Is there any way of prevent outlook express of sending an e-mail from
a program that is not trusted?

How does Outlook Express detect when another program is trying to send
an e-mail in your name? How does Outlook Express detect when you are
sending the e-mail and not an external program?

I know that there is an option in tne Options Tabs to be Notified when
another program is trying to send a message in my name, but what I
want to know is how Outlook 'knows' that is is sent by other program.

Or it is not Outlook Express the one who determines it but the mail
server?



Help, please


Erika

Windows determines what application invokes OE or any other Mail Client to
send a message.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

wrote:
Is there any way of prevent outlook express of sending an e-mail from
a program that is not trusted?

How does Outlook Express detect when another program is trying to send
an e-mail in your name? How does Outlook Express detect when you are
sending the e-mail and not an external program?

I know that there is an option in tne Options Tabs to be Notified when
another program is trying to send a message in my name, but what I
want to know is how Outlook 'knows' that is is sent by other program.

Or it is not Outlook Express the one who determines it but the mail
server?



Help, please


Erika

Outlook Express can tell that it is being started to send an e-mail but
that the e-mail is not coming from within itself.

An honest external program (and some dishonest) would ask Windows to
send a message via the default mail client. If OE happens to be the
default, then it would get control. If some other mail program is the
default (e.g. Outlook, Eudora, Thunderbird, etc.) then OE would never
know.

Lastly, a virus often bypasses any mail client on your PC and talks
directly to the SMTP mail server. In the case, OE would never know. To
block that sort of activity, your firewall would have to restrict access
to SMTP ports to authorized programs.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


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Is there any way of prevent outlook express of sending an e-mail from
a program that is not trusted?

How does Outlook Express detect when another program is trying to send
an e-mail in your name? How does Outlook Express detect when you are
sending the e-mail and not an external program?

I know that there is an option in tne Options Tabs to be Notified when
another program is trying to send a message in my name, but what I
want to know is how Outlook 'knows' that is is sent by other program.

Or it is not Outlook Express the one who determines it but the mail
server?



Help, please


Erika