and Mac replies?  derekgore | 11/01/04
When it happens once in a blue moon  lengua99 | 11/11/04
Shouldn't it be SOP to..  GGS430 | 10/30/04
in addition  GGS430 | 11/01/04
7th Commandment  George Jay | 11/01/04
8th Commandment  flyingbuick | 11/05/04
IS THE USER OR OS REALLY AT FAULT  linbegone | 11/07/04
Yeah, but  lengua99 | 11/11/04

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