Stop Uncommanded log on to Internet

[donbowyer]

I have found that if my in-box contains messages which themselves contain
links to web addresses, then Outlook causes an uncommanded log on to the
Internet when it is started . If there are no links in the in-box messages,
then there is no uncommanded logon. This occurs whether the messages have
been opened or not.
Can the uncommanded log on be prevented?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

What version of Outlook are we talking about and how did you verify your
issue?

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I have found that if my in-box contains messages which themselves contain
links to web addresses, then Outlook causes an uncommanded log on to the
Internet when it is started . If there are no links in the in-box messages,
then there is no uncommanded logon. This occurs whether the messages have
been opened or not.
Can the uncommanded log on be prevented?

 

[donbowyer]

I have Outlook 2002 with sp3.
The issue is not verifyable as such - it just happens. If any of the e-mails
in the In box contains a hyperlink to a web address, then when Outlook is
opened it causes an uncommanded log on to the net. If none of the e-mails in
the in box contain a hyperlink, then Outlook opens normally without causing a
log on to the net.