downloading attachments

J

Jim Irwin

I've lately been getting an advisoru that "OE has
determined that the attachment is potentially dangerous"
and is not allowing me to open, mostly text attachments.

Any ideas on how to get rid of this?

TIA for any help

Jim
 
J

Jim Macklin

Tools/Options>security tab, 4th box.


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The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


| I've lately been getting an advisoru that "OE has
| determined that the attachment is potentially dangerous"
| and is not allowing me to open, mostly text attachments.
|
| Any ideas on how to get rid of this?
|
| TIA for any help
|
| Jim
 
J

Jason Tsang

If you are sure the attachement is safe...

Goto Tools, Options
Then goto the Security tab
Uncheck "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could
potentially be a virus"

Cannot Open E-Mail Attachments in OE After You Install SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q329570


Microsoft implemented this change to prevent users from inadvertedly
executing viruses and other bad code within unexpected attachments. It is
ALWAYS a bad to open an unexpected attachment. Verify the sender sent the
attachment before opening.
 
B

Bruce Chambers

Greetings --

Outlook Express' default security settings are simply trying to
protect you. OE has no way of telling whether an attachment actually
contains a virus or not, so it temporarily blocks any of those file
types that could potentially contain a virus. In Outlook Express,
Tools > Options > Security, uncheck the "Do not allow attachments to
be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" option, assuming
you trust the source, of course. The wiser course of action, however,
would be to modify your list of unsafe files, as outlined in the KB
articles below:

Cannot Open E-Mail Attachments in OE After You Install SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q329570

Information About the Unsafe File List in Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;291369

OLEXP Using Virus Protection Features in Outlook Express 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;291387


Bruce Chambers

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A

Alex Nichol

Jim said:
I've lately been getting an advisoru that "OE has
determined that the attachment is potentially dangerous"
and is not allowing me to open, mostly text attachments.

There is a setting in OE - Tools - Options - Security page for 'do not
allow attachments to be saved or opened that might contain a virus'.
Since SP1 that has been on by default. Open and save ought really to
have separate settings: but no
 

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