Attachment access

[Hartshorn]

All of the sudden I am getting a message on my Outlook
Express email that OE has removed access to attachments
on email with files attached to them due to security
reasons. How do I enable this feature, and why did this
all of the sudden happen?

 

[Nicholas]

1. Start Outlook Express.
2. On the Tools menu, click Options.
3. Click the Security tab, click to clear the "Do not allow attachments to be
saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" check box under
Virus Protection, and then click OK.

Applicable Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:

Cannot Open E-Mail Attachments in Outlook Express After You Install SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q329570


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Nicholas

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| All of the sudden I am getting a message on my Outlook
| Express email that OE has removed access to attachments
| on email with files attached to them due to security
| reasons. How do I enable this feature, and why did this
| all of the sudden happen?

 

[purplehaz]

After sp1 and some updates the default becomes to restrict access to
attachments in OE. To undo, in OE:
tools, options, security tab, uncheck: do not allow attachments.........

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Hartshorn.

It happened to protect you from catching a virus by blindly opening an
attachment containing the virus. If you don't need such protection (you're
SURE?) just click Tools | Options... | Security and uncheck the box that
starts Do not open attachments...

RC

 

[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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