Several virus' already activte when an email is opened, without having to run an attachment. In Outlook the auto-preview and preview pane both open emails automatically and can inadvertantly activate hidden script in emails.
More annoyingly, some spam messages have pictures in them linked from the internet, and in the html that displays the image is a code that verifies your email address is a valid one (for spamming purposes). This means that opening a porn-spam-email in the preview pane, or having auto-preview enabled will send a message to a server saying that your email has been verified, which in turn gets sold on again for more spam. Oh joy!
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