oe security screen

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mike. l

oe is removng almost all of my email attachments with the
comment : Oe removed access to the following unsafe
attacnments... I have Norton why is Oe removing them?
 
mike. l said:
oe is removng almost all of my email attachments with the
comment : Oe removed access to the following unsafe
attacnments... I have Norton why is Oe removing them?
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Hi Mike,

OE is now more secure by design/default. You can change the setting, if you
want to. OE, Tools, Options, Security tab, uncheck "Do not allow attachments
to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" and then click OK.

See also
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329570
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q291/3/87.ASP
 
-----Original Message-----
oe is removng almost all of my email attachments with the
comment : Oe removed access to the following unsafe
attacnments... I have Norton why is Oe removing them?
.
i have windows xp and i have the same problem. how do i
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disable something to allow my attachments?????
 
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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