On 2007-12-15 07:19:29 -0800, Larry Dighera said:

On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:20:06 -0800, C J Campbell
wrote:

On 2007-12-14 10:31:45 -0800, Larry Dighera said:

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:21:58 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:

Microsoft Outlook Express

That will only affect those users who are ignorant enough to run
e-mail client program that automatically opens links embedded within
e-mail messages such as Microsoft Outlook Express.

Savvy users have nothing to fear.

Savvy users use Macs. :-)

I realize this is meant to be humorous, but ...

Does the web browser distributed with OSX (or whatever is current)
default to launching links contained within e-mail messages without
requesting confirmation from the user before doing so?

The web browser distributed with OS X is Safari and no, it does not.

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