How do I open an access Database file sent in e-mail?

[Guest]

The home office is trying to send me a DB file "CUST_2.mdb" and outlook will
not
pass it through. They are both written in Office Pro 2000. How do I open
this file?
Is there a difference between Export/Import and e-mail as attached that I
should be aware of?

Thanks for the help

 

[Ken Snell \(MVP\)]

Provide more info about "Outlook won't pass it through". Is Outlook deleting
the attachment? Is Outlook refusing to let you access/open the attachment?
Is Outlook refusing to let you save the file to your computer?

 

[Guest]

Information bar (Yellow) "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially
unsage attachments: Danasurv_2.mbd."

 

[Guest]

Information bar (Yellow) "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially
unsage attachments: Danasurv_2.mbd."

 

[Ken Snell \(MVP\)]

I don't use Outlook, preferring Outlook Express, but perhaps they are
similar in this respect. OE has a setting in Tools | Options | Security tab
that can be checked / unchecked for "Do not allow attachments to be saved or
opened that potentially could be a virus." Likely a similar setting in
Outlook needs to be "turned off". You might want to ask more questions in an
Outlook newsgroup.
--

Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>

 

[Kelvin Beaton]

Try having the sender ZIP the file before sending it as an attachment...

Kelvin