Is it safe to preview your email?

In the early 2000's, many security professionals called for you to turn off the preview feature of your email client.

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If you do not remember what happened in the past, you will say that it is safe

Articles advising to turn off the preview were numerous. Many websites thought that using the preview was a bad idea. They often did not specify why, from being told that "you can open an email message you really don't want to open."

The truth is that a virus or other dangerous program can be transmitted to your computer if you open an infected email. To be precise, this was a problem for a while before the beginning of the new millennium.

Once email started using HTML for formatting, some ι χρήστες το εκμεταλλεύτηκαν για να τρέχουν – usually JavaScript – when an email is read.

For a short time, it was considered dangerous to open messages and, consequently, to use the preview window, unless one is sure that the e-mail is secure.

But the biggest email developers of the day, such as Microsoft, Pegasus, Eudora and Apple (Gmail did not exist yet), took the matter more seriously.

Within a few years, the problem virtually disappeared because everyone αλληλογραφίας σταμάτησαν να επιτρέπουν την εκτέλεση when an email is opened. No mail client now allows code execution when you open an email. So if you don't use one much , πρόγραμμα-client ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου (σκεφτείτε το Outlook 2000 on a Windows 98 computer) your mail program simply won't allow code to run when you open an email.

The real danger

In addition, all major email account providers, including Microsoft, Apple, Gmail and Yahoo! have sophisticated virus and malware detection tools that prevent malicious applications from accessing your inbox anyway.

This does not mean that malicious applications do not circulate via email. But it requiresto be open an attachment or click on a link. So there are still voices that still say that preview windows are a serious danger. But they probably miss them…

The problem no longer seems to exist, so by disabling the preview window, the only thing you do is make your life harder.

As mentioned earlier, opening emails is safe. The danger comes from the links of "fishing" and the opening of dangerous attachments. These risks are the same whether you use Outlook or Gmail email client.

Yes, it is safe to use the preview window and you can enjoy the convenience it gives you.

 

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