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No. The only difference when viewing in the preview pane is that the message is opened automatically as opposed to manually. In either case it's opened, and in the rare cases where opening it would result in infection, then previewing it will have the same result.
This is why most people advise turning off the preview pane altogether - because it won't even let you delete a suspicious e-mail without first opening it (i.e. as soon as you click to select it for deletion, it opens in the preview pane).
No. The only difference when viewing in the preview pane is that the message is opened automatically as opposed to manually. In either case it's opened, and in the rare cases where opening it would result in infection, then previewing it will have the same result.
This is why most people advise turning off the preview pane altogether - because it won't even let you delete a suspicious e-mail without first opening it (i.e. as soon as you click to select it for deletion, it opens in the preview pane).
One more thing. Often email worms function through a hole in Outlook's code (or many of the older ones used to, anyway).
Using a different mail reader, like Thunderbird, will result (for now) in greater chances of being safe, simple because fewer worms are written to target this client.
Even better is using a web-based service like Gmail, through your web browser.
Using a different mail reader, like Thunderbird, will result (for now) in greater chances of being safe, simple because fewer worms are written to target this client.
Even better is using a web-based service like Gmail, through your web browser.