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Ton-e - 02 May 2008 21:18 GMT

Is there a way for attachments to open automatically. For instance, when
someone sends an attachment, and the pic automatically open up. Like in
hotmail, yahoo, or gmail.

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garysgold - 02 May 2008 23:33 GMT

Ton-e;700883 Wrote:

> Is there a way for attachments to open automatically. For instance, when
> someone sends an attachment, and the pic automatically open up. Like in
> hotmail, yahoo, or gmail.

I don't believe so. Seems that would be a security risk since viruses
are often sent as attachments and should not be opened unless they are
from a trusted source.

Gary

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Gary VanderMolen - 02 May 2008 23:57 GMT

For me, pictures sent to me as attachments do display automatically,
but other types of attachments have to be opened manually.
This is a reasonable security precaution.

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> Is there a way for attachments to open automatically. For instance, when
> someone sends an attachment, and the pic automatically open up. Like in
> hotmail, yahoo, or gmail.

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