A virus in an e-mail is pretty much a thing of the past. The concern is with
attachments and links. However, what you're looking for is disabling the
Preview Pane. View | Layout and uncheck it. You can also put a button on the
toolbar if you wish.

In Tools | Options | Security, run OE in the Restricted Zone and note the
other virus protection options. And make sure your anti-virus is kept up to
date.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"sassejan" wrote in message
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I don't want the body of the message open just because its highlighted,
from
what I understand if theres a virus in the email and it opens its to late
to
delete it, so I use to have it set up that way before my hd crashed but
don't
remember how to do it, does anyone know?