not the usual .mdb attachment problem

[Eric C.]

I am having a problem opening an .mdb attachment in Outlook 2000. The
attachment is not being blocked and/or stripped from the message, as I
have seen several other folks mention. I can double-click on the
attachment and am given the option to open it, and Access will launch.
Access itself then gives me an error stating that the file is located
outside my intranet or is on an untrusted site, and must be saved to
my machine or an accessible network location. I have seen several
other posters mention KB article 303650, describing how to get around
this problem in Access by adding FQDNs and/or IP address ranges to the
local intranet zone in IE. I tried this, adding both the names and
IPs of each of the 4 Exchange servers from which I can receive email
to my IE settings, but it has not solved my problem. Do I need to add
something different there? Or does this article even apply to this
situation? I don't know enough about how Exchange handles attachments
to know where the source data actually resides, and therefore what
machine I need to make sure is in my local zone in order for the
attachment to open properly. Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Eric

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

This is perhaps OT, and I've never tried what you describe, but I'm confused
as to why you wouldn't want to just save it and open it in
Access....otherwise you'd be working on a temp copy of the file (I don't
even recommend this for simple word docs).

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Explain to them how temp files work. Voila. ;-)

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

This is perhaps OT, and I've never tried what you describe, but I'm
confused as to why you wouldn't want to just save it and open it in
Access....otherwise you'd be working on a temp copy of the file (I
don't even recommend this for simple word docs).

Believe me, *I* would do exactly that, but I have certain upper-level
people here at work whom I support who find that option
"unacceptable." If there is no way to do what they want, I will be
more than happy to tell them so. Just trying to make sure I cover all
my bases...

Eric