[LINK] Microsoft's Really Hidden Files

[Malcolm Miles]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:47:25 +1000, you wrote:

>http://www.fuckmicrosoft.com/content/ms-hidden-files.shtml 

Is this a joke?

>SUMMARY:
>There are folders on your computer that Microsoft has tried hard to keep
>secret. Within these folders you will find two major things: Microsoft
>Internet Explorer has been logging all of the sites you have ever visited --

It's called the browser cache. I hardly think it is a big secret.

>even after you've cleared your history, and Microsoft's Outlook and Outlook
>Express has been logging all of your e-mail correspondence -- even after
>you've erased them from your trash bin. (This also includes all incoming and
>outgoing e-mail attachments.) 

Well what do you know, Outlook Express "logs" incoming mail in your INBOX.MBX and keeps copies of your sent mail in SENTIT~1.MBX. Shhhh, don't tell anyone.

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Best wishes,
Malcolm