I'm not fully understand the e-mail system in Outlook Express, when i receive email from someone i don't know because i'm scared to open them because they might contain viruses, how i can read my email without contaminating my system?
There are a couple of things you can do. First, make sure you have a good antivirus program installed and make sure you keep it updated! I use a great antivirus program, AVG from www.grisoft.com and it has prevented my system from becoming infected with any viruses. In fact, most of the time, it removes the virus from the e-mail message before it allows me to read the e-mail. Another thing you can do, is turn off the auto preview in Outlook Express. You can do this by clicking on “View” then on “Layout”. You will see the “Window Layout Properties” dialog. In the bottom half of the window, there is a section for “Preview Pane”. Just remove the check mark in front of “Show preview pane” and click “OK”. Now, you will have to double click on your messages to open them.