access to "unsafe" email attachments

[Duncan Cox]

I have Internet Explorer version 6, and use Outlook
Express version 6 for email. When I receive digital
photographs as email attachments, I am able to view the
images within the message, but am unable to transfer the
attacments to another file for storage. A message
says "OE removed access to the following unsafe
attachments in your mail: (names the jpeg file)."
My question for anyone who can help me: How do I disable
this annoying safety catch? I have every confidence in
the safety of the attachments.
Thanks to anyone who can help.
Duncan

 

[brackenburn]

Hi Duncan,

In OE /TOOLS / OPTIONS / SECURITY / VIRUS PROTECTION and UNcheck "DO NOT
ALLOW ATTACHMENTS.............." / APPLY / OK.

That should do it.
Good Luck.
Andy I.

 

[John Clifford Hole]

Duncan,

Posted to newsgroup and emailed directly to the poster of the message that this is a reply to.

See if this helps.

Load up Outlook Express and click on Tools/Options/Security and see if you've got a tick against "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus."

If you have then uncheck this box and you should get access to all attachments.

Before you do this,of course,make sure that you have installed,and keep up-to-date,a good virus checker program.

You might also find this useful.

Load up Outlook Express and remove,if it's there,the tick against 'When Outlook Express starts, go directly to my Inbox' .

Click on INBOX then right-click an empty bit of the TOOLBAR and click on CUSTOMIZE and find the icon called PREVIEW and double-click it to add it to the TOOLBAR.

When you've done this you can click on the PREVIEW icon to turn on or turn off the PREVIEW PANE.

You can then turn it off,before you go on-line,and let all your emails download then delete any that look 'suspicious' - without them being opened when you click on their headers to highlight them before deleting them - then turn it back on to view the rest of them.

If you're still not sure about any of the 'safe' ones then - with the Preview Pane still turned off - you can right-click the header and then click PROPERTIES/DETAILS/MESSAGE SOURCE and see what the email contains then decide to either delete it or open it.

John Clifford Hole [MVP] of Enfield Middlesex