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Security issues have been widely reported in the press over the past few years, especially concerning e-mail and the web. KMT Software takes these issues very seriously and has taken several important steps to ensure that High Impact eMail can be used with complete confidence.

Virus Scanning

The High Impact eMail program, the setup program, and all Template Packs have been scanned by the most current commercially available virus scanners and are all certified to be virus-free.

Digital Signatures

KMT Software has used digital signatures on the High Impact eMail installation program and on all Template Packs. These digital signatures identify KMT Software as the developer and ensure that the software has not been altered since it was released.

Template Scanning

Finally, at the time a template is selected for use as a new mail, High Impact eMail scans it. This scan attempts to determine whether a template contains anything other than simple HTML formatting. Since all KMT Software templates use only HTML formatting, High Impact eMail should never report a problem with these files.

Nevertheless, you may install Template Packs from other developers, you may download HTML templates from the web, or you may obtain them from a friend or associate. The template scanning of High Impact eMail is intended to protect against the (purely speculative) possibility that someone might create malicious templates and use unsuspecting users to distribute their code.

If High Impact eMail suspects a problem, it displays the following dialog box:  

If anything, High Impact eMail is overly cautious. If you are proficient with HTML and with scripting, you may wish to create templates that take advantage of Java or VBScript. Please be aware that these templates will be flagged by High Impact eMail as being potentially harmful. If you are confident about all the templates on your system, you may wish to disable the scanning. Simply uncheck the appropriate checkbox on the Security tab under Tools | Options.

See also:
The Security tab
Microsoft's E-Mail Security Page