But the question was could he get a virus (or similar) if he opened his email through his ISP's homepage. Which is not relying on that you dont download any of the attacthments, or emails arent laced with spyware code.

Tedob1, i like your telnet idea, i was using telnet to view emails for ages, not sure why just felt more consolish(if thats a word)

Anyway all cool and effective answers

my 3 cents