Automatic Message Download Setting

[Caddisfly]

Is there a security risk to automatically download messages when previewing?

Is there a difference in security to view a message in the lower screen when
previewing versus the result from double clicking the preview and opening the
message in a full screen?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Is there a security risk to automatically download messages when previewing?

No.

Is there a difference in security to view a message in the lower screen when
previewing versus the result from double clicking the preview and opening the
message in a full screen?

The preview is actually just a tad more secure than opening the message in its own window in Outlook 2003.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Brian Tillman]

Is there a security risk to automatically download messages when
previewing?

Is there a difference in security to view a message in the lower
screen when previewing versus the result from double clicking the
preview and opening the message in a full screen?

That depends on your version of Outlook and the patch level applied, neither
of which you stated.