> > A virus is only a problem if you're reckless enough to open an
> > attachment without scanning it - whatever your OS
>
> Nope, sorry.  Using Outlook in auto-preview mode (at least) will open
> the door to several script virii that can be embedded within the HTML
> message itself.  Outlook parses the files for the preview, and there
> you go.

Yes that's true, although the only one I'm aware of was the proof-of-
concept BubbleBoy. Fortunately that particular nasty hasn't become
a trend and viruses are still pretty basic and infection could be said
to be operator error. In just general terms it's unwise to open anything
(from anybody) without running AV first, including scanning mail .dbx
files, takes only a few seconds

> auto-preview mode
> Micro$oft doesn't advertise the fact

No, they don't, but it's easy enough to untick boxes in View/Layout

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