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Standard user e-mail safety
I volunteer at our senior citizen organization and we have a Win10 computer available for members and visitors. The other day I had to remove umpteen emails in the Mail app on the start screen by one person.
In order to use the computer, they log in using a standard account. No one is allowed to create an administrator account.
Although it isn't a fix, I uninstalled the Mail app from Start since most of the users aren't likely to find out how to get it back in Start or use it themselves.
All users use their own email accounts: that one person had been using both the Mail app in Start along with her Google & Yahoo email accounts.
Fortunately her attempts to download some software have failed since she is working from the standard account.
The manager asked me whether or not the computer could get infected if someone opened a dangerous link in their email account or the Mail app: I responded it shouldn't happen since nothing should be able to download from a standard account: but I'll research it so we'll be comfortable on a realistic expectation. One of my concerns is that it could be possible but highly unlikely. So I'd appreciate your advice.