Attatchments

[Daj]

Hi
How can I open attachments that are blocked? I know that these attachments are not infected. Please
tell me how to do this.
I appreciate any help I can get.
Thank You, Daj

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Tools>Options>Security. Uncheck: "Do not allow
attachments................."

And please see these articles about virus protection in OE
6:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291387
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329570
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#oe6attach

If you're running XP/SP2 also see this:

Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows
XP Service Pack 2:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260

Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - (IE/OE)
~IB-CA~

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Visit my website http://[email protected] Click on the Win XP Faq
button and take a look at Question 27 'how do i disable attachment virus
protection in Outlook Express.'

 

[Bruce Hagen]

John:
The link in your sig is OK, but not the one you posted.
@sign maybe?

 

[Ken Blake]

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How can I open attachments that are blocked? I know that these
attachments are not infected. Please tell me how to do this.
I appreciate any help I can get.

In Outlook Express?
Starting with SP1, Outlook Express does this by default, for any
file type which *can* contain a virus. It's not a virus checker,
doesn't actually check the attachments, and this doesn't mean
that there actually is a virus there.

Such attachments *are* very risky. You often see advice not to
open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's
one of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around,
because it implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open
attachments from friends and relatives. But many viruses spread
by sending themselves to everyone in the infected party's address
book, so attachments received from friends are perhaps the *most*
risky to open.

Personally I think what Outlook Express does is good; I never
open executable attachments at all, except from a *very* few
trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them. But if
you want to remove this safeguard, it's easy to do so: go to
Tools | Options, and on the security tab, uncheck "Do not allow
attachments..."

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Yes Bruce you are correct it is the '@'. Those little gremlins keep getting
into the system Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
For anyone reading this post the correct URL should read
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org

 

[Daj]

Thanks, Daj

In


In Outlook Express?
Starting with SP1, Outlook Express does this by default, for any file type which *can* contain a
virus. It's not a virus checker, doesn't actually check the attachments, and this doesn't mean that
there actually is a virus there.

Such attachments *are* very risky. You often see advice not to open attachments from people you
don't know. I think that that's one of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because
it implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from friends and relatives. But many
viruses spread by sending themselves to everyone in the infected party's address book, so
attachments received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.

Personally I think what Outlook Express does is good; I never open executable attachments at all,
except from a *very* few trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them. But if you want to
remove this safeguard, it's easy to do so: go to Tools | Options, and on the security tab, uncheck
"Do not allow attachments..."

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Thanks, Daj

You're welcome. Glad to help.