One more question.
My computer tech has closed my Preview Pane in Outlook Express. How did
he do that? For six
years, I single-clicked the mail and looked below to the Preview Pane to see
what it looked like, then deleted it or just read it in the Preview Pane (I
had the pane quite large). Occasionally, for large e-mail, I would
double-click the message and open it up to a full page by itself.
Tech told me that when I click the messages and see them below in the
Preview Pane, I am releasing any viruses, trojans, etc., at that point. I
think when I first received my computer my Outlook Express opened in that
format. Folders on the left, messages on the right and the Preview Pane
open.
So, just clicking the message and looking at what it is in the Preview Pane
is causing me problems?
Just want to verify this and I find this new way, just seeing if I recognize
the mailer before I open the message, very strange at this point.
So, for my normal e-mail, he has hidden the preview pane. When I switch to
the msnews.microsoft newsgroups folder, like this one, the preview pane is
still open but it says MESSAGE HAS NOT BEEN DOWNLOADED - Outlook Express has
not downloaded this message, To Download the Message, Click here.

So, is my tech correct and I was opening myself up to bad things for using
that Preview Pane to view my mail for 6 years? Should I get rid of it in
my msnewsgroups, also? If so, how did he do that? I know when I had
the Preview Pane open for all my mail I never had to "Click Here" to see the
message, it would just be in the Preview Pane if I clicked on the message up
top.
thanks again,
kathryn