A
Adrielle
Does anyone know how to add the field "content-type" (that field in the
email header that indicates whether an email is text or html) as a field
inside of Outlook?
I received a number of emails containing the Swen worm as an attachment.
Thankfully I recognized it for what it was, and deleted all copies, ran
virus checkers etc. But in researching Outlook security (which is
unfortunately deplorable) I found out that not only can I get into trouble
by opening the attachments, but I can trigger scripting bugs by viewing the
email (I've turned that off and I'm considering using one of the utilities
out there to renders viewing unusable) and even reading a text email (a
problem with Outlook Express 6). So I'm doing all that I can to protect
myself.
In particular, I would like to have a field inside out outlook that tells me
whether the email is text or html. I can see it within the header with
(View) (Options) but I want to do better than that. Ideally I'd like to sort
through email from folks that I don't know by the content-type and only read
the text email. I thought content-type would be another field that I could
add to a view, but not so. Is there an easy way to do this? If there isn't
an easy way, does anyone have suggestions about doing this? I can code if I
have to, although I don't have visual basic on my computer. If you know of
code for a custom view out there that I can adapt, that would be great. I'd
rather do this easy if I can. I can't believe nobody else is trying to do
this.
If I am able to cludge together something that works I will post my findings
back here.
Thanks!
email header that indicates whether an email is text or html) as a field
inside of Outlook?
I received a number of emails containing the Swen worm as an attachment.
Thankfully I recognized it for what it was, and deleted all copies, ran
virus checkers etc. But in researching Outlook security (which is
unfortunately deplorable) I found out that not only can I get into trouble
by opening the attachments, but I can trigger scripting bugs by viewing the
email (I've turned that off and I'm considering using one of the utilities
out there to renders viewing unusable) and even reading a text email (a
problem with Outlook Express 6). So I'm doing all that I can to protect
myself.
In particular, I would like to have a field inside out outlook that tells me
whether the email is text or html. I can see it within the header with
(View) (Options) but I want to do better than that. Ideally I'd like to sort
through email from folks that I don't know by the content-type and only read
the text email. I thought content-type would be another field that I could
add to a view, but not so. Is there an easy way to do this? If there isn't
an easy way, does anyone have suggestions about doing this? I can code if I
have to, although I don't have visual basic on my computer. If you know of
code for a custom view out there that I can adapt, that would be great. I'd
rather do this easy if I can. I can't believe nobody else is trying to do
this.
If I am able to cludge together something that works I will post my findings
back here.
Thanks!