Other vulnerabilities inherent in HTML e-mail include the ability to run Visual Basic scripts, ActiveX controls, and Macromedia flash, all of which can execute unauthorized and unsafe code.

Download a newsletter template and send it to a subset of your Outlook or Thunderbird contacts--without the messages getting caught in spam filters. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace ...

The Twitter protest again Microsoft Outlook is losing steam, but the question remains: Is HTML e-mail dangerous or is Microsoft using security as a reason not to comply with Web standards? Last week’s ...

A major change to the way Outlook 2007 renders email has created quite a stir online, and Microsoft's plans have largely been met with derision and critique. The change, which is explained in detail ...

Microsoft Corp. just finished a pretty rough few weeks, and I was planning to ease up on them. And then along came Bubbleboy. By now you may have heard of this computer virus. If you use Microsoft’s ...

Microsoft Outlook 2007 supports both plain text messages and HTML emails that contain links, formatting and graphics. If your small business uses the application but is receiving all email in plain ...

Microsoft warns of a hole in Internet Explorer 5.01 and 5.5 allows an attacker to automatically open e-mail attachments and execute malicious code.

Outlook has been copping some heat lately, largely for attracting virus writers, while Thunderbird has been getting all of the good press. We examine the two products, and other e-mail clients ...

Editor’s note: This story has been changed since it was originally posted because several quoted comments were mistakenly attributed to Dave Greiner, head of the FixOutlook.org protest. The ...